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Steve Arnold
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mayor so far, while Arnold has criticized him for some of his leadership
tactics and his stances on development.
One of the major issues throughout the campaign has been transit.
The city recently undertook what
Arnold has called an underfunded
study to look at options for getting
people without cars to the citys central amenities like the library and
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have a starkly different outlook
April 8, or it could look similar, with
as few as three new elected officials
or as many as seven.
The citys voters will decide
which route to go Tuesday, April 7,
and the decision could have plenty
of near- and long-term consequences.
The biggest race is the mayoral
election, with incumbent Shawn
Pfaff facing 10-year alder and
longtime Fitchburg resident Steve
Arnold. It started as a four-way race
and was narrowed in the Feb. 17 primary.
Pfaff has used his time campaigning to stand on his four years as
senior center.
Pfaff has championed the study
while criticizing Arnold for offering budget amendments to fund a
bus without data behind whether it
would be used.
I think its important, I think we
also have to be realistic of what it
does and how much it costs, Pfaff
said. I want to make sure that its
the right approach and its costeffective.
Pfaff said one primary issue over
the next two years will be working
with Verona Road businesses as
construction nears and interrupts the
flow of traffic to that area. He also
pointed to the importance of working on the North Fish Hatchery corridor and reinvesting in the area.
Its been a year and the

Fitchburg Star is still in your
mailbox every month.
You can count on that at
least through 2015.
Readers can also count on
the Star continuing to grow
its coverage of this community of 25,000 people, with
more features, more breaking
news, more web-only stories
and photos and extra attention
to government operations and
police incidents.
The return of our printed
product allowed Unified
Newspaper Group to better
serve Fitchburg over the past
year through our longstanding
community newspaper practices. As weve taken root,
weve gotten to know more
people, more history, more
about the things that make our
city go and are important to
locals.
And weve now hired additional staff to add depth to
that coverage and provide
more feet on the ground and
more features in our pages.
The Star rose last year
from a variety of requests
from municipal and community leaders who have all
helped spread the word about
the work we do. And we
answered that call by digging
deeply into important municipal and community projects,
interesting local businesses,
events at our schools and
other news as it happened,
including this years blockbuster elections.
Over the next year, well
continue to listen to our readers both ideas for stories
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Children sang, danced and

created crafts while learning
about and celebrating
the Chinese New Year at the
library.
The Fitchburg Cub Scout Pack

249 held its annual Pinewood
Derby at Stoner Prairie
Elementary School on Feb. 20.
Jacob Bielanski has

joined the staff of Unified
Newspaper Group.
The Wisconsin native
comes to
UNG from
New Orleans,
where he
reported
for the St.
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weekly and
The Times-Picayune.
Bielanskis position is a
new one for UNG, created
to add to our coverage of
Fitchburg for our year-old
Fitchburg Star publication.
He will fill a variety of roles
in our newsroom and will
assist with the reporting and
production for all of UNGs
publications the Star, Oregon Observer, Verona Press
and Stoughton Courier Hub.
Prior to moving to Louisiana, Bielanski, a 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, operated as a
freelance journalist, reporting for BRAVA and Madison magazines, among others. He will be moving back
to Madison with his wife
and 6-year-old daughter,
where he hopes to rekindle
his love for brewing beer.
Bielanski said tentative
plans have been made to
keep chickens.
Left, Sitting down after the

celebration, Isabella Stevens,
2, enjoys a Chinese fortune
cookie.
Below, Abdel Baasolo, 4, puts
the finishing touches on his
Chinese paper lantern.
Right, Henry Miller, 8, of the

Wolf Den, cheers as the cars
cross the finish line.
Below, Michael Valitchka, 9,
Ryan Schmidt, 9, Andrew
Fischer, 7, and Daniel Fischer,
5, watch intently as the cars
cross the finish line.
Photos by Karina Galvn (left) and

Samra Teferra (below)
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More than 120 area firefighters responded to a toxic

gas leak at the EcoStar Recycling Facility in Fitchburg on
Friday, Feb. 13.
Firefighters from 14 other
agencies and a support team
from the Wisconsin National
Guard all responded to 6124
McKee Road after firefighters discovered a potentially
hazardous atmosphere in
the manufacturing facility,
according to a press release
from the Fitchburg Fire
Department.
A seemingly routine
EMS call for someone
exposed to carbon monoxide led to the discovery,
the release said. Fitchrona
paramedics transported that
employee to a local hospital.
The Fitchburg firefighters
then contacted the Madison
Fire Departments Hazardous Incident Team, which
brought more monitoring
equipment to assist with the
investigation. A team from
the Wisconsin National
Guard also joined later to
assist with monitoring and
identifying any chemicals or
materials that had created the
situation.
The group determined a
storage silo containing an
estimated 7,000 pounds of
granules of recycled plastic
was the source, the release

said.
It took firefighters from the
15 responding departments
from 7 p.m. to shortly after
9 a.m. Saturday to complete
the unloading of the plastic,
according to the release.
Firefighters worked in five
different teams, which took
turns unloading the silo for
no more than 20 minutes at
a time. Other firefighters on
the scene used hand tools to
move the plastic from the
silo and place it in a disposal
container, the release said.
EcoStar regained control of the property at 10:05
a.m. Saturday when the last
firefighters left the scene,
according to the release.
In a statement Tuesday,
EcoStar said employees were
working on "routine maintenance" Friday morning when
a dryer machine malfunctioned when the employee
experienced the carbon monoxide symptoms. The statement said the employee was
released from the hospital
later that day after blood tests
showed normal levels.
"Following our safety
procedures, the carbon
monoxide was vented out
of the building when the
dryer vessel was opened,"
the statement said. "The fire
department was very cautious and decided to remove
the material from the dryer
themselves to ensure that
there was no fire in the dryer.
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Fitchburg Police Department Lt. Chad Brecklin said
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the infant.
Online court records
show that Holly was convicted in 2008 of felony
armed robbery. Holly was
most recently charged
with domestic battery and
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Police had no right to shoot teen
Opinion
March 13, 2015
On Friday evening I got a bitter dose of cold reality

when teenager Tony Robinson was shot and killed by a
Madison police officer. I was at work that day, standing
in the back room inside the Spirit gas station when I heard
the shots fired.
I was very nervous and couldn't wait to hear who the
person was. I never got the exact description until I picked
up my cell phone to check the news out on madison.com.
When I saw a graduation picture below the news article I
knew it was Tony Robinson.
Another bitter dose of reality soon hit me again, everything about him began to come into contrast, the day we
met, the contradictions, and the hypocrisy of who shot
him. And why?
The policeman had no right to do this to a 19-year old
teen who had lots of close friends, especially after recently
graduating from a Sun Prairie High School. He could have
been tackled to the ground with five or six police officers
standing over him before going inside to shoot him.
Tony and I met at the Spirit station not long ago. I used
to see him a lot hanging out in the parking lot skateboarding with his friends. I got to know him a little more when
he came into the store to buy something.
Just last week I was telling him to stay out of trouble. A
few times I saw him he appeared be under the influence of
some sort of drugs. I teased him and said, Give me some
of that. He appeared to be feeling really good and laughing at me as he started to leave the gas station running
back over to the house he was killed in.
Occasionally I saw him run back and forth to the same
house where he and his friends hung out. I was always
looking out the front store window at him heading back
over to the grey second-story house through the side
door's entrance. I think that house had a lot to do with him
getting killed, because he was always running jumping
over the garbage cans outside the gas station heading in
that direction.
He was running again to this exact same house on Friday night. That could be the focal point as to why he ended up dead. It appears to be a freak accident.
May he RIP!
Michael A. Walker
Madison/Fitchburg
Friday, February 13, 2015 Vol. 1, No. 12

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Stars first year has

exceeded expectations
W
e hear it everywhere we go.

