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City of Fitchburg
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Dog park
targeted at
Irish Lane
Orchard Pointe
hotel in the works
Page 3
Schools
Many oppose McKee

Farms Park location
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Unified Newspaper Group
Some dog owners are itching to find out where Fitchburg could open its first
fenced-in, off-leash dog park
next year.
Theyll still have to wait
for an official site recommendation from the city, but
the northeast corner of Irish
Lane and Fish Hatchery Road
seems to be at the top of the
list.
With a rolling terrain, shade
trees and minimal land prep
needed, this spot ranked highest during the Fitchburg Dog
Park Advocates 12-point site
criteria evaluation of the nine
locations proposed by the
city.
That 5.3-acre lot now
owned by the city is where
firefighters conducted a live
burn exercise at a vacant
house last June, so water and
electricity could be turned on
if needed. It has also received
the least amount of resistance
so far, though a formal vetting
process with neighbors is yet
to come if the site is pursued.
After hearing recent feedback from the public, Parks
PALs say goodbye

as Stoner Prairie
program nears end
Page 8
Pets Week
Dog yoga improves
connection, calms
Sports
Toilet treats
On the Web
See more photos from Kids Building
Wisconsin:
Colin Palm, 3, of Madison, center, is full of giggles after Felix the Fitter, left, gobbled up
chocolate candies from the toilet they fixed at the H & H Industries exhibit during Kids
Building Wisconsin. At right is Palms great aunt, Jane Graff, of West Bend.
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Kids Building Wisconsin is a free, interactive event that aims to show kids and their families the potential that a career in the construction industry offers.
The third annual event, featuring over 30 exhibits, was held May 7 at McKee Farms Park for nearly 2,000 kids. Board president
Patrick Stern said volunteers handed out 1,950 bags to kids, which is a record. He estimated about 6,000 people came through the
park that day.
Brothers in business
West surges into

first in Big Eight
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Community
Students in national
wind energy contest
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Siblings lead Fitchburg IT company into 20th year after early struggles
TOM ALESIA
More than two decades ago,

F i t c h b u r g s J a s o n A d a m a n y
received a lucrative job offer from
a tech-hungry Atlanta company
before he finished school at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
They wanted me to transfer to
Georgia Tech and graduate from
there, Adamany said and shook his
head. I decided to stay in Madison.
Adamany, now 41, wanted to use
his extensive IT skills another way.
He had this entrepreneurial spirit, he said, and followed that path,
even if it meant forming an office
Jason Adamany
Tim Adamany
out of his apartment and, later,

transforming his garage into a work
space.
This winter, Adamanys company Adesys (pronounced a-DESis and a made-up word) will
celebrate its 20th anniversary. The
Fitchburg-based firm provides IT
help for small- and medium-sized
businesses, primarily in the Madison area. Adesys, located in the

former Tony Romas restaurant,
also handles web development and
e-commerce.
Jason survived relatively lean
early years and hired his brother,
Tim, in 2000. Together, they grew
Adesys and now have 21 employees and a roster of clients, ranging
from Quiveys Grove to Wind River
Financial to Madison Club to Physicians for Women.
Jason and Tim opened a Fitchburg office in 2005, but they stayed
small and relentless (including
70-hour work weeks) and remained
focused in the companys early
years.
Its all we did, and it worked

out and it was fun, said Tim, who
serves as vice president. Its still
fun.
He added: We slowly grew the
business. We knew what we had
and we knew what we wanted to
do. We didnt want to mess it up.
As fast as news travels in Fitchburg, we knew that if we provided
good service there would be referrals.
Inspiration
Jason and Tim, a 38-year-old
Stoughton resident, work well
together. Their offices are side by
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The Fitchburg Star
Fall election
Two Fitchburg
residents enter
assembly race
Kahl opts against
re-election bid
TOM ALESIA
Tw o F i t c h bu rg r e s idents have entered

the 2016 race for State
Assembly District 47.
The seat has been held
by incumbent Robb Kahl
(D-Monona) since 2012,
but he opted not to run
again.
Touting himself as a
progressive Democrat,
attorney Jimmy Anderson
launched his campaign
April 18.
Four days after Kahls
announcement May 5 that
he wouldnt seek re-election, Fitchburg alder Julia
Arata-Fratta declared her
candidacy.
In a statement, Kahl,
44, blasted political
impediments that cripple
our system. He specifically stressed the lack of
bi-partisan action on
various issues, including
jobs, education and the
deficit.
The district includes
most of Fitchburg,
McFarland, Monona and
Cottage Grove. Its primary is Aug. 9.
Anderson founded
Drive Clear, an organization designed to help
victims of drunk driving.
He is paralyzed from the
chest down after a drunk
driver in California hit
h i s fa m i l y s c a r. H i s
mother, father and brother died in the crash.
At the time of the
crash, Anderson was
about to begin his third
year of law school at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Anderson
eventually did get his
law degree in December
2012.
Arata-Fratta is a supervisor at Wegner CPAs in
the tax and business services department. She is
former president of the
Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County
and sits on the boards
of United Way of Dane
County and Agrace Hospice.
Contact Tom Alesia at
tom.alesia@wcinet.com.
Photos by Samantha Christian
Mayor Steve Arnold, left, and Anna Healy, urban forester and naturalist, right, help kids plant one of the bur oak trees at Swan Creek Park.
Fitchburg celebrates arbor, bird day

Swan Creek Park was
the site of this years Arbor
Day/International Migratory Bird Day festivities on
May 7.
The City of Fitchburg
We Have s
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Thousan ng
of Hangi s
Basket e
to Choos
From!
was recognized as a Tree

City USA and Bird City.
Mayor Steve Arnold also
organized the planting of
two bur oak trees at the
park with the help of local
children, including those
involved in the GIRLSBIZ
community program, which
purchased one of the trees.
Those in attendance participated in other nature
a c t iv i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g a
birding walk and milkweed

planting for Monarch butterflies. There was also a
live birds of prey presentation from Dianne Moller,
founder of Hoos Woods
Raptor Center, who was
awarded the wildlife conservationist of the year by
the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation in 2015.
Penny, an American kestrel,
flaps her wings during the Hoos
Samantha Christian Woods presentation.
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The Fitchburg Star
City of Fitchburg
Fitchburg must pay Orchard Pointe hotel in works

$317K in lawsuit loss
TOM ALESIA
TOM ALESIA
Nearly five years after

using condemnation powers to purchase land for an
overpass at Lacy Road and
Highway 14, Fitchburg will
pay an additional $317,657
to the landowners.
In late February and early March, Fitchburg lost
a three-day jury trial over
its payment for more than
20 acres through eminent
domain in 2011. Fitchburgs Duane Osborn and
his great-nephew, Ryan
Osborn, co-owned the land
and were paid about $1.1
million at the time.
The jury later awarded
the Osborns an additional
$255,780 on March 2. By
Wisconsin law, an additional 5 percent interest or
$61,877.76, in this case is
added on from two weeks
after the original purchase.
Fitchburg officials began
steps toward paying the
jurys award by referring
it to the finance committee
at last Tuesdays Common
Council meeting.
M a t t h ew F l e m i n g o f
Contact Tom Alesia at tom.

alesia@wcinet.com.
Orchard Pointe could get a

five-story, extended-stay hotel.
The 100-room Staybridge Suites
received unanimous support of the
Plan Commission April 19. It would
be across from Hy-Vee and behind
Golds Gym near McKee Road and
Highway PD.
The project still needs zoning
permits and then building permits,
said Tom Hovel, Fitchburgs zoning
administrator and city planner.
Staybridge representative Raveen
Shah said the hotel which in its
A shuttle bus will be used the

hotel, said Shah, who has run hotels
since the late 1980s.
I think that this will dramatically
improve the mix of business for the
entire area, both the Nesbitt Road
area and the Orchard Pointe development at the top of the hill, said Mayor Steve Arnold.
Project architect Bob Sieger called
the rooms like a big apartment project. Staybridge officials were open
to adding green space to its parking
lot, which would be behind the hotel.
That gives it an urban look, Sieger said. Our intent is have entrance
monuments.
Star wins five national awards

The Fitchburg Star has
won five national awards for
2015, following up a fouraward performance in its
inaugural year.
The Stars editorial staff
won second place for a feature photo, third place for
an educational column and
honorable mentions for a
feature and a sports photo.
The Star also won a second-place advertising award.
The Star competed with
more than 300 free weekly, biweekly and monthly newspapers nationwide
for the Association of Free
Community Papers Best
of the Best awards, which
were announced April 29
at the AFCPs annual conference in San Diego. It
entered in a category with
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Jury rules city

underpaid in 2011
land purchase
Madison law firm Murphy

Desmond represented the
Osborns. He said Fitchburg is required to pay the
Osborns legal fees because
the award is more than 15
percent of the original payment. The legal fees are still
being determined, he added.
Mark Sewell, Fitchburg
city attorney, said those
fees are being handled and
paid for by the citys insurance company.
Were trying to come
up with some agreement to
what that may be, Fleming said. Thats an issue
that still needs to be worked
out.
Fleming said the property purchased by Fitchburg
was the most flat part of the
property and the most feasible for development. The
Osborns also owned property on both sides of Highway
14.
We felt the land lost was
the most valuable of the
land taken, Fleming said.
We thought (the jurys
financial award) should
have been more, but were
not planning on appealing.
Sewell said he disagreed
with the decision, but the
jury has spoken.
proposal aimed for a May 2017 opening would have a lot of upscale
amenities for a corporate clientele
staying for an extended amount of
time.
Plans call for a swimming pool,
putting green, basketball hoop and
bicycle rental. Each room would
have a kitchen and the hotel would
offer happy-hour beverage service
during weekdays as well as small
dinners and snacks, Shah said.
The hotel is slated for the corner of
Hardrock Road and Limestone Lane.
Staybridge is owned by Intercontinental Hotel Group, which runs the
Holiday Inn brand.
other newspapers that contain more than 25 percent

news.
The second-place feature
photo is Samantha Christians shot from the citys
annual International Migratory Bird Day event, which
features children interacting with birds. The Star
also earned an honorable
mention in photography
for assistant sports editor
Anthony Iozzos shot of the
Oregon High School girls
soccer team celebrating its
championship victory.
The Star earned two
writing/reporting awards.
Earning third place was
editor Jim Ferolies column
explaining how missteps and
a failure to work cohesively
in the citys budget process
led to last-minute mistakes.

The Star earned an honorable mention for correspondent (and Fitchburg resident)
Mike Leons feature story
about a local mans search
for information about his
father, who was famed for
being part of the liberation
of a German concentration
camp in World War II.
The newspaper is not
eligible for statewide Wisconsin Newspaper Association awards because it is
distributed free. The Star is
sent monthly to more than
12,000 households and businesses. The contest covered
the period of Jan. 1, 2015, to
Dec. 31, 2015 and featured
more than 1,400 individual
entries in 75 categories.
AFCP awards
Second Place
Best original photo/
color news: Samantha
Christian, International
Migratory Bird Day
Special section or promotion in newspaper: Staff
Third Place
Best original writing
educational column: Jim
Ferolie, Politics get in the
way of good budgeting
Honorable Mention
Best original feature:
Michael Leon, Living
with History
Best original sports photo/color: Anthony Iozzo,
Oregon girls soccer
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May 13, 2016
Opinion
Fitchburg Star
Letters to the editor
Fitchburg long overdue for dog park

The Fitchburg Dog Park
Advocates (FDPA) group
is working to establish the
first fenced-in, off-leash dog
park in Fitchburg. Over the
course of our organizing and
talking with local residents,
weve heard from countless
dog owners in support of this
effort as well as from nondog owners in support of a
dog park to relieve congestion of other parks. In just the
last three weeks, weve organized a well-attended, public
open house and two well-received presentations to City
committees.
How wonderful would it
be to have a fenced-in, safe,
outdoor area for our dogs,
right here in Fitchburg?
While we are surrounded by wonderful off-leash
dog parks through the Dane
County Parks System as well
as community exercise areas,
they all require a bit of a
drive for those of us coming

from Fitchburg. I imagine
there are a lot of you that, like
us, dont often have the time
to do that on a regular basis.
With a park located centrally
in Fitchburg, we would have
the chance to get to know our
neighbors better as we enjoy
the outdoors with our fourlegged friends.
Thank you to everyone
who has taken the time
to share their support and
feedback on our Facebook
p a g e ( w w w. f a c e b o o k .
FitchburgDPA), at meetings
and through emails. And to
all of you who have donated
time and resources, we
look forward to continued
engagement to make the first
Fitchburg dog park a reality
for all to enjoy.
Laura Portz,
Fitchburg Dog Park
Advocates
Dog park would create community

I think we should have a
dog park in Fitchburg. So
many people have dogs in
Fitchburg, why not let them
have a park for them to run
around and play in. I know
as a owner of a whippet, my
dog needs a lot of exercise.
So with a dog park he would
have lots of room to exercise.
Also owners can socialize
and bring our community

closer together. We can get
money for the construction of
the park by fundraisers and
community support. I think
that people and dogs need a
dog park in Fitchburg.
Brady Nilsson,
City of Fitchburg
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From the Editors Desk
If they cant coexist,

send them packing
itchburg politics are awful.

As someone who has covered
local governments for 11 years and
now oversees the coverage of four communities and 14 different autonomous
units of government, I
can say with conviction
Fitchburgs are, overall, the worst Ive ever
seen.
Now, dont get me
wrong, other governments have had their
moments. The time
Ferolie
when the Town of
Verona had three of
five trustees living in two houses next
door to one another got pretty bad for a
year. The City of Stoughton had a rough
time with its Wal-Mart Supercenter
more than a year of 6-6 splits and mayoral tiebreakers. And both the Oregon
School District and Verona Common
Council had a couple of years where
distrust among its members was rampant
and compromise was unavailable.
But sustained, calculated efforts to
gain advantages over the other side and
a complete lack of movement from issue
to issue is particularly Fitchburg. Theres
clearly long-term thinking going on, but
its the wrong kind thinking about the
next election, rather than the future of
the city.
I try not to make accusations like
these lightly. And I certainly wouldnt
make them without a purpose. But I
feel the need to have an impact on the
next election cycle or else we could be
doomed to another two years of unproductive pettiness.
What weve already had started right
after the election last year with committee appointments, turned ridiculous with
the capital improvement plan discussions, unnecessarily added stress to the
Lacy Road controversy and culminated
last year in a continuation of an imprudent budget.
Just in the last month, we had an
absurd sideshow over a parks and open

space planning committee, of all things,
and perhaps most egregiously of all,
another set of citizen appointees being
turned into pawns in this sick game.
Now, hold on. This isnt a hit job. Im
not advocating for or against any candidates specifically.
Not only am I making sure this column is in before anyone even declares
their candidacy in 2017, Im hoping
against hope that I can inspire one or
two people to put on their work hats and
try to help fix this.
I also dont think this anyones fault
specifically. It goes back many years,
and while it has swung one direction
or another and sometimes one side has
all the power, it never really changes. I
suspect the all-at-once election format
plays a part.
Its all so ingrained now it seems new
alders get used to the idea that its how it
ought to be. But it shouldnt. We should
not be taking cues from the national
and state level of politics the way young
athletes do by watching the pros strut,
posture and fight.
You might disagree, but let me carry
this analogy just a bit further. Maybe
you think taunting, flopping, gamesmanship and showmanship are all part of the
game. After all, they do entertain people
and keep them engaged.
But its the wrong kind of engagement. It shouldnt be part of the game of
politics any more than it needs to be part
of pro sports.
Certainly there can be big moments
where the lines are pushed. But they
should never be reduced to habit, as they
seem to be now.
Local governments, just like Little
League or youth sports, should have no
tolerance for such things. If our leaders
think theyre getting the kind of media
coverage and the kind of political mileage Ted Cruz and Donald Trump did this
year from their trash talking, theyre not
only wrong, theyre delusional.
There arent enough people watching to make these destructive practices

worthwhile. Go ahead, cast your vote,
make your veto, write your column in
the Star. But there is no reason you cant
be civil and treat your opponents with
respect.
Respect takes many forms and goes
beyond public treatment of people. It
means considering the validity of anothers viewpoint. If you truly respect a
political rival, youll try as hard as you
can to work together and not give up
just because he or she doesnt show you
respect back.
And that brings me back to my point.
If our political leaders cannot be respectful to one another, we need to find other
leaders.
Ive never met a person I could call a
good leader who disrespects those who
disagree. Good leaders actually seek out
the counsel of people who disagree and
attempt to either persuade or be persuaded.
Ive done all I can over the past year in
the Star to shine a light on the poor functioning of the city leadership. All I can
do now is hope that either the people in
office can fix this or that our readers do.
For the latter group, you can start by
calling your alder or the mayor. But if
that does not work, all thats left is the
nuclear option.
That is, simply, making a change in
the next election. My recommendation
would be to vote not for your conservative or liberal political leaning and not
for the person who makes the best pitch
for the future of the city, but rather the
person who indicates, and has hopefully
shown in the past, that he or she will
work for compromise, understanding
and the good of the city.
Jim Ferolie is the editor of the
Fitchburg Star, the Stoughton Courier
Hub, the Oregon Observer and the
Verona Press.
Community Voices
The good, bad and ugly of GMOs
enetically modified
organisms (GMOs)
have been a popular
topic of debate in the news
for several
years now,
but just this
year, its
seen more
attention
in the
media and
has been
gaining
Hoerr
momentum with a
new labeling law coming into
effect in Vermont in July.
Vermont will be the first
state to make it mandatory
for all products containing
GMOs to be labeled.
While some argue this
unnecessarily creates a fear
in the consumer and will
increase food costs, others
believe consumers have the
right to know whats in their
food.
I think its safe to say
nobody knows the answer.
Like anything debatable,
there are pros and cons. But
its also safe to say that its a
term few actually understand.
Consumers have gained a
vague fear of GMOs without
even knowing why, simply
because of what theyve
heard through the media and
opinionated sources.
We do have a right to know
whats in our food, but its
also important to have a good

understanding of what that
label means in order to form
our own opinions.
Genetic modification is a
process of taking genes from
plants, animals, insects, or
bacterium and transferring
them into another species
for a desired outcome. Rather than breeding plants or
animals the traditional way,
which took years, the discovery of genetically modifying
organisms made it much faster to get the desired result.
GMOs made their first
appearance in the mid-1990s
as a way to do good when
researchers found a way to
genetically modify rice to
resist the floods in Eastern
India. Rather than losing
acres of crops, the modified
rice survived the harsh conditions and was able to provide
food for millions.
Several more possibilities
have been developed since,
such as Gold Rice, which
produces a precursor to vitamin A to help prevent blindness in developing countries.
Since becoming commercially available in 1996,
GMOs have taken over much
of our food supply with
about 90 percent of the corn
and soybeans produced in
the U.S. being genetically
modified. Over half of the
sugar produced in the U.S. is
genetically modified and 80
percent of processed foods

have ingredients made from
GMOs. However, very few
of the whole foods we eat are
genetically modified.
There are as many studies
stating that engineered foods
are safe to consume as there
are studies that say theyre
not.
Most of the GM crops in
the United States either have
been modified to resist herbicides (meaning farmers can
spray fields without killing
their crop) or have been modified to resist plant-hungry
insects by naturally producing
an insecticide.
On the plus side, the
resistance to herbicides has
helped farmers skip the need
for tilling their soil, which
prevents erosion and helps
maintain the nutrients in the
soil. With naturally occurring
insecticide, crops have less
dependency on the sprayed
pesticides, which can be toxic
to us.
All good things dont
come without their cons,
though. Due to the herbicide-resistant crops, more
herbicide is being applied,
most of which is glyphosate,
the main ingredient found in
Roundup.
Glyphosate, an antibiotic,
and can hinder our healthy
microbiome in our gut and
may be a carcinogen for
humans.
On top of that, with 20

years of herbicide use and
insect-resistance plants,
were now dealing with herbicide resistant weeds and
insects resistant to the GM
crops, meaning stronger
herbicides and pesticides are
being applied to crops.
The struggle is real, and it
lies mostly in the gray area.
How can we help the most
poverty-stricken people
who most need this technology in order to prevent
blindness or to stay in business while on the other
hand, realize that the direct
benefit to the consumer isnt
as well defined when most
of the crops in the U.S. are
genetically modified corn
and soybeans.
Genetically modified
organisms, while developed
over 20 years ago, are still
in their infancy in research
standards. Long-term studies still need to be conducted and more knowledge
needs to be gained. For now,
the debate continues.
Kara Hoerr, MS, RDN,
CD, is the registered
dietitian at the Fitchburg
Hy-Vee.
This information is not intended as medical advice.Consult a
medical professional for individual
advice.
May 13, 2016
Opinion
The Fitchburg Star
Community Voices
Bicycle commuting
takes good planning
hen I moved to
Fitchburg nine
years ago, I
thought my bicycle commuting days were over.
After years of living less
than four miles from my
workplace, my travel distance had doubled, and with
a child on the way, I figured
I didnt have extra time to
spend on my bike. In addition, the previous commute
for me was short and mostly
downhill, so I could wear
my work attire on the bicycle commute and not get
sweaty.
It took some small steps
and thoughtful planning, but
eventually, I figured out how
to work it back in to my
routine.
After all, as regular bicycle commuters can attest,
once you get the hang of it,
commuting by bicycle can
be just as natural as jumping
in a car for a commute.
Since I enjoy recreational
bicycling and Fitchburg has
great trails, I soon began
to explore some potential
commuting routes in Fitchburg. Eventually, I picked
a Saturday and biked to
my workplace. It took 35
minutes, and taking the trial
ride gave me the confidence
that I could do it safely and
routinely.
First, I had to justify the
extra 20 minutes each way,
as that time can add up
quickly.
To me, 30 minutes biking outweighs 30 minutes
sitting in a car commuting
each day both from an
environmental and a personal health perspective.
For the other 40 minutes, it
occurred to me that I could
skip my 45-minute workout
at my health club, so it actually saved 35-50 minutes
each day.
Once I realized that, I
began to envision doing
it nearly every day. But I
quickly found that unrealistic with after-work commitments, and the weather
and saddlebags (panniers).

For longer commutes,
these items can really help
your comfort level by
offering less strain on your
neck, shoulders and back,
made for an easy excuse
in addition to being safer.
to take the car. And then I
By using a rack and saddlehad to figure how to get a
bags, you are transferring
change of clothes, shower
the extra weight and pressure from your body directsupplies and lunch to work
each day.
ly to the bike.
And for those days
I found myself stuck
between making excuses not when the pavement is wet
something that always
to commute by bike after
seemed to happen to me on
and aspiring to do it daily.
Eventually, I circled back the most favorable commuting days consider adding
to setting a more realistic
fenders to your bike. That
goal of bicycle commuting
once per week. I discovered will help avoid the wet
stripe down your back.
that each additional day of
There are great bike
commuting requires another
shops throughout Fitchburg
level of planning/coordinato help you with these and
tion to become a routine.
The planning is important other helpful equipment.
to being a bicycle commut- And Fitchburg is a great
place to be if you want to
er. If you want to start taking your bike or do it more
try commuting, as it has
taken an active role over the
often, figure on planning
your week carefully. Decide past decade to improve bike
on your best days, checking safety.
both the forecast and your
Its worth the effort to
work and personal schedule. commute by bicycle when
Its important to keep the you can. It can not only
process simple in the morn- benefit your pocketbook by
ings. To reduce stress and
making fewer trips to the
minimize your delays in get- gas station, it can also benefit your health, increase
ting out the door, plan each
night before by rechecking
your work productivity
the forecast for late-breakand help preserve our air
ing developments and pack- quality.
ing your clothes and lunch.
More money, better
By being prepared, youll be health, and a cleaner
in a better state of mind and environment are all good
reasons to overcome the
even more committed with
your intention to commute
obstacles and give bicycle
commuting a shot.
by bicycle.
Good planning for having
Chris Jimieson is the
the right personal items
chair of Fitchburgs
at work is also helpful. If
lockers are available, use
Resource Conservation
Commission. He commutes
one to keep your personal
to work each day as a Geoitems there, and take in a
logical Engineer at SCS
change of clothing on the
days you commute by car
Engineers in Madison.
or bus. If you usually take
your own lunch to work,
consider purchasing food
items you can keep at your
desk.
You can also lighten your
commuting load by equipping your bike with a rack
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Samantha Christian
If You Go
Letter to the editor
Irish Lane corner not ideal for future dog park site
My family and I are in a
dilemma. We are located in
Hillside Heights, and live in
the house nearest to the site
being picked for a dog park.
We understand there was
another possible site, but the
people (neighbors) there said
no. We are not being given
that opportunity. It sounds
like all that might be done
is some group or committee will hold a meeting, and
whatever they say goes. No
list of requirements to be met
or anything.
But the homes in Hillside
Heights each have their own
acre of land. This means
each of us planned ahead for
the space to walk our dogs,
for our children to play, and
to garden to our hearts content. In addition, we already
have a Hillside Heights park,
complete with a natural
pond, nestled in the center of
the homes. It is the view out
my living room windows.
The chosen property for
the dog park is on the northeast corner of the intersection

of Fish Hatchery Road and
Irish Lane, both fairly well
used thoroughfares, especially at peak travel times. The
traffic makes quite a hum
before and after work hours.
Our home is on the next corner, at Irish Lane and Lisa
Lane.
I think the list of potential
sites for a dog park was far
too small; 10 sites were mentioned, but Ive heard of only
two. Does someone have to
agree to it before it is considered a site? Because we have
not agreed to this site. And
what are the requirements
for a good site? Probably a
less traveled location would
be better. And if others can
turn it down, so can we, in a
democracy.
The idea of having one in
Fitchburg sounds good, but it
should go in a neighborhood
that needs it and would want
it, and use it, preferably on a
quiet street with small lots.

Like everyone else, I am
also very concerned about
preserving our property values. And I have reason to be.
Our very modest home was
built by an artist, my husband, Bud Ryder. He devoted his adult life to it.
For his sake and for our
familys, I would like our
property values to be protected, just as everyone else
does. In the right place, I
know a dog park could add
to them. The right place is
where such a park is needed
and wanted.
Beverly Ryder
City of Fitchburg
Editors Note:
The Irish Lane/Fish
Hatchery Road site is being
considered for a future dog
park, but no official action
has been taken.
See the Stars coverage of
the topic on the front page.
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The Fitchburg Star
Fitchburg Days
Festa Italia brings full plate
Annual festival set for May 20-22
of Italian culture to Fitchburg Sunday includes
Annual event set for
McKee Farms Park
June 3-5
TOM ALESIA
One of Americas oldest

Italian heritage organizations returns to Fitchburg for the 15th straight
year with its annual major
eve n t , F e s t a I t a l i a , a t
McKee Farms Park June
3-5.
Expected to draw up to
7,500 people, Festa Italia
offers an overwhelming
amount of food, music
and culture. Events range
from a bocce tournament
to a pasta-eating contest to
a performance by a singer
skilled in crooning Dean
Martin tunes.
The Madison-based
Italian Workmens Club,
a group of about 160 people, began the festival
about 40 years ago.
Club president and
Fitchburg resident David
Rizzo said the group
prides itself on having
something for everyone
with Italian flavor. He said
many daytime activities,
including a soccer clinic by the Madison 56ers
mens team, are aimed at
If You Go
What: Festa Italia
Where: McKee Farms
Park
When: June 3-5
Info: iwcmadison.com
families, with an emphasis

on children.
We have a magician, a
face painter, a clown and
juggler Truly Remarkable
Loon, Rizzo said.
Festa Italia provides a
smorgasbord of food from
arancini to fried calamari
to sausage. And, yes, a
simple slice of pizza is
available.
Rizzo said Festa Italia will draw residents
from Dane County and
beyond, and that McKee
Farms Park provides them
a very nice home for the
event.
With Fitchburg Days
at the same location May
20-22, thats a lot of festival activity packed into
three weekends.
Fitchburg Days is a
good festival, Rizzo said.
But we have a unique situation here offering Italian
food and culture.