Were so glad the Fitchburg Star is back!
The fact that we never actually
were gone says a lot about what print
journalism means to a small community.
It also says something about how
far Fitchburg has come as a community over the past five-plus years.
When the original Fitchburg Star
newspaper stopped
printing in 2009
after 33 years, we
quickly learned
two alarming facts,
both of which are
thankfully no longer true.
One was that
even though the
Ferolie
publication had
enjoyed a passionate following and was delivered to
the vast majority of the city every
two weeks, there was a large portion
of the population of Fitchburg that
had no idea the newspaper existed.
Better packaging, a heightened, wider-ranging sense of community and
a wonderful word-of-mouth network
has changed that.
The other was that our website
which continued to cover city
government and produce other news
and photography had even less of a
brand identity. Wed send a reporter
to a meeting or a community event
and identify ourselves as being from
ConnectFitchburg.com and people
would look at us as if we had just
stepped off a spaceship.
Eventually, we began saying we
were from the Fitchburg Star Online,
and that got a slightly better response
from people who were active in the
community, but we still encountered
plenty who were surprised to learn
that anyone was covering community
news here.
The beauty of that 54-month hiatus
is that while we still have an archive
of stories about every city budget,
every election and every major community event, like the library and
Splash Pad opening and a repository of photos from community
festivals and other events, we found
out exactly how much some people
missed having a newspaper they
could hold in their hands.

What we and many other newsgathering enterprises have found
over the past decade is that despite
our societys infatuation with the
Internet, print is still important to
many people.
Another thing weve discovered is
there are two very different consumers, those who like the convenience
of online and mobile and those who
crave a tactile product that sorts it all
for you into a professionals judgment of whats the most important
and interesting news of the day (or
the month, as it were). Its really not
all that unlike decades ago when the
choice was print, radio and TV. We
just have a fourth competitor now,
and it happens to be a powerful one.
To journalists, newsgathering is
the same no matter what form we
deliver it in. But even as theyre
sharing links on Facebook, commenting on videos and photos and
retweeting headlines, it seems readers tend to make a deeper connection
with their print news.
Bringing back the Star a year ago
was what Id hoped to see ever since
the original publication had to be
put to rest in 2009. Thats why I had
pushed, against good business sense,
for UNG to continue to produce
reporting of government and community all that time on a relatively
unknown website and agreed to take
on the extra duties of running it.
But our first year back has far
exceeded what I could have dreamed
it could be. We started slowly, so we
could produce managed, sustainable
growth yes, youve heard those
buzzwords in Fitchburg before but
we came up with some fantastic stories.
A few detractors complained
before we started that we couldnt
take the citys help with startup costs
without compromising our integrity,
but I hope you can all agree with me
that they were wrong. Weve applied
all the same principles we use in
our other publications to a slightly
different product and we have built
a brand that I believe people can
respect and trust.
That is precisely what allowed the
Star to host and moderate a mayoral
forum last month, with candidates
knowing we would be fair, honest

and thorough as we gave them the
opportunity to cross swords at times
and nod in agreement at others.
Contrary to some of the assertions
made at that forum, the Star isnt
something any single politician can
take credit for. It was desired and
pushed by people from many sectors
of the community business, nonprofit, government but could only happen after our company was in position
to make sure advertisers would be able
and willing to support it.
The political help bought us nearly
a year, and the goodwill of our honeymoon period has bought us an
investment into adding to our coverage.
After all, real journalism isnt
cheap, and thats why you might
have noticed us glossing over some
of the less potent city stories over
the past year, for example. Our additional staffer will allow us to deepen
our coverage, ask more questions
and add more content to our website
to complement our monthly paper.
We have only just begun, and
we still hope to grow to the weekly
paper thats justified by the population and the community support
were seeing. We certainly have no
shortage of news.
I dont know yet whether that will
be a free publication, a subscription
model or some hybrid, but I hope
everyone understands that the free
model doesnt change how our journalism is done. Like your television,
radio and much of your Internet, its
just a business model.
But it does mean that at least for
now, all we need readers to contribute is their time, their passion and
their ideas.
Tell us what is good, what is bad
and what is missing. Pitch us stories
about interesting people you might
know, ask questions about things you
dont understand. Make the Fitchburg Star your community paper, and
help us make our community better
as a result.
Jim Ferolie is the editor of Unified
Newspaper Group, which publishes
the Fitchburg Star. He has supervised and edited coverage of
ConnectFitchburg.com since 2009.
We still dont need those sidewalks

Early Fitchburg neighborhoods were
planned and developed with wider streets,
no sidewalks and a promise to the homeowners that sidewalks would not be
installed in the future. Grading for and construction of homes and driveways proceeded with the understanding that there would
be no sidewalks. Homeowners were encouraged to plant trees and landscape in the city
owned terraces adjacent to the street.
Nearly five years ago on June 22, 2010,
a public hearing was held on a proposed
sidewalk installation plan for Fitchburg.
The plan, which was part of the citys
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), called
for the installation of sidewalks everywhere in the city of Fitchburg not currently provided with sidewalks.
The sidewalk installation plan was
endorsed and strongly supported by
then alder now mayoral candidate Steve
Arnold. The plan was strongly opposed
by Alds. Richard Bloomquist, Carol Poole
and current mayor, Ald. Shawn Pfaff.
The hearing was standing room only and
virtually everyone in attendance that night
registered and/or spoke in opposition to the
plan or signed petitions. Those opposing the
plan indicated that it was unneeded, unnecessary and costly and would not improve
the safety of the citizens of Fitchburg.
As a long time Fitchburg resident and
homeowner, I attended the hearing and
testified in opposition as a Wisconsin
licensed design professional with 34 years

of experience as a public safety Career
Executive for the State of Wisconsin.
An underlying condition for moving
the sidewalk plan ahead was substantial neighborhood and citizen support.
Despite the absence of such support at
the hearing, Steve Arnold continued to
submit amendments to retain parts of the
plan.
On July 27, 2010, the City Council
took action on the plan. An amendment
offered by Alders Shawn Pfaff and Richard Bloomquist to remove the sidewalk
plan for the Capital Improvement Plan
was approved so the citizens of Fitchburg
would not have to face this issue time and
again in the future.
Despite the early promise to homeowners of no sidewalks in the early neighborhoods and total lack of neighborhood and
citizen support for installing the sidewalks
now, mayoral candidate Steve Arnold has
indicated he continues to support the sidewalk installation plan and intends to move
ahead with the plan if elected mayor. Current Mayor Shawn Pfaff remains opposed
to the plan and the installation of the sidewalks in these neighborhoods.
For that reason, my wife and I support
Mayor Shawn Pfaff in the upcoming mayoral election.
Ronald L. Buchholz
Architect, CPM
Dont lose our