A portion of the proceeds go toward scholarships for Madison-area
high school students.
Festa Italia is a labor of
love, Rizzo said. Its our
biggest fundraiser.
At night, prominent
regional bands including
dance-friendly VO5 and
bluesy nine-piece band
Wifee and the Huzzband
fill the entertainment and
beer tent.
Italian music is well
represented. Light jazz
performer Gerri DiMaggio
adds ethnic flavor to her
set and Joe Scalissi has
been a staple performing
Italian favorites.
At 1p.m. June 4, Festa
Italia will hold its annual
pasta-eating contest. The
catch: No hands may be
used to eat.
Its not how much pasta can you eat. Everyone
gets the same amount,
Rizzo said. Its a lot of
fun. People get their faces messy and have a good
time.
Contact Tom Alesia at
ungreporter.com.
performance by The
Nylons
SCOTT GIRARD
In 2015, Fitchburg Days

still hadnt received all of its
approvals by the end of April
for its annual May festival.
Most of the festivals board
members had resigned the
previous year, and some were
beginning to discuss creating
a new festival to rival Fitchburg Days.
One year later, the picture
is much rosier, as Fitchburg
Days is set for May 20-22 at
McKee Farms Park, and those
former board members are no
longer working toward a new
festival.
The weekend will include
the usual carnival, beer tent,
concerts and kids activities,
though fireworks will again
not be included.
The festival begins Friday,
May 20, at 4p.m. with the
carnival. Food vendors will
open at 5p.m., with options
from the Fitchburg Optimists Club, Wisconsin Fried
Cheese Curds, Schultzs Sugar River Kettle Corn, Pots-nTots, Toast Food Cart, Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream and
SoHo Food Cart.
The music tent that night
will feature The Kissers from
If You Go
What: Fitchburg Days

When: May 20-22
Where: McKee Farms
Park
Info/schedule:
fitchburgdays.com
6 to 9p.m. and Pat McCurdy

from 9:30p.m. to midnight.
A cover charge of $6 begins
at 5:30p.m. for the entertainment tent.
Friday will also feature the
childrens tent from 4-6p.m.,
with mascots including Maynard Mallard and Clicky visiting, along with arts and crafts
for kids.
The tent will continue Saturday from noon to 4p.m.
with Balloon Day featuring
a balloon artist. It will also
feature a reading corner, bubbles and crafts.
Other activities in the area
Saturday include the Fitchburg Run for Remembrance,
a 5K run/walk and one-mile
kids fun run to raise public awareness of fire service
traditions, and the Fitchburg
Agricultural Tour Bike Ride.
All proceeds from the run
will go toward supplies and
equipment needed to provide
services for honoring firefighters killed in the line of
service.
The Hurling Club of Madison will also do a demonstration of the time honored
gaelic sport from 12-1p.m.
The carnival will be open
from noon to midnight, with
food vendors from noon to
10p.m.
The Charm School Rejects
will headline the main stage
from 8p.m. to midnight. The
entertainment tent will have
a $6 cover charge beginning
at 7p.m.
The final day, Sunday,
May 22, will include wristband day, with unlimited
rides for $20, at the carnival
from noon to 5p.m., with
food vendors at the same
time. The childrens tent will
be open from noon to 4p.m.
with Plinko Day.
The Nylons, with special
guest Liquid Courage, will
headline the entertainment
tent Sunday evening from
4 to 8p.m. as part of their
farewell tour after nearly 40
years of a capella performances. Tickets for the performance will be $30.
To see more details about
the festival schedule or to
buy tickets for The Nylons,
visit fitchburgdays.com.
Contact Scott Girard at
ungreporter@wcinet.com
and follow him on Twitter @
sgirard9.
Calendar of Events
Friday, May 13
4 p.m., Balloon Powered Cars program (ages 9-12), library, 729-1760
Saturday, May 14
10:30 a.m., Donuts with Dad (ages

2-5), library, 729-1760
Monday, May 16
9:30-10 a.m., Preschool Storytime

(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
11-11:30 a.m.., Preschool Storytime
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
1-3 p.m., Summer painting workshop
($44; registration required), senior
center, 270-4290
7 p.m., Microsoft Word - Templates,
library, 729-1760
Route Bike Tour, meet at intersection

of Marketplace Drive and the Badger
State Trail, 270-4285
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Free CPR training,
Fitch-Rona EMS station, 5414 King
James Way, 497-2909
Noon to midnight, Fitchburg Days,
McKee Farms Park, fitchburgchamber.
com
Sunday, May 22
Noon to 8 p.m., Fitchburg Days,

com
voucher distribution, senior center,

270-4290
4-5 p.m., Chocolate Olympics (ages
9-12), library, 729-1760
Saturday, June 4
10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Festa Italia,

McKee Farms Park, iwcmadison.com
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760

2-4 p.m. Lights, Camera, Action
sound effects workshop (ages 7-12;
registration required), library, 729-1762
7-8 p.m., Buying and Selling Online
workshop, library, 729-1760
Tuesday, June 14
11-11:30 a.m., Lapsit Storytime (ages

Sunday, June 5
0-2), library, 729-1760
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Festa Italia, McKee
2-3 p.m., Science Alliance, library,
Farms Park, iwcmadison.com
729-1760
Monday, June 6

(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
Monday, May 23
11-11:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
1 p.m., Wisconsin Senior Games:
Cribbage, senior center, register at
Tuesday, May 17
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
11-11:30 a.m., Lapsit Storytime (ages 10:30 a.m., 50 For Heart heart health WiSeniorGames.org
0-2), library, 729-1760
presentation, senior center, 270-4290
Tuesday, June 7
12:15 p.m., Fitchburg Ukulele Net
11-11:30
a.m., Lapsit Storytime (ages
Tuesday, May 24
work performance, senior center, 2700-2),
library,
729-1760
4290
0-2),
library,
729-1760
Wednesday, June 8
2 p.m., Learning Annex: Leigh Mills
4-6 p.m., Third annual Touch-a-Truck 10-11 a.m., Build It! (ages 2-5),
of Channel 15 News, senior center,
event, Fire Station No. 2, 5415 King
library, 729-1760
270-4290
James Way, 729-1760
6-7 p.m., Book Buddies (ages 5-8),
5 p.m., READ to a Dog (sign-up),
library, 729-1760
library, 729-1760
Wednesday, May 25
6-7:30 p.m., Open school house
10:30 a.m., Paid TV program (regisThursday, June 9
event, Nine Springs Disc and Golf
tration required), senior center, 270 12:30-4:30 p.m., Fitchburg Senior
Course, 2201 Traceway Dr., 270-4288 4290
Housing Expo, senior center, 2704290
Wednesday, May 18
Tuesday, May 31
10 a.m., Book Discussion, library,
Friday, June 10
729-1760
0-2), library, 729-1760
Exercise Your Mind Read! sum 10-11:30 a.m., Over-the-counter medmer reading program begins, library,
Wednesday, June 1
ications focus group, senior center,
729-1760
1:30-3:30 p.m., Aging Mastery Pro262-3312
10:15-10:45 a.m., Ready, Set,
gram
begins
(repeats
weekly;
registra 6 p.m., Picture Cubes (for teens),
Read! storytime and magic show,
tion
required),
senior
center,
270-4290
library, 729-1760
library, 729-1760
Thursday, June 2
1-3 p.m., Drop-In Crafts, library, 729Thursday, May 19
1760
11 a.m., Storytime (ages 2-5), library, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fitchburg
Chamber of Commerce annual golf
729-1760
Saturday, June 11
outing, University Ridge, 9002 Hwy.
10:30-11:30 a.m., Ballet 101 (ages
Friday, May 20
PD, 288-8284
3-7), library, 729-1760
12:40 p.m., Movie Day: Spotlight
6:30-7:30 p.m., Four Easy Ways to
(129 min.), senior center, 270-4290
Feel Healthier and Happier workshop, 1-3 p.m., LEGOs at the Library (ages
5-12), library, 729-1760
library, 729-1760
4 p.m. to midnight, Fitchburg Days,
Monday, June 13
Friday, June 3
com
4 to 11 p.m., Festa Italia, McKee
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
Saturday, May 21
Farms Park, iwcmadison.com
9:45 a.m., Fitchburg Agriculture
10-11:30 a.m., Farmers market
Wednesday, June 15
10-11 a.m., Wednesday Book Discussion: Lets Pretend This Never

Happened by Jenny Lawson, library,
729-1760
10-11 a.m., Toddler Art (ages 1-3),
library, 729-1760
7-7:45 p.m., Mother Daughter Book
Club: The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali
Benjamin, library, 729-1760
Thursday, June 16
1-1:30 p.m., Bouncing Babies storytime, library, 729-1760

3-6 p.m., Strawberry Fest, Fitchburg
Farmers Market, 5511 East Cheryl
Pkwy., 277-2592
6-6:30 p.m., Guys Read: Funny
Business by Jon Scieszka (ages
9-12), library, 729-1760
Friday, June 17
4-5 p.m., Tween Chefs (ages 9-12;

registration required), library, 729-1762
Saturday, June 18
2-3:40 p.m., Kids Movie: Open

Season: Scared Silly (PG, 79 min.),
library, 729-1762
Monday, June 20

(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
2-4 p.m. Lights, Camera, Action
stop motion animation workshop (ages
7-12; registration required), library,
729-1762
7-8 p.m., YouTube workshop, library,
729-1760
May 13, 2016
The Fitchburg Star
Coming Up
Ukulele performance
Visit the senior center for
the Fitchburg Ukulele Networks first public performance at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday,
May 17. The public is welcome to join and sing-along.
For information, call 2704290.
Open school house

Attend an open school
house event from 6-7:30
p.m. Tuesday, May 17 at
Nine Springs Disc and Golf
Course, 2201 Traceway Dr.
Learn about upcoming
summer programs from the
YMCA, Healthy Kids Collaborative, the City of Fitchburg
and more. Activities include
tennis, junior golf and disc
golf; pizza will be provided.
Focus group
The UW-Madison School
of Pharmacy is looking for
people to participate in a
90-minute focus group about
over-the-counter medications
from 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 18 at the senior center. Participants will receive
$20 for attending, and drinks
and snacks will be provided. For information, contact study coordinator Jamie
Stone, at 262-3312.
Free CPR training

Fitch-Rona EMS will offer
free training on bystander
compression-only CPR from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
May 21 at the Fitchburg
Fitch-Rona EMS station,
5414 King James Way.
Call and Pump is a method
of providing bystander CPR
in the critical first minutes of
cardiac arrest that takes less
than 10 minutes to learn. For
information, call 497-2909.
Heart presentation
Join the senior center for
a presentation from 50 For
Heart at 10:30 a.m. Monday,
May 23. Attendees will learn
tips on how dedicating 50
minutes a day can improve
heart health. No registration is
Chocolate Olympics
Aging Mastery
The Fitchburg and Oregon
Senior Centers will co-sponsor the Aging Mastery Program beginning at 1:30-3:30
p.m. Wednesday, June 1,
and continuing weekly at the
Fitchburg Senior Center.
The program encourages
developing behaviors that
will lead to improved health,
stronger financial security,
and overall well-being.
The registration deadline
is May 27. The program is
valued at $100, but costs
$25; scholarships and
transportation are available.
For information or to register,
call 270-4290 or email Jill.
Mchone@fitchburgwi.gov.
Golf outing
Join the Fitchburg Chamber for its annual golf outing
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 2 at University Ridge, 9002 Hwy. PD
in Verona. Golf packages
Test your cooking skills

with chocolatey staples from
4-5 p.m. Friday, June 3 at the
library. The program is recommended for tweens ages
9-12. For information, call
729-1760.
Ballet 101
Learn how to plie, releve
and saute during a Ballet
101 class from 10:30-11:30
a.m. Saturday, June 11 at
the library. Ms. Nicole will
lead young dancers ages 3-7
through a variety of ballet
movements. For information,
call 729-1760.
Online workshops
The library will host a
series of online workshops
during the month of June.
Learn about a variety
of websites you can use
to buy or sell items online
from 7-8 p.m. Monday,
June 13 at the library. The

workshops will cover Etsy,
Craigslist, and eBay.
Discuss channels, subscriptions, playlists and
more during a YouTube
class from 7-8 p.m. Monday, June 20.
Learn how to access,
search, place holds and
check out eBooks using the
Wisconsin Digital Library
during a class from 7-8 p.m.
Monday, June 27.
Science Alliance
Learn about the human
body during Science Alliance from 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 at the library.
Attendees can discover
more about exercise, the
Food Plate and eating the
rainbow.
For information, 7291760.
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Zion City Church
Our Housing Sessions will emphasize
How to stay Independent at home

Understanding Community Levels of Care
County Resources
Thurs., May 19, 6:30 p.m.
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during a painting class from
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Each painter will create a
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on 16x20 canvases; no artistic experience is needed and
all supplies are included for
a fee of $44. Payment should
be made upon sign-up, and
checks should be made payable to the senior center.
For information or to register, call 270-4290.
Kick off the summer reading program during an all-ages Ready, Set, Read! storytime from 10:15-10:45 a.m.
Friday, June 10 at the library.
The storytime will be
followed by a magic show
upstairs with Magic Mark.
Register for summer reading
anytime before or after the
program. For information,
call 729-1760.
for film-related workshops

as part of the Lights, Camera, Action series.
Learn how to add sound
effects to film using everyday noises from 2-4 p.m.
Monday, June 13; create the
illusion of movement using
stop motion animation from
2-4 p.m. Monday, June 20;
and find out more about
cinematography from 2-4
p.m. Monday, June 27.
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12:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday,
June 9 at the senior center.
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Fe, will be open to the public
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The exhibit is open from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Groups larger than 10 can schedule an
appointment to visit the showcase by calling 277-2669. For
information, call 277-2669 or
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box lunch, a sleeve of balls,
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Look inside a fire truck, opens at 10:30 a.m., followed
police car or ambulance by a shotgun start at noon.
during the third annual Touch- Non-golfers are welcome to
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Verona schools
The Fitchburg Star
PALs wave goodbye

Parents: Stoner
Prairie program
built leadership,
community
On the web
SCOTT GIRARD
program has created.

When your child is in
one of these classrooms, you
have not just one teacher,
but the whole team rallying around your kid, Karie
Huttner, the schools technology coordinator, told
the Press after a morning of
interest groups ended on a
recent Friday.
When not in their interest
groups one of the many
traditions parents and students have said made the
program an early version of
personalized learning and
created a strong community
the classrooms aim to create a collaborative environment between the students.
Vanessa Beardsley is a
big fan of the program and
has had at least one child in
PALs for each of the past six
years.
I never had a teacher like
that when I was growing up;
I never experienced a classroom that was that interactive and that vibrant and that
committed to collaboration
in my entire life, she said.
I have a graduate degree.
Other traditions that
have taken hold throughout the years include a
history museum, in which
fourth-graders dress up in
historical costumes and
act out scenes surrounding
The students got quiet, listening closely.

I hear it, one said excitedly.
Another heard it, too, and
questioned why the cheese
curd he was chewing on was
squeaking.
If that was alive he
trailed off.
The students then heard
an explanation about why
cheese squeaks from parents
David and Vanessa Beardsley as they taught the small
group how to make pizza
from scratch.
The lesson was part of the
parent-led interest groups in
the final year of the Partners
Actively Learning classrooms at Stoner Prairie Elementary School.
The multiage program,
known more simply as
PALs, began in 1992 and
will end with the retirements
of three of its teachers
including two of the programs founders at the end
of this school year.
Its not going quietly,
though, as parents, former
students and others in the
school fought, but ultimately did not stop, the loss of
the strong community and
learning opportunities the
Read the full story on PALs as it

enters its last month:
major events in Wisconsin, and having the older

children serve as reading
buddies for the younger students in the program.
The setup includes three
classrooms of grades 1-3
and two classrooms of 4-5.
The programs teachers said
the younger students often
see the traditions the older students take part in and
realize what they can look
forward to, and the continuity allows the teachers to
develop strong relationships
with the families.
While the schools principal, Mike Pisani, has
promised to spread parts
of the concept throughout the school, some say it
cant replace the community developed through the
teachers working together
and students getting to know
their teachers over five years
within a small group. Pisani
elected to continue with
three multiage classrooms
(grades 1-3), but fourth and
fifth grade will be separate.
Beardsley said the responsibility given to students at
such a young age in the program prepares them well for
the real world.
There is a lot of responsibility and autonomy given
to the individual students
by the teachers that I dont
see elsewhere in those same
grade levels, Beardsley
said. Youre almost kind
of amazed that your child is
being held accountable for
remembering their homework.
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SOMS shows off STEM

Savanna Oaks Middle School students and staff shared some
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM, projects
with the community Thursday, April 21. Exhibits included drone
flying, computer games, robots, the history of studying space
and a movie for younger kids.
On the Web
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Referendum outreach begins

May 24 workshop
set for library
Referendum
workshops
SCOTT GIRARD
Thursday, May 19
9:30-11:30a.m.
Verona Public Library,
500 Silent St.
Thursday, May 19
6-8p.m.
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Ave.
Tuesday, May 24
6-8p.m.
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Verona Area School District officials are attempting

to find out whats necessary
for the community to support a potential April 2017
referendum at a series of
upcoming meetings.
The three workshops,
two on May 19 and one on
May 24, will offer those
interested the opportunity
to hear more details about
recent reports outlining the
districts need for a new
school building.
VASD public information officer Kelly Kloepping said the workshops
will start with a presentation on growth and facility
needs projections information district administrators are learning just like
the community is.

She expects attendees to
then break into groups to
talk about their priorities
for new schools, including such topics as the cost
or possible different grade
configurations.
Kloepping said she,
superintendent Dean Gorrell and business manager
consultant Chris Murphy
all will all be in attendance
at the meetings. Some
board members are also
expected to come, as well
as representatives from
MD Roffers, Findorff and
Eppstein Uhen Architects,
which is also working with
the district to plan what
buildings could be included
in a potential referendum.
The May 19 workshops
will be 9:30-11:30a.m.
at the Verona Library and
6-8p.m. at Sugar Creek
Elementary School. The
May 24 workshop will be
6-8p.m. at the Fitchburg
Library.
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Read these and other Verona Area School District stories at ConnectFitchburg.com:
Behavior series: Charters

The spring behavior series continues with a look at strategies being put in place at
New Century, Core Knowledge and Verona Area International charter schools.
The schools have emphasized restorative circles and building community through
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. They also use their smaller communities to keep parents involved and informed about how their children are behaving at
school, and ask for their help when there are problems.
Board chooses new members

The school board selected Meredith Stier Christensen and Russell King to fill the
open board seats. Each will serve until April 2017. Board member Noah Roberts questioned the lack of discussion before the board voted on the appointments at its May 2
meeting.
Straw poll: New high school by 2020

School board members and district administrators overwhelmingly supported an
option that would have a new high school and elementary school built by 2020. The
plan was among six options presented to them by the districts architect consultant,
and they will now wait for feedback from the community on the choices.
Budget will break even
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Ken Behnke ended his tenure on the school board in April after serving for 21 years.
The lifelong Verona resident had served as the boards clerk for all of those years.
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Summer Fest August 18
After an initial look at the budget left a $2.3 million hole, district administrators
plugged it through changing some expectations and negotiating a health insurance
agreement that saved money.
Stoner Prairie students make Braille technology

A group of Stoner Prairie Elementary School fourth-grade students created toys and
gadgets for children with visual impairments after one student was inspired by the
idea of a Rubiks Cube for a blind child.
May 13, 2016
Oregon schools
The Fitchburg Star
OASIS will move to OHS

Board approves
construction for
alternative school
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Oregon School District

officials have been looking to eventually move the
districts alternative high
school closer to Oregon
High School, and now it
looks like that will happen
sometime next year.
On May 9, school board
members approved moving
the OASIS (Oregon Alternative School and Integrated Studies) program
to OHS beginning in the
2017-18 school year. The
school is currently a tenant
in the Oregon Community
Sports Arena.
OSD business manager,
Andy Weiland said May 10
in an email to the Observer that arena officials knew
the district was interested in
moving OASIS closer to the
high school, and said while
the school was welcome to
stay, another tenant is interested in the space if the
school were to move.
The process has been
very friendly, he said.
The school will remain at
the ice center through the
2016-17 school year.
OASIS has leased space
at the arena since the district created the program in
2008 as a way to help some
students with extra academic needs graduate. In the
future, it will be located
in the northeast part of the
high school, taking up about
the same 3,500 square feet
it uses currently. According
to notes provided to board
If You Go
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Board teacher compensation plan special meeting
When: 6
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members, the design is in

its fourth revision, and the
OASIS staff was delighted with the latest plan.
Director of instruction
Leslie Bergstrom said the
new space will feature
small-group instructional
areas, art and science areas,
comfortable collaboration
spaces, computer spaces, a
meeting space for families,
and a community gathering
space and kitchen.
All of the things (OASIS
staff) was very important
to the learning needs of the
students are included in
this design, which makes
the teachers feel very positive about the entire OASIS
move, she said.
The most recent estimate
for the space is $700,000,
which can be fit into the
districts construction budget due to favorable bids
received on the OASIS
project, according to the
district.
The preliminary completion date for the addition
is January 2017, and district superintendent Brian
Busler said he will leave it
to OHS staff and principal
Jim Pliner whether they
want to try to move OASIS
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programming to the high

school mid-school year or
wait until fall of 2017.
The OASIS staff has
been deeply involved in
planning this space, he
said, noting that the building layout is in the near-final phase.
Board member Gwen
Maitzen, a former OSD
teacher, said the design
for the new OASIS area is
beautiful.
I just wish it happened
four or five years earlier,
she said. I look back at the
history of OASIS, and there
was a lot of struggle that, in
reflection, I wish was handled differently.
Teacher pay update

Board members and
administrators discussed
the final recommendation of
a committee tasked to come
up with a new teacher compensation plan to allow the
district to retain, develop
and recruit highly qualified
educators. The committee,
which has been working on
the project for around three
years, currently consists
of board member Charles
Uphoff, Oregon Education Association members
Colleen Christenson, Dave
Ebert, Jon Fishwild and
Colleen Schell and administrators Leslie Bergstrom,
Jina Jonen and Andy Weiland.
The board has been aiming at November for a referendum on a teacher compensation plan. The board has
scheduled a special meeting
a 6p.m. Monday, May 23,
to talk more about the plan.
Email reporter Scott De
Laruelle at scott.
delaruelle@wcinet.com.
STEAM series: Elementaries

The districts elementary schools are work to include STEAM in their curriculum.
DECA students compete at nationals

Oregon High School students in DECA competed at a national competition.
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Verona schools
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Soaring to new heights
West students take second as only high school team in NASA college rocketry competition
The Madison West students sat at NASAs Alabama

station in a room filled with
college science students,
honored to simply be there.
Then, they heard their
team announced as the second-place winner in the rocketry competition they were
there for.
When they did announce
our name, oh my God,
recalled West senior William
Liu, a Fitchburg resident.
We didnt even stand up.
We were so shocked.
Im not sure how to
describe the emotions that I
felt.
To get there, Liu, along
with fellow Fitchburg resident Jeff Cui and a team
of 10 total members had
worked since August to
build and plan their rocket
entry, becoming the first high
school team to compete in
what was meant as a college
competition.
Initially we were worried we wouldnt be able to
compete at the same level
they were, Cui, a junior,
told the Star.
Once they were allowed

into the competition, though,
it was just a lot of work to
make sure we could beat
them, he added.
Wests Rocket Club is
pretty well-known, Cui
said, and he, Liu and sophomore Corrinne Casey joined
after talking with members at
the freshmen activity carnival.
The group has different
levels of competition, with
freshman involved in the
Team America Rocketry
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high school Student Launch
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finally to the team Cui and
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the NASA Centennial Mars
Ascent Vehicle Challenge.
While placing so high in
the competition was an honor for the students, the time
spent in the rocketry program
has left them with far more
than a trophy.
With Rocket Club, if
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Liu and Cui recalled the
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build a launch vehicle and long hours spent on Friday
robot that could capture a nights and often full days
four-ounce payload in place on Saturdays or Sundays
of a soil sample from Mars. to build the rocket, creThe vehicle then had to ate documentation and test
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I spent a lot of nights
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We were just kind of
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rocket to Alabama himself while the students flew
there.
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But, it got there fine
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The competition, obviously, went well after that.
Everything worked how
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People helping pets Pet Profile

Buddy of Mine expands services for pet owners in need
KATE NEWTON
When Buddy of Mine

founder Larry Eifert takes a
call from a pet owner seeking
help, he can often hear the
raw emotion in their voice.
Those exchanges reaffirm
the powerful role the organization strives to play for people and animals in need. It
also conveys the bond those
people and their pets share
a bond that, in Eiferts experience, can be stronger than
any human relationship in
their life.
Pets give you unconditional love, Eifert said.
People dont always do
that.
Eifert, a longtime Stoughton resident, started Buddy of Mine named for his
13-year-old border collie
in 2011 after a conversation
about Stoughtons Holiday
Fund food drive.
Larrys friend Mya Everson, now a Buddy of Mine
board member, suggested
that if people need food for
themselves, they probably
need food for their pets (as
well).
That conversation spawned
Buddy of Mines holiday pet
food giveaway, which benefited more than 120 animals
in its first year. While the
drives success was encouraging, Eifert said it also
Photo submitted
Sammy
Sammy
Photo by Kate Newton
Buddy of Mine founder Larry Eifert and board member Kelli McKinley are pictured in downtown Oregon
with their pets, Buddy the organizations namesake and Bella. The nonprofit will start a new venture
named Gentle Benevolence later this year to provide emotional and financial support to people facing
the difficult decision of euthanizing their animals.
highlighted the surprising need Stoughton and

the surrounding area had for
an organization that could
provide aid to pet own- made it difficult to adequateers either living on a fixed ly care for their animals.
income, or experiencing
I had people coming up
hardships in their lives that and giving me a hug, and
theyd have tears in their
eyes. And Im thinking,
Man, all Im doing is giving you some dog food,
Eifert said. But it meant so
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Owners name: Emily OBrien

Pets name: Sammy
Pets age: 8 years old
What kind of pet do you have: Shih Tzu/Maltese mix
How long have you had your pet: Since he
was a puppy
What makes your pet special: Sammy is
the best dog in the world (in his familys opinion, of
course). He is sweet and loves all people; even kids that
tug on his fur or try to ride him like a pony (he has a
1 and a 3 year old at home that taught him to be very
patient). He never needs a leash, goes to work almost
everyday with mom, and will retrieve a tennis ball as
many times as you will throw it.
What is a story you would like to share
about your pet: When she was 28 weeks pregnant
with her first baby, Emily was admitted to Meriter
Hospital where she had to stay for 6 weeks until her
daughter Riley was born. In the beginning, Sammy visited her often and eventually started spending nights
with Emily and her husband in the hospital. Many of
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Canine connections
Dogs invited to Paws and Breathe yoga class
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Tips before
class
If You Go
If youve ever wondered what it

would be like to do the downward
dog pose next to your pup, check
out Perennial Yogas Paws and
Breathe class in Fitchburg this
spring.
Instructor Carla Coleman leads
this 45-minute to an hour class
which brings your loves together: time on your mat and time
with your dog. Coleman is a
member of the canine behavior
team at the Dane County Humane
Society and has been teaching
yoga for two years.
She quickly explained that this
is not Doga, where people put
their pets in yoga poses. Instead,
people do the poses next to their
pets to help our dogs relax,
release discomfort and find a balance, as well as practice some
yoga, meditate and connect with
the beauty of this relationship.
The classes started in February
and are open to the public for a
fee of $20 per session. Dogs that
are not aggressive to other dogs
or people are welcome. However,
dogs who do not stop barking will
What: Paws and Breathe yoga

class (bring your dog)
When: 11a.m. Saturdays May 7
and June 4
Where: Perennial Yoga, 5500 E.
Cheryl Pkwy.
Registration: $20 per session,
limited to eight dogs
Info: perennial-yoga.com/Pawsand-breathe
be excused from class.

Coleman said that since all
dogs will react differently, she
asks that people space themselves
before coming in the studio and
fill it from back to front to keep
the dogs calm. There will be an
opportunity for the dogs to socialize after class, but until they are
familiar with each other the dogs
must be on flat leashes.
Release expectations and
judgments, Coleman wrote in an
email to prospective participants.
Come to this with an open heart
open to exploration, supportive
Brush your dog the day

before.
Bring a mat for yourself
and a mat/blanket for your dog.
Bring a flat leash (no retractable leashes).
If treats are needed, bring
some in a bag that is not noisy.
Dogs must be up-to-date
on vaccines.
of others and joyful.
Honor your dog for their
authenticity, she said.
According to the class description online, Paws and Breathe
is based in a foundation in ahisma (compassion) and the interconnection of all living things,
and the class goal is to open your
heart and mind to the inner life of
your four-legged partner.
Photo submitted
Claudia Vlisides does yoga alongside her dog, Quadro, during the Paws and
Breathe session at Perennial Yoga on March 12.
For information, email

laughingdogma@yahoo.com or
call 288-8448.
Contact Samantha Christian at

communityreporter@wcinet.com.
Canine Campus Crawl supports humane society

The Pre-Veterinary Club of UW-Madison held its annual Canine Campus Crawl for
95 people and their dogs along the Lakeshore Path in Madison on April 24. The 2.5-mile
run/walk raised $2,968 for the Dane County Humane Society.
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Buddy: Gentle Benevolence program will launch in June to help with pet end-of-life choices
Seeking volunteers
much to them. I didnt think