citys character
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago, one of
those places where houses extend for miles and
miles. In order to find
open land one had to drive
for a very long way.
When we moved to
Fitchburg and built our
home, we did so knowing
that open fields and wildlife
had a place here. In the last
20 years, I have seen nothing but erosion of the open
fields and habitat for the
creatures we are supposed
to be sharing the earth with.
My 11-year-old grandson recently commented,
Gramma, where will
all the animals and birds
live? From the mouths of
babes. Yes, where will the
birds and animals live?
Will we become another
suburb of row after row,
mile after mile of houses?
It would be so sad if we
did. The very character of
Fitchburg would be lost.
Norma Johnson
Fitchburg
Opinion
Support Northeast Neighborhood Plan

Fitchburgs Northeast Neighborhood (NEN) plan has come under
attack by Alder Steve Arnold and
the Town of Dunn. This attack
threatens the economic viability
of Uptown, the planned transit-oriented development around the new
Highway 14 interchange.
City taxpayers have invested a
significant amount in this interchange and the planning and zoning
for Uptown. Without the NEN or at
least the assurance that the project is
moving forward it will be difficult
to attract desirable development to
Uptown, thereby further threatening
the entire city comprehensive plan.
Fitchburg updated its comprehensive plan in 2009 after years of
community input and planning.
The long-term plan directs
development away from quality
agricultural lands and areas critical to groundwater recharge for
our wells. The plan directs future
development to the east side of the
city where transportation corridors
including Highway 14 and the rail
line are available. The transportation corridor includes the NEN, the
nearest large tract of undeveloped
land to the Capitol.
The farmland in the future NEN
produces uncontrolled stormwater
runoff into Swan Creek, causing
erosion and contributing nitrate
and phosphorus pollution to Lake
Waubesa. Fitchburgs stormwater
plan for NEN has been designed to
exceed state standards for on-site
retention, to increase permeation,
and to create a controlled release of
clean water into Swan Creek. The
Capital Area Regional Plan Commission (CARPC) staff recommended approval of the NEN and
its extensive stormwater control

plan.
A century ago, the Town of
Dunn ditched much of Swan
Creek, draining and destroying
the pre-settlement wetland that
is so critical to the health of Lake
Waubesa. More recently, poorly
planned rural sprawl in the town
has added uncontrolled run-off
into the lake.
Ironically, it is from this urban
sprawl that the recent hysteria has
originated. And it was the Town
through its representatives on
CARPC that led the vote to deny
approval of the NEN, which then
had to be appealed to the DNR.
One might tell the Town of Dunn
to mind its own business literally, please, mind it! We would like
to see Alder Arnold tell them that.
Certain individuals from the
Town of Dunn have inserted themselves into the citys business.
Many well-meaning Fitchburg residents have been duped by the misinformation they have spread. It is
clear that no matter what the longawaited groundwater study concludes, there are no circumstances
under which these individuals will
support development in the NEN.
They will continue to seek out
delaying tactics, throwing everything they can find against the
wall to see what will stick. Their
opposition has no basis in science. It is pure NIMBYism. It is
time to shut the door on this nonsense and move forward. If Alder
Arnold is elected mayor he will
have to eventually, and uncomfortably, do exactly that.
Ed Kinney, John Freiburger
Fitchburg
City not keeping transit promises

When the Fitchburg Public Library was planned for the
city campus, many community members asked how those
who don't drive would be able to access the library.
Two promises were made: bring transit to the library
and City Hall, and send library staff on outreach missions
to our transit-rich neighborhoods in the north and northwest parts of the city.
The library is in its fourth year of operation, and those
promises still have not been kept. The library still has only
peak hour transit service, and only from the South Transfer Point. It takes two transfers and an hour-and-a-half
to reach the library from the Jamestown neighborhood.
Despite Ald. Steve Arnold's proposal for affordable transit
across our city and Fitchburg's five-year transit plan, the
current administration is undertaking another transit study
keeping many of our neighbors from reaching their own
library until at least 2016.
The library now has the full staff it needs to operate its
building, but no extra staff that can undertake outreach to
remote neighborhoods, including Jamestown, Leopold, and
Southdale. The Library Board and director proposed new
staff to undertake neighborhood outreach in its 2015 budget, but this item was removed by the current administration,
again blocking any improvements until at least 2016.
The people of Fitchburg shouldn't have to put up with
broken promises. The current administration seems to
think that the library is for those who can drive there, and
that's good enough. We need a change in City Hall. Our
library and our city should be for everyone, not just the
politically well-connected.
Bob Wilson
Fitchburg
Money champions sprawl

No one seems to be bothered by the apartment complex being proposed for the
corner of Fitchrona Road and
Lacy Road, right across from
a quiet residential area.
I would like to say that this
proposal is the poster boy of

urban sprawl. I thought Fitchburg was better than this. I
guess I was wrong. Money
talks; common sense walks.
Don Johnson
Fitchburg
Arnold will bring openness

The need to increase openness and transparency in
city government are among the reasons I enthusiastically
endorse Steve Arnold for mayor.
He is a thoughtful and considerate advocate for all Fitchburg residents. As mayor, he will encourage vibrant and sustainable development. He values principles, not politics.
Fitchburg will thrive under his leadership.
Kurt Gutknecht
Fitchburg
March 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
Stars success speaks for itself
flicker of emotion hits me

where it counts. As I read
the article in the Columbia
Journalism Review, it confirms
the success of the unthinkable in
2015: The resurrection of a print
newspaper.
Its a pursuit
that could be
categorized as
vintage these
days. For years,
the printed
words tortoiselike attributes
have been bullied by the hareVlisides
esque instantgratification of
the Internet. Its true, while others
were building smart phone apps
or dreaming up yet another social
media interface, we were putting
words and graphics on pages that
feature the people, organizations
and businesses of a city with no
school district that was searching
for an identity. Fitchburg, infrastructure and technology-wise
continues to accomplish so much
yet those elements alone could not
build a connected community.
Many feel newspapers significance is undercut by the web, but
the Fitchburg Star is one example
where that doesnt have to be the
case. The Stars success is a result
of the city and its residents willing to take a stake in themselves.
While blog and click-bait news
sites bring tremendous freedom
of information, they distract from
the bread and butter that continues
to make America great: realizing
common bonds among those who
are different. When we learn about