Stoughton had those needs
there.
For more information on the Gentle Benevolence proThe organization has congram, or to sign up with Buddy of Mine, contact Kelli
tinued to expand since then
McKinley at 345-7392 or kelliandben@gmail.com.
and will be adding a new
program this summer, to help
people with end-of-life decipeople to their offices for of logistics, costs and othsions for their pets.
their discounted services if er details if theyre overthey qualify.
whelmed.
Expanding role
With its next venture, BudIf the animal needs to
The first thing the organi- dy of Mine aims to provide be put down, the volunteer
zation did to expand its role more emotional support to would accompany the owner
in helping people help pets pet owners, as well. Gen- to the vet and follow up the
Buddy of Mines motto, of tle Benevolence will enlist next day, next week, next
sorts was to begin provid- volunteers to walk people month and beyond to act as
ing financial support through through the process of hav- a support system as long as
a no-interest grant and loan ing to put down a pet alone needed.
program to cover emergency or for the first time.
McKinley understands just
medical bills.
Named for board member how valuable that support
It also now organizes two Kelli McKinleys late pet, can be, and said when she
annual clinics to provide free Ben, the program would train put Ben, an Alaskan malaheartworm testing and low- volunteers to recommend a mute, down in 2013, it was
cost rabies vaccinations.
veterinarian or review avail- the hardest decision (shes)
Buddy of Mine partners able options with the cli- ever had to make.
with the Oregon Veterinary ent, Eifert said, adding that
I felt very alone, so I
Clinic and Chalet Veterinary they will act as their eyes understand how people who
Clinic for those events on a and ears for keeping track are all alone (feel), and I
case-by-case basis and refers
can imagine having to make

the decision by yourself,
McKinley added. Its very
difficult.
Building a program
As it builds its new Gentle
Benevolence program for its
June launch, Buddy of Mine
will have information available at area vet clinics for
both potential volunteers or
clients, and volunteers will
undergo a background check
before being matched with a
pet owner.
While theyll follow the
same general process each
time, the volunteer will be
as hands on or hands off as
the client needs them to be.
Perhaps most importantly,
the volunteer and Buddy
of Mine as a whole will
encourage clients to celebrate their pets life in whatever way is most therapeutic
for them.
And if the person decides
down the line to get a new
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pet, the volunteer will want

to celebrate that choice
along with the owner, Eifert
said.
Hopefully you can be a
friend for this person, and if
they want to explore maybe
getting another pet, we can
provide assistance there, he
added.
McKinley welcomed Bella, a Shih Tzu, into her family about five months after
putting Ben down, and she
said having the new dog
helped her through the healing process. Now, she makes
it a point to tell people facing
euthanizing their own animals to simply enjoy each
day with them.
The last year-and-a-half
of his life, I just kept thinking, What am I going to do
if hes not here anymore?
McKinley said. Just enjoy
the time you have left. If I
could go back, that would be
the thing I would change.
Buddy of Mine plans to
extend its grant and loan program to help people cover
euthanasia costs if needed.
The organizations website
is also expected to launch

in June, and it will hold its
annual rabies clinic Saturday,
June 11 at the Stoughton Fire
Station. Cats will be vaccinated from 10-10:30a.m.,
and both dogs and cats are
welcome from 10:30a.m. to
noon. Rabies vaccines will
be available for $10, as well
as distemper vaccines for
$18.
With Buddy turning 14
this month, Eifert is taking
Rachels advice to enjoy
each day with his dog.
Despite Buddys arthritis,
they still take their regular
walks around Stoughton,
where Buddy is regarded as
somewhat of a local celebrity.
If Im walking by myself
downtown, everybody stops
me, Wheres Buddy? Eifert said with a laugh. Buddy
will have more people at his
funeral than mine.
For information on Buddy
of Mine, including how to
donate, visit facebook.com/
BuddyOfMine or email
buddyofminestoughton@
gmail.com.
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Pet Talk
Tips for caring for older pets

Pets are more than just
our companions they are a
part of the family. As your
pet ages, it is important to
consult your veterinarian
for help providing the proper care for your senior pets
changing needs.
Every animal is different, so the senior life stage
occurs at different ages in
different pets. For instance,
dogs are typically considered seniors at seven
years old, but older dogs
age quicker than smaller
dogs. Cats can be considered mature at 7 years and
seniors at 11 years old.
Breed and species aside,
your pets genetics, nutrition, health and environment will ultimately determine when your pet is considered a senior.
One of the telltale signs
of increasing age in pets is
a decline in physical activity. For instance, previously active pets may not play
as much and both dogs and
cats may need assistance
climbing on and off the bed
or couch.
Dr. Stacy Eckman, clinical assistant professor at
the Texas A&M College
of Veterinary Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences,
explained when pet owners
can expect this transition
into senior pet behavior.
A decrease in physical activity depends on the
breed, size and genetics of
the pet, she said. However, some older pets are still
quite active in their senior
years.
In addition to a decrease
in physical activity, older cats and dogs tend to
develop more degenerative
health problems.
A visit to the veterinarian every six months can
help determine what is
normal for your pet so that
any changes in behavior or
health can be detected early.
Aging cats and dogs are
also prone to arthritis, dental disease, loss of sight and
hearing and a decrease in
mobility. Just like humans,
pets may need more assistance getting around and
taking care of themselves.
Despite this change in
mobility and physical activity, it is important to keep
your dog and cat active to
slow the progression of
joint pain and arthritis. In
addition, a healthy diet that
adequately nourishes your
pet is also key in reducing
your pets risk for obesity,
which can also contribute to
joint pain.
The single most important aspect in helping your
p e t s t a y a s h a p py a n d
healthy for as long as possible is maintaining a healthy
weight throughout their
lifetime, Eckman said. A
healthy weight should be
coupled with regular exercise and activity.
Letting go
Perhaps the hardest part
about having an aging furry best friend is accepting
when they are no longer
happy in everyday life. It is
never easy to let go of a pet,
but in some cases, euthanasia is the most humane
option.
Making the decision to
euthanatize a pet is a personal and difficult decision, Eckman said. The
decision is dependent on
what signs and symptoms
the pet is showing or what
disorder the pet is experiencing. When owners are
questioning if they should
euthanize their pet, they
should discuss it with their
veterinarian to help guide
the decision-making process.
As much as we would
love our pets to live forever,
they grow old and need special care. To ensure your pet
lives a long, healthy life, be
sure to visit your veterinarian regularly to discuss your
pets diet, exercise habits,
and overall health.
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the College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences, Texas A&M
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Friday, May 13, 2016
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Fitchburg Star
For more sports coverage, visit:

MWHS girls soccer
West High School
Botham
out as
new AD
search
begins
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
They know if they can keep

finding ways to win games, they
will keep hopes alive to stay in the
conference race, Dermody said.
The Regents traveled to Middleton Thursday after the Fitchburg
Star deadline. They play at Janesville Craig at 7p.m. Tuesday, May
17, and they host Janesville Parker
at 7p.m. Thursday, May 19.
West closes the season with
Sandy Botham, who was

hired to be the Madison
West High School Athletic Director last July, will
no longer
be leading
the Regents
sports
department.
Madison
We s t p r i n cipal Beth
Thompson
Botham
sent a letter
to parents
and the Wisconsin State
Journal stating that Botham had left the position on
May 5, but a Channel 3000
reported May 10 that two
former coaches are accusing her of racial discrimination.
Botham took the position at West more than
20 years after she helped
the Regents girls basketball team win a WIAA
Division 1 championship
in 1982. She was a threesport athlete and later
coached the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
womens basketball team
for 16 years.
The Channel3000.com
report centers around former Madison West football
Turn to MW soccer/Page 18
Turn to West AD/Page 18
Sierra Barho battles for possession in the first half on April 14 against Verona at Reddan Soccer Park. The Regents tied the Wildcats 1-1.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Making their goals
Offense surges to put

West at top of the Big
Eight Conference
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Madison West High School

girls soccer team tied Verona to
start the Big Eight Conference season on April 14 but has since ran
off five straight wins with a combined scored of 29-0.

The Regents defeated Madison
East 6-0 (no stats available), Madison La Follette 3-0, Sun Prairie
4-0, Madison Memorial 7-0 and
Beloit Memorial/Turner 9-0 (no
stats available).
Head coach Peter Dermody said
that the transformation from the
start of the season is thanks to taking advantage of opportunities and
the players understanding where
each other is going to be on the

field.
Early on we were struggling to
physically put the ball in the back
of the net. We were creating chances but just werent putting the ball
away, Dermody said. The girls
are now starting to connect on
those opportunities.
West is 5-0-1 with 16 points.
Middleton (5-1, 15 points) and
Verona (4-0-1, 13 points) are right
there, as well.
VAHS Boys lacrosse
Wildcats win annual Bullrush

Tournament on May 7-8
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Verona Area High

School boys lacrosse team
went 4-0 May 7-8 to win
the annual Bullrush Tournament at VAHS.
The Wildcats knocked
off Franklin 11-3 on Mothers Day to claim the title
and added a win over Hudson, 9-3, in the semifinals.
Verona defeated Brookfield
East/Central 12-0 and D.C.
Everest 17-4 on May 7.
Sophomore Ian Edwards
led with five goals and
an assist against Franklin, while Graham Sticha
scored three goals and
added two assists. Junior
Jake Keyes had a goal and
an assist and senior Josh
N ovo t ny c o l l e c t e d t wo
assists.
Senior Alex Schultz (goal), junior Patrick
Stigsell (goal), senior Dom
Sabbarese (assist) and
junior Jack Scott (assist)
also picked up points.
Junior Henry Smith finished with eight saves.
Against Hudson, Keyes
(three goals, one assist)
and Sticha (three goals)
led Verona. Edwards added a goal and two assists
and Novotny collected a
goal and an assist. Schultz
(goal) and Stigsell (assist)
also had points.
Senior Alex Jones finished with 16 saves.
Against Brookfield,
Edward led the Wildcats
with four goals and an
assist, while senior Noah
Maurer had two goals and
an assist. Senior Brycen
The Verona Area High School boys lacrosse team won the annual Bullrush Tournament Saturday and Sunday.
Smith (two assists), junior

Jack Scott (goal, assist),
Sticha (goal, assist),
Novotny (goal, assist),
Schultz (goal, assist) and
Keyes (goal, assist) all
had multiple points. Junior
Peyton Lightfoot added a

goal.
Jones finished with eight
saves.
Against D.C. Everest,
Maurer (four goals, assist)
Keyes (three goals, two
assists) and Edwards (three

goals, assist) led the Wildcats.
Stigsell (two goals,
assist), Brycen Smith
(goal, two assists), Novotny ( g o a l , t wo a s s i s t s ) ,
Photo by John Schind
and Schultz (goal, assist)

also had multiple points.
S e n i o r A u s t i n P ow e r s
(goal), Senior Taylor Scott
(assist), sophomore Jake
Turn to Boys lax/Page 21
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The Fitchburg Star
Madison West High School
Track and field
Girls track scores 15 points in

Stoughton Invitational
The Madison West High
School girls track and field
team scored 15 points at
the annual Stoughton Invitational on May 6.
Sophomore Izzy Bartholomew was fifth in
the mile in 5 minutes,
37.0 seconds, and senior
Sophia Held, junior Isa
Darvin, freshman Angela Maloney and freshman Andi Bowman took
sixth in the 4x800 relay in

10:40.98.
Junior Taylor Lyons
was seventh in the 200 in
28.92 seconds, and senior
Isha Senghore was seventh in the 400 in 1:02.65.
Senior Nanceny Fanny
took eighth in the discus
with a throw of 93 feet,
11 inches, and sophomore
Vivian Hacker took eighth
in the 800 in 2:27.43.
MW soccer: Regents
dominate conference foes
Banik and Grimmer all
had assists.
Monette had three saves.
two home non-conference
games against Brookfield West 4, Sun Prairie 0
Central (1p.m. Saturday,
Nyah Banik, Bambi and
May 21) and Hartland
A r r ow h e a d ( 6 : 3 0 p . m . Peaslee all scored goals,
while Mooney had an
Thursday, May 26).
assist in a 4-0 win over
West 1, Verona 1
Sun Prairie on April 28.
Rachel Peaslee scored Monette finished with two
the lone goal for West in saves.
the 78th minute on April West 7,
14 against Verona in a 1-1
tie. Goalie Giselle Monette Mad. Memorial 0
finished with three saves.
Abby Goldman-Nagel,
Sierra Barho, Kristen
West 3, La Follette 0
Brown, Banik, Peaslee
Mya Nitschke-Alonso, (two goals) and Bambi all
Simo Bambi and Claire scored goals in a 7-0 win
Mooney all scored goals over Madison Memorial
for the Regents in a 3-0 on May 2. Banik picked up
win over Madison La Fol- an assist, and Monette had
lette on April 21. Peaslee, one save.
Photo by Evan Halpop
Senior Mark Alesia warms up in relief during a game against Madison La Follette on May 7 at Warner Park. Alesia didnt give up an earned
run, but the Lancers won the game 4-1. The Regents also played Madison East later that day and won 9-4.
Baseball
Regents move back to .500 in the Big 8

won 10 of its 16 games so
far this season, including
going 6-6 in the Big Eight
The Madison West High Conference.
Despite struggling to
School baseball team has
strikeout opponents and
committing timely errors,
the Regents found other
ways to win this season,
especially late in games.
We are a clutch team.
We pull it together as a
team at the end of games,
but we dont have a star
player, Cam Porter said.
West has spent many
recent practices focusing
on defense, Daelon Savage
added.
The Regents are currently four games behind Sun
Prairie, Janesville Craig
and Middleton (10-2)
Verona is one game ahead
of West (7-5).
ANTHONY IOZZO
at Mansfield Stadium in
Madison.
Sophomore pitcher
Charlie Met pitched just
over two innings before
handing off pitching duties
to senior Max Golden for
the rest of the game.
Met struck out three
McFarland players and had
five walks. The Regents
scored three runs in the
first inning, securing the
win for the Regents.
They went on to tack
on three more runs in the
fourth and two in the fifth.
Mad. West 8,
Mad. La Follette 4
West continued its winning streak by knocking

off Madison La Follette
8-4 at Mansfield Stadium
on Apr. 12.
The Regents scored four
Madison West 8,
runs in the second inning,
McFarland 1
then added an additional
The Regents started the four runs in the fifth.
season with an 8-1 win
Freshman Drake Baldover McFarland on Apr. 4 win had two RBIs, while
Keep Learning
Jens Shager, Savage, Met,

Porter, Jack Zukowski and
Nate Millman all had one
RBI apiece.
Eli Sorensen allowed
two hits and no runs in
four innings, walking three
and striking out seven.
Sun Prairie 10,

Madison West 2
The Regents lost their
first game of the season
10-2 to Sun Prairie at
Mansfield Stadium on Apr.
14.
We need to get better
at getting players out at
home base, said Met.
The Regents had problems with Sun Prairie scoring throughout the game.
I believe we need to get
more aggressive early in
the count, Keenan Woltman said.
West played first-place
Sun Prairie Wednesday
and Madison Memorial
Thursday after the Fitchburg Star deadline.
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coach JC Dawkins and former freshman boys basketball coach Tommy Smith,
who were both dismissed
by Botham and are both
African-American.
Dawkins was fired after
this past football season along with four staff
members after a 1-8 season despite bringing the
Regents to the playoffs
in his first year. According to the report, Dawkins
told Channel3000.com he
doesnt want the story to
seem like he is an angry,
spiteful black man thats
throwing the race card out
there, but he does think
Botham wrongfully targeted him and his staff.
Smith told Channel3000.
com the reason for his

case stems from a Feb. 25
altercation with Botham
in which he claims she
pushed him on the floor in
front of a crowd during a
game.
Botham later told
Thompson she put her hand
on Smiths back to walk
him away from the players.
S m i t h fi l e d a r e p o r t
with the Madison Police
Department afterward, and
the Madison Metropolitan
School District conducted an internal investigation that ended with the
recommendation of mediation between the two,
Channel3000.com reported, although the mediation
never happened.
Thompson, who did not
immediately return a phone
call for comment, wrote

in her letter to parents and
students that the hiring
process for a new AD will
begin as soon as possible
and she will be keeping the
West community up to date
during the process.
We know that our athletics program has a great
impact on many of our students throughout the school
year. Our top priority for
the program is always that
our students are well supported and have a positive
experience, Thompson
wrote. I want to assure
you that we are planning
thoroughly for the transition. We are developing
an interim plan to cover
all roles and responsibilities until a new director is
hired.
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Oregon High School
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Panthers claim Stoughton invite
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JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The Oregon High School

tennis team won six of seven
flights Saturday to claim the
Stoughton Invitational title
with 40 points.
Junior Calvin Schneider
only dropped one game in
three matches, cruising to the
No. 1 singles title with a 6-1,
6-0 win over Miltons Jackson Van den Huevel.
Fellow junior Charles Donovan was nearly as dominant
at No. 2 singles. Donovan
cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win over
Big Foots Liam McCarthy
before he blanked Sam Robinson of Milton in the second round. He capped the
tournament, knocking off
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Senior Alex Duff broke two Oregon High School records and tied
another on April 26 at the Monona Grove triangular. Duff broke his
own school record in the 300-meter hurdles (38.58 seconds) and
the 110 record in 14.7. He tied Derek Schaefer for the 200 dash
record in 22.22.
Junior Charles Donovan hits a game-winner on May 5 against

Stoughtons Levi Robbins, winning 6-2, 6-1. Oregon won the Badger South Conference dual 7-0.
Sauk Prairies Jarrett Frosch

6-1, 6-0 in the championship
match.
Sean Bychowski helped
the Panthers claim three of
the four singles flights, taking
the No. 4 singles title with a

6-1, 6-3 win over Sauk Prairies Alec Anderson.
Sam Schaeffer had dropped
just two games in his first two
No. 3 singles matches before
dropping a heartbreaking 1-6,

6-3 (5) championship match
against Sauk Prairies Grant
Kirner.
Matt Reisdorf and Drew
Christofferson held off Milton 6-4, 6-2 in the second
round before defeating Sauk
Prairies Ben Kraus and TJ
Pfaff 6-1, 6-4.
Logan Piper and Spencer
Kresbach dominated the No.
2 doubles bracket, losing just
four games en route to a 6-0,
6-2 tournament-winning victory over Robby Boden and
Neil Garcia of Milton.
Oregon faced Sauk Prairie
for the fourth and final time
in the No. 3 doubles championship, defeating the Eagles
team of Sean Harvantine and
Grant Kosharek 6-3, 4-6 (9).
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Senior Alex Duff, a University of Northern Iowa recruit,

not only won three events on
April 26 in Monona Grove,
but he broke or tied three OHS
boys track and field records in
the process.
Oregon claimed four other events to finish second to
Monona Grove in the triangular 79-61. Madison Edgewood
was a distant third with 45
points.
Duff began the meet in
the 300-meter hurdles where
despite clipping the final two
hurdles he bested his own
school record of 38.8 with
a 38.58. His time puts him
within striking distance of
the WIAA Division 1 state
record 37.49 shared by Madison Memorials Lechein Neblett (2010) and Beloits Chris
Pearson (1991).
Duff then turned his attention to the 200 dash where he
tied Derek Schaefers school
record on this way to winning
the event in 22.22.
The 110 hurdles was Duffs
final race, where he made
his biggest statement besting
Randy Ficus (14.8) record by
a tenth-of-a-second in 14.7.
Oregon picked up titles by
Logan Meier in the high jump
(5-6), Hudson Kugel in the
1,600 run and Joshua Klahn in
the 3,200.
Elliot Jacobs, John Auer,
Kugel and Meier capped the
meet with the Panthers lone
relay win, taking the 4x400 in
3:40.
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Madison Edgewood High School
Baseball
Crusaders tied for first in Badger South Conference

ANTHONY IOZZO
The Madison Edgewood

High School baseball team
improved to 6-3 in the
Badger South Conference.
The Crusaders (8-9
overall) are tied with Fort
Atkinson (10-5, 5-2) after
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Grove 7-0 on May 3 and
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and Monroe.
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Verona Area High School
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Wildcats win one of four at

Nicolets Sweet 16 tournament
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Sophomore Emma Kleinsek is greeted by teammates at home plate on May 3 after she hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of third
inning. Verona, which lost 13-0 to Janesville Craig last month, avenged the loss with a 4-0 victory at home.
Verona avenges Big Eight losses

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The Verona softball team

avenged one of its biggest
regular season shutouts in
recent memory on May 3
thanks to Emma Kleinsek,
Quin Nelson and Molly
McChesney.
N e l s o n t o s s e d s eve n
shutout innings, Kleinsek
hit a towering 3-run home
run and McChesney
gunned down a Janesville
Craig runner at home to
end a 4-0 Big 8 Conference
win at the Verona Area
School District softball
diamond.
The win moved Verona, which lost 13-0 in five
innings to Craig less than
a month ago, into a firstplace tie at 10-2.
Kleinsek highlighted the
win with a monster home
run, which put the Wildcats
up 4-0 in the fourth.
We had two outs and
two runners on. I just wanted to put the ball in play,
Kleinsek said. I liked the
way it turned out, though.
That works too.
Nicole Neitzel singled

through the left side and
Savanna Rainey dropped a
single in between second
base and center field for
Kleinsek.
Emma hasnt had the
early-season success she
did last year. Some might
call it a sophomore slump,
Verona head coach Todd
Anderson said. Getting
that big hit in this game
could open the flood gates.
One of the longest home
runs by the Wildcats at
home, the shot nearly
cleared the road, one-hopping into the field in right.
Nelson allowed six hits
in the game, including two
in the top of the seventh
following a Verona error.
With one out and the
game-tying run at the plate,
the Wildcats looked unlikely to end the game with a
shutout.
McChesney had other
ideas, however, catching a
Taylor Salmon fly out and
then firing a laser to home
plate which Rainey fielded in front of the plate and
tagged out a diving Hannah
Halverson trying to score.
Verona 15,
Verona 4, Middleton 2 Janesville Parker 6
The Wildcats got some
revenge for their other Big
Eight loss at Middleton
earlier this season with a
4-2 home win on April 29.
A back-and-forth game
throughout the first four
innings, Verona closed out
the game with two runs in
the home half of the fifth
and one more in the sixth
despite four errors.
Nelson went the distance
for the Wildcats, striking
out six while scattering
four hits in seven innings.
Lauren Banke took the loss
for the Cardinals allowing
two earned runs over six
innings. She struck out one.
Lead-off hitter Heather
Rudnicki collected a teamhigh three hits, including
a double and drove in two
runs in the win.
Rainey and Kleinsek also
drove in a run, while Rainey
and Amie Rudnicki each had
two hits. Kleinsek, Neitzel,
McChesney and Rainey all
doubled as Verona pounded
out 12 hits.
Verona softball rallied

from a 4-1 Big Eight Conference deficit on May 5 to
defeat Janesville Parker 15-6
on the road. The Wildcats
scored a combined 10 runs
over the second and third
innings and never looked
back.
Neitzel finished 2-for3 with three RBIs, while
Amie Rudnicki (2-for-4),
McChesney (3-for-5) and
Taytum Geier each drove in
a pair of runs. McChesney
doubled twice in the win.
Brenna Gladding, Heather Rudnicki, Alyssa Erdman
and Emily Osiecki each
drove in a run.
Meghan Anderson tossed
three innings and didnt
allow a run for the Wildcats.
She struck out three and
walked one. Nelson earned
the win for the Wildcats,
striking out seven. Nelson
allowed four earned runs on
seven hits in four innings.
The Verona Area High

School boys tennis team
cruised at No. 2 singles and
No. 3 doubles Friday on
the way to the teams lone
win over the weekend at the
Nicolet Sweet 16 tournament, helping Verona defeat
Whitefish Bay 5-2. The
Wildcats went on to fall
against some of the states
premier programs in Neenah, University School of
Milwaukee and Arrowhead.
Will Tennison defeated Patrick Conta 4-6 7-5,
10-8 atop the singles lineup against Whitefish Bay
and Alex Pletta cruised 6-1,
6-1 at No. 2 singles, while
Vivek Swaminath added
a 6-4, 7-6 (6) win at No. 4
singles.
The Wildcats fell one
match shy of the singles
sweep as Patrick Conley
fell 1-6, 6-4, 10-8 against
Christopher Hastings.
Luke Schoeberle and Jordan Hutchcroft rolled 6-2,
6-1 at No. 3 doubles for the
teams fourth win. Meanwhile, Mitch Kealy and
Connor Melzer survived a
back-and-forth No. 2 doubles match 3-6, 6-2, 10-2
against Jack Lyons and
Grey Wedekin.
Ninth-ranked Verona followed up its win against
Whitefish Bay with a 7-0
loss to third-ranked Neenah. Swaminath played one
of the Wildcats most competitive match, falling 7-5,
6-1 against Jarod Lawatsch.
Tennison fell 6-3, 6-3
against Ryan Risgaard,
who advanced within two
rounds of last seasons state
tennis championship match.
Verona continued action
Saturday morning against
a University School of Milwaukee team ranked atop
the Division 2 state poll

and suffered a second 4-3
loss against USM this season.
Tennison dropped a 6-3,
4-6, 10-7 loss to Jack Collison, and Pletta nearly
took state qualifier Tommy
Calvy to a third set, falling
6-2, 7-5 at No. 2 singles.
Conley added a 6-3, 6-1
win at No. 3 singles, while
Blessing moved up to No. 4
singles and won 6-2, 6-4.
The Wildcats could have
closed out the match with a
W if they had taken either
the No. 2 or 3 doubles
flight.
Melzer and Kealy fell
7-6 (6), 4-6, 10-4 at No. 2
doubles against Vinay Jain
and Phillip Dantoin, while
Hutchcroft and Schoeberle were unable to close out
their No. 3 doubles match
7-6 (7), 5-7, 10-4 against
Justin Strauss and Ethan
Treptow.
Verona capped the tournament Saturday with a 4-3
loss against eighth-ranked
Arrowhead.
Te n n i s o n , P l e t t a a n d
Conley won the top three
singles matches for Verona,
which was unable to add
another win to close out the
match.
Swaminath fell 6-2, 3-6,
10-5 at No. 4 singles, while
Hutchcroft and Schoeberle
dropped their No. 3 doubles match 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.
The results were true to
the Wisconsin High School
Tennis Coaches Association state rankings, which
has Marquette at the top
of the Division 1 poll.
Third-ranked Neenah fell
6-1 to Marquette in the
finals, while second-ranked
Brookfield East wasnt in
the field. Marquettes victory came two weeks after
the team won the Brookfield East Invitational.
Boys lax: Wildcats 10-2 overall

Doerfler (assist) and Jack Scott (goal)
also contributed on offense.
Jones had four saves.
Verona 10, East (Shawnee Mission, Ks.) 9
Verona 15, Sun Prairie 2

Maurer scored five goals to lead the Wildcats to a 15-2 win over Sun Prairie on May
5.
Keyes added three goals and an assist,
while Edwards finished with two goals and
an assist. Sabbarese (two goals), Sticha (two
assists) and Christian (two assists) also had
multiple points. Sophomore Ryan Hyland
(assist), Brycen Smith (goal), Novotny
(goal), Taylor Scott (goal), Stigsell (assist)
and Powers (assist) also contributed.
Sophomore Ethan Maurisek finished with
four saves, while Jones had three.
On April 30, the Wildcats defeated East

(Shawnee Mission, Ks.) Lacrosse 10-9.
Maurer had four goals, while Edwards
added two goals and two assists. Keyes
collected a goal and two assists, and
Novotny picked up a goal and an assist.
Senior Peter Christian (goal), Sabbarese Verona 14, Craig/Parker 5
(goal) and Schultz (assist) also picked up
Verona hosted the Janesville co-op on
points.
May 6 and won 14-5.
Jones had 12 saves.
Keyes led with three goals and three
Waunakee 6, Verona 5 (OT)
assists, while Edwards and Sabbarese both
On May 2, Verona traveled to Waunakee collected a goal and two assists.
Brycen Smith, Stigsell and Doerfler all
and lost 6-5 in overtime.
added
a goal and an assist, and freshman
Edwards had two goals and an assist,
while Maurer picked up two goals. Keyes Logan Peterson (goal), Sticha (goal) and
Henry Smith (goal) also picked up points.
added a goal and an assist.
Maurisek had one save, and Jones finJones finished with 11 saves.
ished with seven.
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May 13, 2016
The Fitchburg Star
Dog park: Grass-roots group will work with city to address design, cost at potential site
On the Web
Proposed timeline
The FDPA presentation and

meetings are available to
view online. For updates or to
donate, visit:
Aug. 4: Parks Commission presentation of one or two

designs for comments
Aug. 23 or Sept. 13: FDPA and staff will make adjustments
and get proposal to Common Council for referral
facebook.com/
fitchburgdpa
Oct. 6: Public hearing at Parks Commission meeting

Oct. 11 or Oct. 25: Common Council final approval
For information
Questions can be directed to:
Alders
FitchburgDogParkAdvocates@gmail.com
Scott.Endl@fitchburgwi.gov.
The Irish Lane site rose

to the top of the list after
residents cited potential
environmental concerns and
overuse at McKee Farms
Park. The Lacy Road/Fish
Hatchery Road site appears
to be unlikely for a permanent park because of other
potential land uses there.
Even though the 5-acre
a r e a a t M c Ke e r a n ke d
third from a site evaluation
standpoint, FDPA members
noted that many of the criteria could be viewed as both
pros and cons. For example, while parking already
exists, the closest lot is over
400 feet from the proposed
off-leash area. And while
there are no houses abutting
the area, the park has many
neighbors in apartments
and businesses, and many
residents expressed strong
opposition to the site.