the people around us, we rarely
walk away feeling alienated. We
grow stronger, and when we feel
connected to something, we inherently want to see it flourish.
These types of connections we
often take for granted, until one
day, they arent there. I had a dramatic lesson in this when I took a
job in Japan after more than four
years reporting and page designing for Unified Newspaper Group,
including helping launch the Star.
I like living here, but its hard to
not stand out as one of three white
Americans in a city of 40,000
people. For a while, I was just a
stranger in a foreign land, but after
meeting the local fish store owners, attending the local yoga class
and making new friends through
volunteer work, those connections
are what have made it my new
home.
I hope that with the help of a
newspaper to foster community
connections, Fitchburg is experiencing this on a much larger scale.
Contributing to the Fitchburg
Stars inception was an exciting part of my journalistic career
because it enabled an old dog to
learn new tricks. That old dog,
being a print publication, and new
tricks, being a shift in how it is
funded. And thats thanks to your
local government, local businesses, the citizens of the community
they serve, and the folks at UNG.
I personally spoke with dozens
of people in Fitchburg who missed
an expansive, reliable outlet for
the community. Weve all heard
the broken-record mantra that
Alders unfairly targeting

those who oppose them
I was alerted by a friend that my name was mentioned at the City of Fitchburg Finance Committee
meeting on Jan. 27. The FACTv video, which you can
watch online at city.fitchburg.wi.us, starting at minute 25, is really disturbing; it makes you wonder what
country you are in!
Chair Alder Richard Bloomquist and Alder Dan
Carpenter ask city administrator Tony Roach to provide them with extremely detailed information about
my contract employment with the Fitchburg Senior
Center as a Spanish teacher.
They give no indication of why they want every
single bit of information about my employment
there, including the names of all the Spanish students,
and in response to Mr. Roach's clarifying question
Just that one vendor? Alder Bloomquist replies,
Just that one vendor.
I can reach no other conclusion than that they are hoping to find some excuse to punish me personally because
the group I chair, the West Waubesa Preservation Coalition, has so far been successful in stopping the hugely
unpopular development of the Northeast Neighborhood,
which the current mayor and a 6-2 Common Council
majority supported. Bloomquist and Carpenter are part
of that majority, as is Alder Patrick Stern, who listened
to the exchange and said nothing.
Vindictiveness against opponents is not a Fitchburg
value, and I hope that the voters will let these alders
know that we want civilized deliberations that serve
the entire community, not petty political revenge
schemes that betray the people who voted for them.
Phyllis Hasbrouck
Chair, West Waubesa Preservation Coalition
More letters
The Fitchburg Star had more letters than we
could publish this month, including several related
to the April 7 election. Please see more at:
Pfaff stands for integrity
Karen Julesberg
City shows wrong priorities
Ada Deer
Pfaff keeps his word
Jodi Johnston
Zachs experience counts
Joanne/Uriah Carpenter
Zach: respected, dedicated

Susan Fox/Ellen Lindgren
Zach is an effective, passionate leader for schools
Nancy Thompson
Zach committed to service
Tom Mueller
Undue interest in one vendor
Tom Werner, Kath. Lemke
the media warps the view of the

populous, but its not so one sided.
As readers, theres a power we all
hold when choosing to support
credible media, whether its online
or in print. The media we consume
is the media that will ultimately
prevail.
Silently shutting down the critics, its a beautiful spectacle to see
how Fitchburg came together as
a community and helped the Star
stick around. I say it like its a
feel-good made-for-TV movie, but
in all seriousness, lets take a second to honor whats been accomplished here because if you ask my
former co-workers, their modesty
wont do it justice.
I am so humbled, so proud and
so in awe of the dedication it took
to make the Star a success. It, as
a whole, exemplifies the hardworking America I hope to portray
to the people I meet in Japan, giving the backseat to the one thats
seemingly growing so polarized
politically and socially.
On the Fitchburg Stars oneyear anniversary, I hope more
governments and industry leaders
can learn from and be inspired by
what happens when we take a calculated risk. Im not naive enough
to think that this type of process
will succeed everywhere, but with
the right market and the voice of
the community behind it, it can.
It has. And it will.
Victoria Vlisides was a reporter and page designer for Unified
Newpaper from 2010-2014. She
helped launch the Fitchburg Star
and wrote two of its cover stories.
Pfaff supports all citizens

I urge Fitchburg residents
to support Mayor Shawn
Pfaff in the April election. I
have known Shawn for nearly a decade and have worked
closely with him through
the Fitchburg Lions Club,
the Friends of the Fitchburg
Library, and through various
other community activities.
Shawn is a man who takes
the position of mayor very
seriously and strives to serve
all Fitchburg residents.
Shawn has always demonstrated the passion and
empathy and commitment
to do what is right for Fitchburg's residents no matter
what neighborhood they live
in or what walk of life they
come from. He has been
instrumental in the city's
efforts to reinvest in many
of our existing neighborhoods, especially along our
N. Fish Hatchery Road corridor, and the redevelopment
taking place there.

Through Shawn's collaborative leadership, many community and faith-based leaders came together nearly two
years ago to create the Essentials Pantry located just off of
N. Fish Hatchery Road. The
Essentials Pantry serves as a
way for families no matter their station in life to be
able to come and get essential personal items when they
need them. This is just one
example of how Shawn listens to both sides of issues
and works together for the
betterment of Fitchburg.
Fitchburg is a growing
and dynamic place that has
been fortunate enough to
have Shawn Pfaff as Mayor the past four years. His
leadership has served us
well. Please join me in supporting him on April 7.
Alice Jenson
Fitchburg
Zachs knowledge is invaluable

We are writing in support of Steve Zach for Oregon
School Board. Each of us has had the opportunity to serve
on the board with Steve and can attest to his commitment
to the students of the district and his vision and passion
for public education. He has served tirelessly on the board
for over 16 years and has a depth of knowledge about Oregon schools that is invaluable to our community.
During his time on the board, Steve has chaired numerous committees and his leadership was instrumental in
helping pass the successful building referendum. He has
helped shaped district budgets, guided the district during
times of educational reform and been an outstanding contributing member of the board. His years of experience
are irreplaceable in this environment of uncertainty with
the state budget and cuts to public education, and his continued membership on the board will ensure that district
leadership will remain focused on the challenges ahead.
With his years of experience, commitment to students,
and proven leadership, Steve most certainly deserves our
vote to continue this important work.
Please join us in voting for Steve Zach for school board
on April 7.
Courtney Odorico, Doug Kornetzke,
Deedra Atkinson, Dave Williams
Past Presidents of the Oregon School Board
March 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
Coming Up
Family Frozen Fete
Wisconsin Literacy will be
hosting a free event to celebrate 30 years of changing lives
through literacy from 3-6 p.m.,
Sunday, March 15, at the McKee
Farms Park shelter.
There will be free outdoor
activities and games for all, a
Frozen inspired sing-a-long
(costumes are encouraged), a
bonfire with the Fitchburg Fire
Department and comments by
Rob Shindler, author of Hotdogs
and Hamburgers Unlocking
Lifes Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any Age.
For more information, contact
Wisconsin Literacy at 257-1655
or visit WisconsinLiteracy.org.
individuals, such as those with

disabilities, the elderly and nonEnglish speaking taxpayers.
Free sessions will be held
between Feb. 3 and April 15 at
the Goodwill Career Center, 6291
McKee Road.
For information visit
goodwillscwi.org or to make an
appointment, call 246-3140 ext.
155.
Scrapbooking sale
Green Whimsy will be holding