The second-ranked site,
at Lacy Road, is beautiful
and central, alders agreed,
but it did not score high
as a long-term possibility because of its prime
location near the library,
community center and other businesses. The city has
considered tying it into the
existing civic campus and
eyed it as such as a potential civic space for farmers markets, festivals or an
amphitheater.
FDPA has already said a
dog park near Lacy Road
would either be very small
or expensive or both
since it has a creek running through it that would
need fencing and possibly a
bridge.
Mayor Steve Arnold has
asked Endl and the FDPA
to investigate the fourthranked Radio Station/Oak
Google map courtesy Fitchburg Dog Park Advocates
A dog park may be considered at the northeast corner of Irish Lane

and Fish Hatchery Road. The house in the shaded box is no longer
there.
Meadow Pond site a little further because of its

14-acre size and central
location. The city owns the
pond, but the station owns
the land, so a rental cost
likely would be involved.
Still studying
In response to concerns
about smells, FDPA treasurer Diane Streck pointed out a couple of current
trends in recently built dog
parks. Crushed limestone
paths neutralize urine better than mulch, she said,
and the group hopes to have
a marking station away
from the gated entrance so
dogs can do their business
first. Owners would still be
Why not McKee Farms Park?

McKee Farms Park is the busiest

park in the city, and its central location and abundant space make it seem
an obvious choice for a dog park. But
after neighbors and other residents
expressed a variety of concerns, it
quickly became clear the location
might not be a good fit.
A common sentiment at a April 21
public open house for the dog park
effort was that an off-leash area has
been needed in the city for awhile. At
the same time, many of those attending worried about the potential of
adding another element to an already
busy park.
Out of 45 people who wrote in to
On the web
See a list of the nine potential sites ranked in
order and the 12 site criteria used to evaluate
each site.
share their opinions later at the Parks

Commission meeting May 5, the vast
majority supported the concept of a
city dog park, but nearly half opposed
it being located at McKee.
Some enjoy walking by that quiet
spot to watch wildlife and prefer that
natural area not be disrupted. Some
felt that paired with existing flooding problems, a high concentration
of dogs could threaten water quality

with erosion and waste.
Others said they have witnessed
poor owner behavior from people who
already bring their dogs to the park,
such as unleashing them and not picking up waste. And with a childrens
playground nearby, there was concern
about dog bites.
FDPA acknowledged those concerns and said that having a dedicated
off-leash area would likely divert such
owners from using other parks unlawfully and would encourage people to
license their animals.
Other concerns included the distance to the parking more than 400
feet and the large number of neighboring apartments and businesses.
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expected to pick up and dispose of any waste.

Ald. Carol Poole (D-1)
said she would like FDPA
to consider having a separate area for different-sized
dogs because of the possibility of attacks. She also
asked about liability issues
and who will be responsible
for park maintenance and
enforcement of rules.
Some alders wanted to
know what the costs for
each of the sites would be
initially for fencing and a
parking lot, as well as annual operational costs. Arnold
asked that they recognize
the FDPA is still early in
the process, and to do that
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Other locations
feasible.
F D PA m e m b e r s w i l l
work on getting that information for whatever site the
city asks them to look into,
and Endl said operational
costs will be included in the
2017 budget proposal.
The Common Council already allocated some
p l a n n i n g m o n e y, p l u s
$50,000 for the dog park, in
last years Capital Improvement Plan (a five-year budget planning document),
which would likely cover the fence and parking.
FDPA members are already
fundraising with a goal of
another $50,000 for benches, a kiosk, waste bag stations, landscaping and other
features.
This new amenity will
serve to further bring our
community together, providing an informal gathering place for residents,
both two-legged and fourlegged, Johnson said in
a letter to the Star. It will
help us all by setting aside
some beautiful green space
for preservation and public
use.
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Christian at
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Council, the grass-roots
group is working with the
city especially parks
director Scott Endl and
FDPA member Ald. Jake
Johnson (Dist. 4) to plan
the next steps.
FDPA will work with
city staff on one or two
options for Fish Hatchery
and Irish, Endl wrote in
an email to the Star. We
will work with concerns
received and address the
best that we can.
Some of the concerns
voiced for that site include
the fast-moving traffic,
which could be a safety
issue for pedestrians crossing the road, and the proximity to nearby homes and
businesses, which could
affect property values.
Other sites ranked in
the top four were also discussed during the meetings,
including Lacy Road/Fish
Hatchery Road City Park,
McKee Farms Park and
Radio Station/Oak Meadow Pond, but each were met
with their own issues.
Along with the overwhelming support for the
dog park, people brought
up some very good points
about locations, amenities,
rules and policies and park
design, Johnson wrote in
an email to the Star. As this
process moves forward and
we hone in on a site for city
staff to explore and evaluate
further, I expect more questions, more answers and
increased public participation, which is both encouraged and welcomed.
24
May 13, 2016
The Fitchburg Star
Going with the wind
City of Fitchburg
Mayoral
appointments
get heated again
Alders vote down
two commission
candidates
SCOTT GIRARD
Mayor Steve Arnolds

first meeting after his election in April 2015 was full
of controversy after alder
and citizen appointments
became a cause for lengthy
discussions.
That controversy returned
at the councils April 26
meeting this year, where
alders accused Arnold of
cronyism in his appointment to the Plan Commission, with one alder even
accusing him of not wanting a woman on the Plan
Commission.
While the first appointee at the meeting, newly
elected Verona Area school
board member Noah Roberts, was unanimously
approved for an appointment to the Library Board,
the other three on the agenda all needed drawn-out
discussions from alders
before their confirmations,
with two being voted down.
Alders approved Suzie
Genin for the Park Commission for a one-year term
on a contested vote and
denied a three-year appointment for Matthew Jones
to the Plan Commission
and a five-year term Terri
Mahoney on the police and
fire commission.
Alds. Dan Carpenter
(Dist. 3), Patrick Stern
(D-2) and Carol Poole
(D-1) each voted against
Genin after questioning
why she was being appointed over others who had
requested appointment.
Arnold told the commission
her residence in the northwest side of the city was
the key, as he sees that as
an underrepresented area on
the commission.
Jones and Mahoneys
appointments drew the most
heated comments, though,
as Poole implied Arnold
thought less of women
based on a comment she
recalled from a Northeast
Neighborhood planning
meeting from a city resident. Stern and Carpenter
each called the appointment
of Jones cronyism, as Jones
and Arnold bike together
weekly as part of a morning
bike club.
Poole also said Jones
was not as good a fit on the
Fitchburg natives take part in wind energy competition

KATE NEWTON
As wind energy and other renewable power sources expand their reach in the
United States and beyond, a
group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students is
joining forces to make an
impact of their own on the
rapidly-growing industry.
Fitchburg natives Ryan
Rodenkirch and Joe Snodgrass will participate
alongside 13 of their fellow
UW-Madison students in the
U.S. Department of Energy
Collegiate Wind Competition,
set for May 23-26 in New
Orleans. The inaugural team,
dubbed WiscWind, is one of
only 12 teams representing
universities across the nation
to garner a spot.
Beginning with the first
competition in 2014, the
annual event provides an
opportunity for undergraduate students across various
disciplines to design and
construct a functional wind
turbine. Business students on
the team, meanwhile, conduct
market research and develop
a business plan to market the
product.
Because its nearly a yearlong process from the application and team selection stage
to the actual competition, the
highly-intensive project also
tests students interests in pursuing wind energy as a career
path. Both seniors in electrical engineering and Verona
Area High School graduates,
Rodenkirch, 25, and Snodgrass, 23, told the Star they
already plan to pursue careers
in the renewable energy sector.
The exciting thing about
renewable energy technologies is that theyre only
improving and getting more
cost-effective, Snodgrass
said. I think thats why
theres a reason to keep pursuing them it is just economically a good decision.
commission as the woman

he would be replacing.
The person that Steve
wants to bring in is a bike
crony that has a planning
degree, she said. We
already have two people up
there with planning degrees
and one that thinks he
does.
She also cited the importance of the wastewater
expertise of the woman
being replaced and said
Jones would not have filled
that need.
Jones appointment was
voted down 6-2, but he was
appointed to the Transportation and Transit Committee at the councils May 10
meeting.
During the discussion on
Mahoney, Carpenter asked
if she was the same Teresa Mahoney that wrote a
letter to the editor singing
(the mayors) praises in this
months Fitchburg Star?
I have had conversations
with the mayor about having an interest in serving
in some capacity in the
work of the city, Mahoney
responded. I would not
characterize my letter to the
editor as singing the praises
of the mayor, but pointing
out that I thought the mayors position as very clear
on a certain issue, and I
wondered why there was
a response given by one
of the alders that basically refuted facts put forth in
another article written in the
paper.
Stern followed up by
asking Mahoney if she was
registered with a political
party or had volunteered
on any campaigns recently.
She responded yes to the
second question, but Stern
did not ask her to expand
upon that answer.
It was likely a reference
to the very issue Mahoney
wrote about in her April
letter. The council earlier in
the year adopted a political
activity ordinance preventing city employees from
promoting political candidates on city time.
Alders voted against her
appointment on a 4-3 vote,
with Ald. Jason Gonzalez
(D-3) abstaining.
The council approved all
reappointments at the meeting, though Arnold had to
break ties for some of the
candidates.
Nonprofit will help

with job readiness at
Knights building
TOM ALESIA
A Madison nonprofit
group helping impoverished
residents plans to provide
work training efforts in
Fitchburg by expanding into
the Knights of Columbus
building.
The Catholic Multicultural
Center, which has operated
in south Madison since the
After work on the project

began in September, the team
cycled through numerous turbine designs before settling
on an unconventional one that
they soon discovered could
be used in a wide variety of
ways.
As a vertical axis with helical (spiral-shaped) blades, the
design stands out from the
more standard (and familiar) horizontal-axis turbines
and has fewer moving parts,
requiring less maintenance.
The modular, 3D-printed
blades can be easily removed
and replaced, and they
respond to wind coming
from any direction, Rodenkirch said.
The team was motivated
to pursue a versatile design
because of the turbines
capacity to potentially perform well across applications as varied as powering
refrigerators for vaccines in
hospitals or lighting or heating homes in a rural village,
Rodenkirch said. But the
prevailing goal of the turbine
and the theme of this years
competition is to create a
wind-driven power system
that can provide electricity in
places off the grid.
After exploring several
options and consulting with
potential customers, WiscWind built a design that
could mount on telecommunications towers in India, where
conditions create almost a
perfect storm for wind energy,
Snodgrass explained.
Grid reliability, he said, is
nonexistent in many areas,
and most towers are powered by expensive, emissions-heavy diesel engines,
yet the country has a wind-energy potential among the
highest in the world and
Photo by Kate Newton
Fitchburg natives Ryan Rodenkirch (left) and Joe Snodgrass (right)

will participate in the 2016 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate
Wind Competition with fellow members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison WiscWind team.
already ranks fifth globally in

wind power installed capacity, according to the Indian
Wind Energy Association.
If you can put a wind turbine up high enough on something and fixate it up there,
people can take this and do
other things with it, Rodenkirch added. The adaptability, as well, as the ease of
printing 3D blades, you could
send this design to someone
and they could start building
it today. That could definitely
change peoples lives in ways
we cant even see.
Beyond testing in the wind
tunnel on campus, WiscWind
has already been able to test
public opinion of their turbine several times to positive reviews. They recently received the Peoples
Choice and Best Prototype
awards at UW-Madisons
Qualcomm Innovation Competition and presented to patent lawyers at Perkins Coie
law firm.
The design is a hit with
kids, too during Aprils
Engineering Expo on campus,
dozens of young, fledgling
engineers lined up to hop on
a bicycle to power the turbine
and see how many LED lights
1940s, wants to use the highly visible Knights of Columbus building space to provide
commercial kitchen training
and other possible work education not yet determined.
The news sprung from a
Faith/City discussion about
Fitchburgs northwest neighborhoods April 19 at Memorial United Church of Christ.
The quarterly discussions
bring city and interfaith leaders together to discuss pressing social issues.
Its looking like its going
to happen, said Andy Russell, director of Catholic
Multicultural Center. He
added that he hopes the center will occupy the building

as soon as June 1.
The center has a grant
from the Goodman Foundation to expand. Located at
5256 Verona Road, with its
entrance on Anton Drive, the
Knights of Columbus building might be transferred to
the Catholic Multicultural
Center at little or no cost,
Russell said. Negotiations
are not complete, he added.
The centers assistant
director, Steve Maurice, said
one possible arrangement
would allow the Knights
of Columbus to continue
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Weve gotten a lot of
feedback from participating
in these competitions, and
I think were going to be
very ready for the final (U.S.
Department of Energy) competition, Snodgrass said.
Despite months of hard
work on the turbine, the
team hopes theyll part with
it after the competition: The
winning turbine will be put
on temporary display in the
Department of Energys
headquarters in Washington,
D.C.
With Snodgrass graduating
this month and Rodenkirch in
August, they wont be returning if WiscWind competes
again next year. Both, however, are looking forward to the
future while still reveling in
the little things if that little
thing is a wind turbine from
Wisconsin built to provide
power to people living halfway across the world.
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the building, Maurice said,
would largely be a social
enterprise as our catering
headquarters.
The whole purpose of
the catering is to train people with barriers to employment in food service, Maurice told the Star, and move
them on to other jobs in the
community.
Any income brought in to
the catering would help fund
the program, he added.
Russell said neighborhood
suggestions will be important on the centers direction
for education, training and
support in the Verona Road
space.
Were listening, Russell
said.
The Common Council referred discussion on
the proposal to the Plan
Commission, which meets
May 17. It could reach the
Common Council for final
approval on May 24.
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It had tables and chairs. We
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renovation in January 2014.
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Word of mouth helped
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Some customers for IT
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then it happened many
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web development department.
Finding the right employees boosted Adesys.
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You think there would
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because of large companies
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Advertising Sales & Marketing Manager

This is a great career opportunity in a fun, fast paced, participatory environment. In this
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Do you possess a college degree or equivalent experience in sales,
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Are you skilled in participatory management and persuasive communication skills?
Are you known for your ability to foster a spirit of cooperation and positive energy?
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Unified Newspaper Group has six publications serving the Dane County area: Three community weekly
newspapers the Verona Press, Oregon Observer and Stoughton Courier Hub one monthly (the Fitchburg
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Grand Opening on May 23rd
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Job Fair Verona Library

Saturday , April 23
1:00 3:30 pm
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Woodward Communications, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus.
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development and Tim oversees web development.
Theyre influenced by
their father, Bill, an entrepreneur and banker for 40
years. Bill was part of forming Star Cinema in Fitchburg in 1999. He co-owned
it until 2008.
Bill, who lives in Florida,
told them: The harder you
work, the luckier you get.
The brothers maintain
that edge in Madisons busy
IT field.
Every IT company does
have a little different focus,
Tim said. Were one of the
few IT companies that has
web development and software development capabilities. If were already
working with a company in
their IT needs and they trust
us then we usually wind up
doing something web-related for them.
Jason, founder and president, hasnt slowed down.
Its fun to see (Adesys)
come to fruition, Jason
said. Its a passion. It
doesnt feel like work.
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- May 13, 2016
City Hall - Main Line