its next Scrapbooking, Stamping
and Crafting Supply sale from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. March 21-22 at the
Candlewood Suites in Fitchburg.
Crafters can buy new supplies
and sell their excess supplies as
cosigners at the event. Everything
remaining on Sunday will be sold
Device advice
at half price.
Have a question about your tabFor information, call Aleilet or smartphone? Want to learn sha Gurrie at 620-5205 or visit
how to download e-books or test greenwhimsy.com.
the newest tablets and e-readers?
Drop in at the library at 7 p.m., Mango languages
Monday, March 16, and visit with
Learn a new language at 7 p.m.
the tech tutor. Call 729-1763 with Monday, March 23 at the library.
questions.
Mango languages is a free
resource provided by the library
Book discussion
where you can learn a few phrases
The library will hold a book in a foreign language to prepare for
discussion at 10 a.m., Wednes- a vacation, learn a new language all
day, March 18, to look at Away together or just brush up on a lanby Amy Bloom. Copies are guage youve already learned.
available at the second floor refCall 729-1763 with questions.
erence desk.
Next months read is I am Mala- Teen lock-in
la by Malala Yousafzai, the 2014
The library will host a teen lockUW-Madison Go Big Read pick.
in from 6-9 p.m. Friday, March 27.
Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to
Tax preparation help
hang out at the library after they
Tax preparation help will be close to the public to enjoy games,
available through the Fitchburg pizza, movies and crafts.
Senior Center and Goodwill
Space is limited and registraIndustries of South Central Wis- tion is required, with a permission
consin.
slip signed by a parent/guardian.
For those who could benefit
To register, stop by the youth
from free, simple tax return help, desk or call 729-1762.
set up a 30-minute appointment
at the senior center from 9 a.m. April Fools Tomfoolery
to 3:30 p.m. on either Friday,
Have some silly fun at the
March 20 or April 3. To make an library starting at 3 p.m. Wednesappointment, call 270-4290.
day, April 1.
Income tax return preparaLearn how to fool friends and
tion assistance is available to family with jokes and harmless
area low-income families and
Calendar of Events
Friday, March 13
7:30 p.m., Alex Carlson ($8,

$6 advance), True Coffee
Saturday, March 14
7:30 p.m., War Poets ($8, $6

advance), True Coffee
Sunday, March 15
3-6 p.m., Family Frozen Fete,

McKee Farms Park
Monday, March 16
9:30 and 11 a.m., Preschool

Storytime (ages 2-5, Mondays),
library, 729-1760
7 p.m., Device Advice, library,
729-1760
Tuesday, March 17
11 a.m., Lapsit Storytime

(ages 0-2, Tuesdays), library,
729-1760
5:30 p.m., R.E.A.D. to a Dog
(sign-up), library, 729-1760
Wednesday, March 18
6 p.m., Climate Change

MOOC Discussion Group,
library, 729-1760
Friday, March 20
4:30 p.m., Family Bingo,

library, 729-1760
Saturday, March 21
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Scrapbooking, Stamping
and Crafting supply sale,
Candlewood Suites,
greenwhimsy.com
7:30 p.m., Dan Bern Hoody
Release Show ($15, $12
Sunday, March 22
8 a.m. to noon, Pancake

Breakfast ($6, $3 children
under 10), senior center, 2704290
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Scrapbooking, Stamping
and Crafting supply sale,
Candlewood Suites,
greenwhimsy.com
10 a.m., Book Discussion:

Away by Amy Bloom, library,
Monday, March 23
729-1760
7 p.m., Mother Daughter Book 5:15 p.m., Chad Sigl
Club (grades 3-5), library, 729- and Madison School and
Community Recreation presen1760
tations, Fitchburg Community
Thursday, March 19
Center
11:30 a.m. to noon, Verona
7 p.m., Mango Languages,
school referendum presentalibrary, 729-1760
tion, senior center
Tuesday, March 24
1 p.m., Bouncing Babies
3-5 p.m., Open door with
(ages 0-1), library, 729-1760
superintendent Dean Gorrell,
VASD administration building
5:15 p.m., Edward Jones
financial advisors discuss
5-9 p.m., Agrace volunteer
college savings program,
orientation, 5395 E. Cheryl
Benvenutos
Pkwy., 327-7163
pranks. There will even be a crazy to bring your library card to take and some stories to inspire creprank craft to make. Recommend- some anime home with you.
ativity from 1-3 p.m. Saturday,
ed for kids ages 5 and up.
For information, call 729-1762. April 18.
Create with other LEGO fans or
DIY wind chimes
Madison Opera preview
build your own unique creations.
Visit the library at 3 p.m. FriMadison Opera will host a Suggested for ages 5 and up.
day, April 3, and learn how to free multimedia preview about
make a do-it-yourself wind chime their upcoming performances of Waterway cleanup
Fitchburgs spring waterway
with recycled cans and old wash- The Barber of Seville at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at the cleanups are tentatively planned
ers.
for 9-11 a.m. Saturday, April 18,
Not only will you be creating library.
a beautiful noise, you will also
rain or shine.
A cleanup will be held on the
be saving the planet, one can at Green complete streets
a time. Recommended for kids
The Green Thursday event in north side of Dunns Marsh along
aged 5 and up.
April will take place on a differ- Crescent Road. There may be
ent date and time. The Fitchburg additional cleanup groups formEaster egg hunt
Resource Conservation Commis- ing in your area, coordinated by
The Fitchburg Lions Club is sion will host a forum on Green your neighborhood association.
Anyone interested in being a group
holding its free Easter Egg Hunt Complete Streets from 3-4:30 p.m.
leader may contact Rick Eilertson at
at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Thursday, April 9, at the library.
McKee Farms Park.
La Crosse assistant city engi- rick.eilertson@fitchburgwi.gov or
There will be sections for each neer Bernard Lenz will discuss 270-4264.
Volunteers are encouraged
age group, with approximately the citys efforts to develop a
2,000 eggs with candy in them. green infrastructure program to wear boots and bring work
Some of the eggs will have stick- to improve accessibility, safety gloves. Refreshments and giveers on them for a prize or candy.
and environmental sustainabil- aways will be provided.
Details will be posted closer
Bring your camera to take pic- ity through stormwater managetures with the Easter Bunny.
ment, landscaping and air quality to the events at fitchburgwi.gov/
stormwater.
improvements.
Groove the Food
A green complete street includes
Verona Area Needs Network porous pavement, grass swales, Grief volunteers needed
Agrace HospiceCare, 5395 E.
has announced a spring benefit bioretention basins, trees and vegetated boulevards and medians.
Cheryl Pkwy., will offer volunconcert.
For more information, visit teer orientations in April and two
Groove the Food with singer/
free grief support opportunities.
songwriter Beth Kille and guitar- completestreets.org.
Bridges Grief Support Group is
ist Michael Tully performs from
an ongoing, open weekly support
7-10 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Spring business expo
Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery,
The Fitchburg Chamber is group from 9:30-11 a.m. Wednes300 S. Main St., Verona.
holding its Spring Business Expo days for adults grieving the death
Tickets are available at Tuvalu from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, of a loved one.
Spouse/Partner Loss Support
or by calling 347-1571. They are at the Fitchburg Community CenGroup is a five-week grief sup$35 ($40 at the door) and include ter, 5510 Lacy Road.
food, drink coupon and music.
More than 60 exhibitors will port group for adults from 10 a.m.
Space is limited.
showcase their goods and services. to noon on Thursdays from April
All proceeds benefit the Move
There will be free admission, 23 through May 21. Call Annette
the Food campaign.
free refreshments and door prizes Cleary to register at 327-7025.
Volunteers are needed in the
F o r i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t for over 400 attendees.
vanncares.org or call Shelly
To reserve a booth, contact Kate at Agrace kitchen and Doc Rock
Kubly at 845-6800.
kwicker@fitchburgchamber.com. Cafe, the reception area, thrift
Fees are $100 for Fitchburg Cham- store and garden as spring nears.
Anime Club
ber Visitor and Business Bureau Schedules are flexible and trainThe library is having its first members or $200 for non-mem- ing is provided.
Volunteer orientations will
Anime Club meeting at 6 p.m. bers.
For more information, visit be held from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday,
Monday, April 6.
April 7, and from 8 a.m. to noon
Teens grades 6-12 are invited fitchburgchamber.com.
Monday, April 20. Call 327-7163
to come watch, write, draw and
to apply and begin the pre-orientalk about their favorite anime LEGOs at the library
The library will provide LEGOs tation process.
series and characters. Make sure
6 p.m., Teen Library Council,