Administration
Assessing
Building Inspections
City Clerk
Economic Development
270-4200
270-4213
270-4235
270-4240
270-4210
270-4246
FACTv
Finance
Fire Department
FitchRona
Human Resources
Library
Municipal Court
270-4225
270-4251
278-2980
275-7148
270-4211
729-1760
270-4224
Parks & Forestry

Planning/Zoning
Police
Public Works
Recreation/Community Center
Senior Center
Utilities
270-4288
270-4258
270-4300
270-4260
270-4285
270-4290
270-4270
5520 Lacy Road, Fitchburg, WI 53711 www.fitchburgwi.gov

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CITY OF FITCHBURG MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

The public is invited to attend the City
of Fitchburg Memorial Day Observance on
Monday, May 30th at the Fitchburg Senior
Center located at 5510 Lacy Road (lower
level of the Fitchburg Community Center)
at 12:15 p.m. The Oregon/Brooklyn VFW
Post 10272 will preside over the observance.
At 1:30 p.m. there will be a wreath laid at
the Bob Schley Memorial at the Gorman
Tuesday, June 7 at Nakoma Heights Conference Hall, 4929 Chalet Gardens Road
Wayside, 2377 S. Fish Hatchery Road by MM2

Bart Schley, in honor of the men and women
who have sacrificed their lives while serving
our country.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS OPEN

AT THE FITCHBURG SENIOR CENTER
Do you like to drive? Like to socialize? Driving
for Meals on Wheels might be the perfect fit for
you! Currently there are several open positions.
Drivers pick up meals from the Senior Center at
10:30. Maybe you have a team of people youd
like to share the responsibility with? Teams are
welcome - take turns driving!
We also have Driver Escort positions open.
These positions are all about flexibility and help-
ing seniors. Driver Escorts are called on to take

clients to and from appointments. Volunteers
are scheduled on an as needed basis and reimbursement for mileage is an option.
One opening for a kitchen volunteer from
9-11:00 on Wednesday mornings is also available.
Contact Mandi M. Miller at 270-4293,
email Mandi.miller@fitchburgwi.gov or stop
in today to find out more!
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
All Summer 2016 Programs are now available
online at www.fitchburgwi.gov/recreation.
Adventure Camps
These twice a week camps have a new

theme each week. From Backyard Fun to
Science Time, your kids are sure to have a
blast.
Ages 4-5 years old
Days/Times Tuesdays and Thursdays,
throughout the Summer, 9:30-11:30am
Location McKee Farms Park Shelter
Fee $20 each camp
Half Day Camps
These four times a week camps have a new

theme each week. Some of the camps offered
are Olympic Village 2016, Adventure Week,
Scout Days and Detective Week!
Ages 6-11 years old
Days/Times Mon-Thur., throughout the
Summer, 1-4pm
Fee - $50 each camp
Camp McKee
Join us for games, arts, crafts, music, sports

and FUN!!!
Ages 4-5 years old
Days/Times Session 1: M, W, F
June 13-July15, 9:30-11:30am
Session 2: M, W, F July 18-August 10,
9:30am-11:30am
Fee Session 1: $55 Session 2: $45
Meet Me at the Park
Join us for this fun and educational, themebased program in the Fitchburg Park System
this summer. Each week we will be at a new
park and will have a new theme to the program! Every days class will include games, stories, and a craft or snack related to the theme.
Ages 3-5 years old
Days/Times Mondays, 9:30-10:15am,
June 13-August 8
Location Fitchburg Parks
Fee - $20
Beginning Programming using Python
Python is a powerful, fun and easy to learn

programming language. In our first course
in computer programming, we teach Python
which covers basic programming concepts
such as variables, decisions, looping, input/
output and functions.
Ages 10-Adults
Days/Times Monday-Thursday,
1:00-3:00pm, June 13-June 30
Location Fitchburg Community Center
Fee - $150
UPCOMING LISTENING SESSION WITH MAYOR STEVE ARNOLD
Engineering for Kids:

Junior Inventors Camp
Over the course of a week, students will

invent new machines and explore creative
design solutions using the Engineering Design
Process. Discover how a wind-up toy works
and design your own drawing robot inside the
Engineering for Kids Inventors Workshop.
Grades Kindergarten 2nd Grade
Days/Times Monday-Friday,
9:30am-12:00pm, June 13-June 17
Fee - $175
Engineering for Kids:

Travelling into the Future
Join us in an apocalyptic future, one where

the earth has been ravaged by a series of natural disasters. Each day, students rely on the
engineering design process to solve a series
of challenges such as building a city on a series
of islands, escaping from a bunker on Mt.
Everest, and even building a rocket to land on
the moon! Through application of engineering
principles, students solve numerous challenges
as they make their virtual world of Minecraft a
safe place for humanity once again.
Grades 3rd 6th Grade
Days/Times Monday-Friday,
1:30-4:30pm, August 15-August 19
Fee - $205
Baby and Me: Dance Party
In this class we will work on socialization

and exploration. We will use movement to
get babys minds stimulated. We will introduce
simple motions to broaden awareness to their
growing capabilities.
Days/Times Tuesdays, 6:00-6:45pm,
June 7-June 28
Fee - $30
Baby and Me: Yoga
You will learn yoga poses that are good for

you and your baby to do together. Each class
will start with baby massage, stretching and
relaxation breathing. We will move into standing yoga poses (moving our babies along with
us). As babies grow they will be encouraged to
try some poses.
Days/Times Tuesdays, 7:00-7:45pm,
June 7-June 28
Fee - $30
Each listening session runs 6:30-8 p.m. and

is open to the public. It follows 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.
GARLIC MUSTARD AND OTHER INVASIVE PLANT DISPOSAL

Many residents and businesses have been identifying
and removing garlic mustard
and other invasive plants (e.g.
Japanese Knotweed, Hedge
Parsley, Dames Rocket, Wild
Parsnip, etc.) from their property. In order to eradicate these
highly invasive plants, they must be sent
to the landfill so the seeds cant mature
and start new plants. If you

have small amounts, you can
just bag and place them in your
green refuse cart. For large
amounts, you can bag and place
them in the dumpster marked
Yardwaste Bags, Invasive Plants
& Empty Oil Containers Only
at Fitchburgs Recycling Drop Off Site, 2373
S. Fish Hatchery Rd.
PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS OF

FITCHBURG WATER UTILITY
The Fitchburg Water Utility has filed an application with the Public Service Commission of
Wisconsin (PSCW) to increase water rates. The
increase is necessary due to increased operating
expenses and increased investment in capital
projects, including the Verona Road project,
since the last full water rate case in 2008.
The total increase in water revenues requested is $473,164 which will result in an estimated
overall rate increase of 23% over the water utilitys present revenues. If the request is granted,
the water bill for general service for an average
residential customer with a 3/4-inch meter who
uses 13,000 gallons of water per quarter will
increase from $35.10 to $42.24, or 20%.
When the public fire protection charge is

included, the total water bill for an average
residential customer with a 3/4-inch meter
who uses 13,000 gallons of water per quarter
will increase from $49.98 to $59.88, or 20%
overall.
A telephonic public hearing on the application has been scheduled for Wednesday, May
18, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. in the Meeting Room
at the Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road,
Fitchburg, Wisconsin. Scheduling questions
regarding this hearing may be directed to the
PSCW at (608) 266-3766.
If you have any questions, please contact
the Fitchburg Water Utility at (608) 270-4271.
GIVE YOUR LAWN A CHECKUP BEFORE YOU FERTILIZE

After a long winter under a
deep blanket of snow, you may be
thinking about spring cleaning and
lawn maintenance, including an
application of fertilizer to ensure
lush, green grass this summer.
Before you fertilize, test your soil
to see what your lawn needs. If
you dont test first, you may be
wasting your time and money, and
sending excess nutrients to local
waterways where they feed algae
and damage fish habitat.
If your soil already has the right balance of
nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, you
dont need to fertilize. To figure out your
lawns needs, send a soil sample to be tested. The University

of Wisconsin accepts samples
for testing at the Soil & Forage
Analysis Lab, 2611 Yellowstone
Dr., Marshfield, Wis. Visit http://
uwlab.soils.wisc.edu/lawn-garden/
for forms and sampling instructions. Any Wisconsin soil can be
submitted for analysis at a cost of
$15/sample.
For more information
on how to keep your lawn healthy and
our area waters clean year round, visit:
www.myfairlakes.com/yardAndGarden.aspx
or www.renewtherock.com.
RESULTS OF THE SPRING

2016 SHRED DAY & MEDDROP EVENTS
Fitchburgs Spring 2016 Shred Day and
MedDrop Events, held on April 23 in the Oak
Bank parking lot, yielded approximately 180 large
recycling carts of paper for shredding from nearly
400 participants. The total weight received was
~17,620 pounds or 8.8 tons, which represents
an equivalent savings of 150 trees. Pellitteri Data
Destruction staffed the 14th Shred Day Event.
Fitchburgs Police Department also made
their permanent MedDrop Box available at
the Fitchburg Police Station, 5520 Lacy Rd.,
on Saturday, April 23rd, collecting more than

100 gallons of unused medications during the
three-hour event. This permanent MedDrop
Box is available Monday through Friday, from
7:30am-4:30pm.
Please join us in thanking Pellitteri,
Oak Bank, Fleming Development Group,
Fitchburg Public Works and Police staff,
and the Fitchburg Resource Conservation
Commission for making these events available
to Fitchburg residents.
THANK YOU FITCHBURG WATERWAY CLEANUP VOLUNTEERS

The City of Fitchburg and the Fitchburg
Resource Conservation Commission (RCC)
thank the 40 volunteers who collected trash
and recyclables at the Swan Creek of Nine
Springs Neighborhood, Yarmouth Greenway,
and Belmar neighborhood near Dunns Marsh.
Community members, RCC members and elected officials all helped out at Fitchburgs Annual
Waterway Cleanups this year, removing 53 large
garbage bags of refuse and 17 bags of recyclables.
Like us on
These annual efforts to clean up our waterways help to improve ecosystem health. To
participate in future events or host one in
your neighborhood, contact Rick Eilertson,
Fitchburgs Environmental Engineer, at Rick.
Eilertson@fitchburgwi.gov or 270-4264. For
information on what you can do to protect
Fitchburgs water resources, visit www.fitchburgwi.gov/stormwater.
www.facebook.com/FitchburgWI and Follow us on
@FitchburgWI
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City News
The Fitchburg Star
City works to acquire land for Lacy expansion

Acquisitions
The city has minimized

the impact of Lacy Roads
expansion on the roads residents at least in terms of
land acquisition.
An April memo from a
city engineer states the city
will have to acquire less
than one acre of right-ofway and from three fewer property owners along
Lacy Road to complete the
expansion.
A p p r ova l c a m e a f t e r
months of discussions with
t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d ove r
whether the renovation
should include sidewalks, a
bike path, or neither.
To acquire federal funding, the ultimately approved
plan included a mixed-use
path on one side of the road.
Type
Number of parcels Total area
Right-of-way
15
.83 acres
Temporary limited easements 58
6.5 acres
Highway easement
1
1,349 square feet
Permanent limited easement
1
100 square feet
Originally, the plan was to
include a sidewalk on one
side and a mixed-use path
on the other.
The reduced scope and
the work since has allowed
city staff to be successful
in limiting the right-of-way
acquisition, transportation
project engineer Ahna Bizjak wrote in the memo.
Design changes have
been made to avoid and
reduce the impacts to adjacent properties and reduce
the area for right-of-way

acquisition and grading
limits, Bizjak wrote.
Changes include an
8-foot width of the path for
part of the project, shifting the path alignment and
terrace areas and modifications to driveways and the
slopes to existing properties.
Those changes also
helped lower the number of
properties the city needs to
acquire land from. Initially,
the city would have had to

acquire land from 18 property owners, but that was
lowered to 15 in April.
The Common Council
approved the land acquisition areas at its April 26
meeting. The state Department of Transportation
must approve the planned
acquisitions.
City staff said they are
hoping to move quickly on
the project to ensure the
city can receive state and
federal grants to help cover the costs. The goal is to
begin construction sometime in 2017. If not, the
project could be delayed by
several years.
@sgirard9.
Northeast Neighborhood
DNR expands developable area again

SCOTT GIRARD
The states Department

of Natural Resources again
increased the area allowable for development in the
Northeast Neighborhood
last month.
After initially approving
375 acres of the 986 acre
area that lies between U.S.
Hwy. 14 and Lake Waubesa in April 2015, the DNR
announced in February it
would increase that to 454
acres. In April, the DNR
issued a final decision further increasing that number
to 511 acres.
Fitchburg Lands, LLC,
which owns much of the
land proposed to include
c om m e r ci a l, r e t ai l a nd
housing, filed a petition for
judicial review on the original ruling.
The Town of Dunn and
the DNR opposed the
review, but they reached a
settlement with Fitchburg
Lands, LLC, in a lawsuit
over the effects the development could have on local
watersheds, especially Lake
Waubesa.
In the settlement, the
developer agreed to further
stormwater management
plans, including specific
water monitoring.
The Capital Area Regional Planning Commission,
which advises the DNR on

expansions to sewer service in Dane County, did
not have enough votes to
recommend approval of the
expansion in late 2014. But
the city, under then-Mayor Shawn Pfaff, asked the
DNR to review shortly
before Pfaff lost his April
2015 election to Steve
Arnold.
Arnold had opposed plans
to expand into the area.
In the past, the DNR
waited for CARPC to forward expansions to developable area called urban
service area amendments
and that made CARPC
decisions essentially final.
But a 2010 lawsuit changed
that, forcing the DNR to
review applications once
CARPC votes. State law
changed the process once
again last year, limiting
CARPC and the DNR to a
combined 90-day review
period.
The expansions allow cities to extend sewer service,
which is necessary for most
forms of development.
The DNR disagreed
with CARPCs judgment
and approved a portion of

the area for development.
That was the third time a
CARPC decision had been
overruled by the DNR.

@sgirard9.
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Come See Our Great Selection of
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Our all-new Super Kids Quest Summer Camp is full of
exciting, creative missions where kids will exercise
their muscles, imaginations and cooperation skills
day! Plus, exible scheduling options allow you to sign
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Whats online
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Read more City of

Fitchburg news online at
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Fitchburg
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Parks plan update
Middleton
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608.836.3028
The Common Council

approved a 5-year comprehensive park, open space
and recreation plan.
Call TODAY to reserve your spot

On the Big Red Mat Where It's
Always Sunny!
Fire station borrowing

The City of Fitchburg
approved borrowing $5.3
million in funds for a new
west-side fire station last
month, bringing the project
one step closer to a potential groundbreaking in July.
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VISIT THE STOUGHTON AREA FARMERS MARKET ON FRIDAY MORNINGS IN FRONT OF DOLLAR GENERAL.
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