library, 729-1760
(ages 1-5), library, 729-1760

3 p.m., April Fools Tomfoolery
(ages 5-11), library, 729-1760
Preview: The Barber of Seville,

library, 729-1760
10 a.m., Toddler Art (ages

1-3), library, 729-1760
6-7:30 p.m., Verona school
referendum open house, library
Thursday, April 2
11 a.m., Cookbook Club: Side

Dishes, library, 729-1760
3-4:30 p.m., Green
Thursdays: Green Complete
Streets, library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Board Game Bonanza
(for teens), library, 729-1760
Friday, March 27
Friday, April 3
11 a.m., Cupcake Wars (ages

7-11), library, 729-1760
Saturday, April 4
Brush collection begins

(have out at curb by 6:30 a.m.
Monday of collection week),
Fitchburg, 270-4260
Yard waste collection begins
(and May 11, Oct. 26, Nov. 16),
Fitchburg, 270-4260
Wednesday, March 25
1 p.m., Crafternoon: Assault

with a Deadly Glue Gun,
library, 729-1760
2 p.m., Marshmallow Building
Thursday, March 26
(ages 7-11), library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Climate Change
MOOC Discussion, library, 729- 5:30 p.m., Bookmaking (ages
6-12), library, 729-1760
1760
11 a.m., Royal Stories and
Crafts (ages 3-6), library, 7291760
6-9 p.m., Teen Lock-In (register), library, 729-1762
7:30 p.m., Decker ($8, $6
Saturday, March 28
Noon, LEGOS at the library

(ages 5-11), library, 729-1760
3 p.m., Kids Movie, library,
729-1760
4 p.m., Ebola Awareness
Seminar with photographer
Joseph Zeogar, All Saints
Lutheran Church, 2951 Chapel
Valley Road, 276-7729, allsaints-madison.org
7:30 p.m., Fairview ($12, $8
Tuesday, March 31

6 p.m., Teen Writers Group,
library, 729-1760
Wednesday, April 1
10:30 a.m., Kids Dance Party
3 p.m., DIY Wind Chimes

(ages 5-11), library, 729-1760
1 p.m., Fitchburg Lions Easter
Egg Hunt, McKee Farms Park
7-10 p.m., VANN Groove
the Food with Beth Kille
and Michael Tully, Tuvalu,
vanncares.org
Monday, April 6
Thursday, April 9
Friday, April 10
Monday, April 13
Thursday, April 16
12 p.m., Scavenger Hunts

(ages 11 and under), library,
729-1760
6 p.m., Teen Anime Club
(grades 6-12), library, 729-1760
4-7 p.m., Fitchburg Chamber

Spring Business Expo,
Fitchburg Community Center,
5510 Lacy Road
Tuesday, April 7
9-11 a.m., Annual Waterway

Cleanup, Schumann Greenway
and Dunns Marsh North
Complex along Crescent Road,
270-4264
7:45 a.m., Fitchburg

Chamber Business Before 9,
Candlewood Suites
5-9 p.m., Agrace volunteer
orientation (register), 5395 E.
Cheryl Pkwy., 327-7163
6 p.m., Guys Read (ages
7-11), library, 729-1760
Wednesday, April 8
10 a.m., Toddler Art (ages

1-3), library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Madison Opera
Saturday, April 18
Sunday, April 19
1:30 p.m., Molly Fifield Murray

presentation on UW arboretum,
library
Tuesday, April 20
8 a.m. to noon, Agrace volunteer orientation (register), 5395

E. Cheryl Pkwy., 327-7163
Meetings update Verona Road construction

Orange barrels have
already started popping up
along Verona Road and the
Beltline in anticipation of
this years construction season.
Wisconsin Department
of Transportation officials
planned to start some site
preparation March 9, with
more work planned all summer and fall.
This initial work will
include temporary widening, median and pavement
work, storm sewer work and
other traffic control items in
preparation for eastbound
Beltline reconstruction to
begin in early April 2015,
according to a WisDOT
news release.
This phase of the project
focuses on adding another
If you go
What: Verona Road info
meeting
When: 5-7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24
Where: Boys and Girls
Club, 4619 Jenewein Road,
Fitchburg
Info: VeronaRoadProject.
wi.gov
lane in each direction to the
Beltline. The work along
with a new interchange at
Verona Road is slated to
be done in November 2016.
The next phase will focus
on the area between McKee Road and the section of
Verona Road completed last
fall near Raymond Road.
As part of the construction
process, several meetings
are planned to keep drivers
and residents up to date on 2015 to discuss design and

the latest plans.
construction activities for
the Verona Road reconInfo session
struction project.
The major road project
An information session
and open house meeting will impact drivers, resiwill be held from 5-7 p.m. dents and businesses from
Tuesday, March 24, at the the Beltline to Hwy. PD
Boys and Girls Club, 4619 (McKee Road) and along
Jenewein Road, Fitchburg. the Beltline between WhitNo formal presentation is ney Way and Seminole
scheduled; stop by at your Highway.
Four regular meetings are
convenience. This meeting
had originally been sched- set for 2015:
Thursday, June 25
uled for March 19, but was
Thursday, Sept. 24
changed earlier this month.
Thursday, Dec. 17
Maps and exhibits of the
No formal presentations
Verona Road improvements
will be on display. WisDOT are scheduled at these meetrepresentatives will be ings. Staff will be on hand
available at these meetings each night from 5:30-7:30
to discuss the project on an p.m.
All meetings will be at
individual basis.
the City of Fitchburg Fire
Quarterly meetings
Station No. 2, 5415 King
Quarterly open house James Way, Fitchburg.
meetings are scheduled for
Historical society meeting to feature

arboretum presentation April 19
Senior center
holds pancake
breakfast
Enjoy a breakfast of
pancakes, eggs, sausage,
applesauce, orange juice
and coffee from 8 a.m. to
noon, Sunday, March 22, at
the Fitchburg Senior Center, sponsored by the FSC
Friends.
The cost is $6 for adults
and $3 for children up to 10
years old. No advanced tickets will be sold.
The Patchwork Quilters
will raffle four quilts at the
senior center during the
breakfast. View the quilts
in the display case at the
senior center prior to the
raffle.
Tickets for the raffle are
$2 each or three for $5 and
will be available at the front
desk of the senior center or
from Patchwork Quilters.
If a minimum number of
tickets are not sold prior to
the breakfast, the raffle will
be delayed and held at the
fall fundraiser. All tickets
will be eligible regardless
of when they are sold.
Call 270-4290 with any
questions.
If you go
What: Arboretum presentation
When: 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 19
Where: Fitchburg Public
Library
Info: 729-1783
at the Fitchburg Public
Library at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19.
Murrays presentation
will take place during the
Fitchburg Historical Societys general meeting,
which will follow a brief
business meeting, in the
librarys large conference
room on the second floor.
The arboretum includes
the worlds oldest restored
prairie as well as oak
savanna, wetlands and a

forest which will some day
resemble what settlers saw
when they arrived in southern Wisconsin.
The restoration efforts,
which are ongoing, were
begun with the sweat of
Civilian Conservation
Corps workers during the
Great Depression, and guided by the vision of Leopold,
Theodore Sperry, J.T. Curtis, William Longenecker
and many others.
Murray was trained
in landscape restoration
and native garden design
and has taught about and
designed native wildflower
gardens. She also is a frequent guest on the garden
talk segment on the Larry
Meiller Show on Wisconsin
Public Radio.
All Saints Lutheran

Church, 2951 Chapel Valley Road, will host photographer
J o s e p h
Zeogar for
an Ebola
awareness
seminar
at 4 p.m.
Saturday,
March 28.
Zeogar
Zeogar is
the public
relations and communications director of United
Methodist University of
Liberia.
If you go
What: Ebola awareness
seminar
When: 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 28
Where: All Saints
Lutheran Church, 2951
Chapel Valley Road
Cost: Free
Info: 276-7729,
allsaints-madison.org
He will present his

20-minute documentary
on the Ebola outbreak in
Liberia and answer questions.
The seminar is free and
open to the public.
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415 West Verona Ave.
Looking for a fun, creative way to get in the Easter spirit?
Join us for Balloon Fields, an indoor Easter Egg hunt for the
whole community! The event includes cool artts and crafts
actiivitie
es, yummy snacks, and the opportunity to hun
nt for
Easter eggs in a fi
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COMING SOON!
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Easter
Worship
Senior Helpers presents a workshop series based on the Senior

Gems, a proprietary program developed by Senior Helpers and
dementia expert Teepa Snow that focuses on what is precious
and unique about all of our clients. These sessions focus on
providing the best care and support for people with dementia.
Sunday, April 5
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It started in 1932 as what

Aldo Leopold called a tract
of derelict farmland and
became a 1,260-acre preserve of
restored
ecosystems
that provide
a glimpse of
what Dane
County and
Fitchburg
looked like Murray
when the
first settlers
ventured here in the 1840s.
Just north of Fitchburg,
it is the University of
Wisconsin-Madison arboretum.
Outreach and education manager Molly Fifield
Murray will explain the
vision that created the arboretum, and the unique living laboratory of ecology
that the arboretum is today
All Saints hosts

Liberian view of
outbreak March 28
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For more information, contact:

Jennifer Miller, 845-7471
jennifer.miller@ci.verona.wi.us
Sponsored by Verona Senior Center and Four Winds Manor
All Saints Lutheran Church

Corner of Hwy. PD/McKee Rd. & Chapel Valley Rd.
Fitchburg, WI 53711
276-7729 www.allsaints-madison.org
This program was developed and is brought to you by Senior Helpers
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Photographer will present
Ebola awareness seminar
March 13, 2015
8 - The Fitchburg Star - March 13, 2015
An Open Thank You Letter

To The Citizens Of Fitchburg
Twelve years ago I ran for the office of alder in the City of Fitchburg. I have decided not
to run for another term on the Council. I wish to thank all the Citizens of District 3 and
then after redistricting, the voters of District 2, who voted for me these past 7 elections.
You trusted me with the responsibility to represent the citizens of Fitchburg. For that I will
always be grateful.
Twelve years ago the Alder seat was open as the former long-time alder decided not
to run. One of the main reasons I ran was to offer the voters a better choice than the
individual who had just run a very hateful campaign against Tammy Baldwin. In my first
run for office I had Democrats, Republicans, and Independents call and offer support in
the campaign. I have never collected campaign contributions from anyone and all my
elections have been self-funded. I received support in the form of votes.
In addition to my City Council duties, I have held assignments on the Finance Committee,
Library Oversight Committee, Commission of Aging, Community Center/Senior Center
Building Oversight Committee, Board of Public Works, The Fire Station Building Oversight
Committee, as a representative on the Bargaining Committee. One of the best honors
was being elected Council President twice by my fellow alders.
Along the way, I have had the honor of serving with some excellent past and present
alders, as well as a great current Mayor. Im thankful to have served alongside them and
the work we did together to move Fitchburg forward in our 21st century journey.
I wish all the best to each of you today and tomorrow.

Sincerely,
Richard Bloomquist
Fitchburg Alder
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Fitchburg is a unique place to live, to work, and to raise a family, and we welcome our
growing population. Weve done great work and were on the right path. Its a path that
has been thoughtfully planned and implemented, and we should stay the course for
another two years.
Madison schools
March 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
Photos by Scott Girard
My favorite
things
Madison West High School
helped celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Sound of Music
with a pair of shows March 5
and 6. The school will hold more
shows March 13 and 14 at 7 p.m.
and a sing-along show March
15 at 2 p.m. in the high schools
auditorium.
Above, the von Trapp children
react with joy as their father,
Captain Georg von Trapp (Reid
Annin) sings with them after
returning from a long trip.
Below, von Trapp and Maria
Rainer (Grace Ferencek) sing
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A Facebook event titled

Madison West Walkout
indicated more than 200
students would walk out of
school Wednesday afternoon.
The event said the plan
was for the group to take
buses to go to the states
Department of Corrections.
The protest is one in a
week of demonstrations following the death of 19-yearold Tony Robinson, who
was shot by Madison police
officer Matt Kenny after an
alleged struggle Friday night
on Williamson Street.
Robinson was black.
Monday, state Capitol
officials estimated nearly
1,500 high school and college students filled the
building before marching on
streets around the building.
Student protest organizer
and West junior Amanda
Zhang told the Wisconsin
State Journal that two other groups were helping to
organize the protest as well.
In light of the recent
Tony Robinson shooting in
Madison, West High students are organizing around
the shared dream of racial
equality in the justice system by walking out and
joining the statewide rally
in front of the Department
of Corrections, Zhang told
the WSJ.
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The Fitchburg Star
Oregon schools
Board might add citizens to

compensation task force
Extra members
would help lead the
charge
Scott De Laruelle
Photo by Mark Ignatowski
The Love of Three Oranges

Its love at first sight for Andrew Nelson (Prince Tartaglia) and
Caitlin Greibel (Princess Ninetta) in Oregon High Schools production of The Love of Three Oranges earlier this month.
With progress slow on a

proposed teacher compensation referendum, Oregon
School Board members discussed adding up to 10 community representatives to a
task force thats been studying the issue.
The board took no action
Monday night, wanting more
input from task force members on the idea.
According to the proposal,
which was recommended by
the policy committee, district
superintendent Brian Busler
and school board president
Dan Krause would appoint
the new members.
The committee has four
staff members who were
appointed by the Oregon
Education Association (OEA),

three administrators appointed
by Busler and one board member appointed by Krause.
Busler said the way to get
a referendum passed is to get
the community to vote for it,
and involving more residents
in the process to lead the
charge would help that.
We dont want to put our
teachers in the situation where
theyre standing in front of the
community and asking for a
raise for themselves, he said.
Board member Charles
Uphoff agreed, saying adding
district residents to the group
might help make it easier for
the district to sell the referendum to a community that
seems skeptical, based on
recent feedback.
There might be some
value in expanding the base
of the committee to provide
more opportunity for input
and involvement, he said.
OEA member Jon Fishwild said his personal opinion is adding more members
to the committee will make it

more difficult to find common
ground that will appeal to both
the community and teachers.
He suggested a standing focus
group to work out details
from the group.
I think its going to be
counterproductive to add
community members to the
committee at this point, he
said.
Uphoff said from what hes
gathered in recent months, a
November 2016 referendum
would be the best shot to
pass a referendum, noting
it will feature a presidential
election.
Board member Barb Feeney suggested Busler, Krause
and OEA work together to
select any additional committee members, though she was
concerned about adding 10
more members to bring the
number to 20.
Thats a large group of
people to be handling in a
meeting and having good discussion, she said.
Whats online
Read more OSD stories
at ConnectFitchburg.com:
Letter: State cuts

would hurt
The Oregon School
Board wrote a letter outlining how state budget
changes would negatively
impact the school district.
Kelly Meyers updates

Former Oregon High
School principal Kelly Meyers officially resigned from
the position in February. She
also spoke with the Star to
explain what happened.
Teaching tolerance
Oregon Middle School
literature teacher Amy
Vatne-Bintliff was among
five teachers honored last
July with the national 2014
Teacher of Excellence
Award from Teaching
Tolerance, a project of the
Southern Poverty Law Center. Dr. June C. Christian, a
teaching and learning specialist at the center, called
Vatne-Bintliff a special
person and an expert social
justice educator.
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ConnectFitchburg.com:
Few questions so far

from public
The second part in the spring series covers how elementary schools around the district are putting personalized learning in place. The third part in the series will
run later this month focusing on the districts three elementary charter schools.
VAIS struggles to fill spots

Verona Area International School did not fill up its
incoming kidnergarten call by the charter school enrollment request deadline. Core Knowledge Charter School
and New Century School both got more applications
than they had openings.
VAHS students compete in statewide cooking

competition
A group of Verona Area High School students competed March 10 in the ProStart state cooking competition. They had some help from Fitchburg resident and
Lilianas chef Dave Heide in preparing for the competition.
School board to fill vacant seat

School board member John McCulley moved to South
Carolina with his family, leaving an opening on the
board. Tom Duerst, who was running unopposed for the
open seat in the April electoin, is the likely choice and
will get a few extra weeks on the board. The board will
officially choose the replacement at the March 16 meeting.
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Officials hope to explain referendum

Scott Girard
Personalized Learning series
The Fitchburg Star
Verona Area School District officials expect a few

questions about the April 7
referendum.
They believe they have
the answers explaining the
need to purchase three pieces
of land, including the use of
eminent domain on one.
Thats why officials scheduled a series of open houses
and meetings with community groups and created a
fact sheet for the website and
school locations.
We really want people
to call, email, show up at
these open houses to ask
questions, Gorrell said last
week. I literally have heard
nothing from anybody.
That didnt change at
the first open door session with the superintendent
March 2, as no one showed
up, he reported at that nights
school board meeting.
As the election gets closer,
Gorrell expects to hear more,
and he and VASD public
information officer Kelly
Kloepping said their biggest
focus is to reach both Verona and Fitchburg residents
about the ballot question.
We just want to make
sure we inform the public
so its very clear what this
action item is about, Kloepping said.
A fact sheet and another
Information
sessions
March 19: Open door
with superintendent Dean
Gorrell, 3-5 p.m.; Fitchburg
Senior Center, 11:30 a.m.
to noon
March 23: Fitchburg
Library public open house,
6-7:30 p.m.
March 24: Open door
with superintendent Dean
Gorrell, 3-5 p.m.
March 25: Verona
Library public open house,
6-7:30 p.m.
March 31: Verona
Senior Center, 10 a.m.;
Open door with superintendent Dean Gorrell, 3-5 p.m.
(All open door sessions located at VASD
administration building,
700 N. Main St., Verona)
reminder notecard will be
mailed to all VASD households.
The ballot will include a
single question authorizing
the school board to use up to
$8.35 million to purchase the
18-acre Herfel property on
the southern side of the district and two larger, adjacent
pieces on the west side of the
city of Verona.
The question also asks voters to authorize the school
board to use eminent domain
to help acquire the West End
property after negotiations
between the property owner,
Vanta, and Terrance Walls
apartment company, which

owns some common land on
the property, were not completed in time.
The district still hopes to
come to an agreement without using eminent domain,
officials have said, but needs
the authorization to do so if it
comes to that.
The district will also focus
on reaching Spanish-speaking voters, both encouraging
them to register and ensuring they understand the issue
through Spanish translators
that will be present at the
library open houses later this
month, Kloepping said.
They are also having to
deal with some timing issues,
as election day falls over the
districts spring break, meaning some parents and families may be out of town for
the vote.
The timing of this is not
ideal, thats for sure, Gorrell
said.
They added information
about absentee voting to the
fact sheet and on an FAQ
document on the website for
that reason.
Gorrell also said explaining the bizarre eminent
domain issue has been a
challenge.
I hope we get a lot of
questions about (eminent
domain), he said. It is so
complicated you could
spend forever trying to talk
about it as a narrative, and
Id much rather talk about
it face-to-face or over the
phone.
School board member
Amy Almond said at the
March 2 board meeting she

had gotten questions from
a few residents, and they
werent concerned about
what buildings might eventually go on the land, just
understanding why it was
necessary and how it would
affect their taxes.
VASD business manager
Chris Murphy recently estimated a successful referendum would increase the
mill rate $0.15 per $1,000
of assessed value from what
it would otherwise be. The
exact rate cannot be determined yet as the district
awaits passage of the state
budget.
To learn more about the
referendum, visit the districts website at verona.k12.
wi.us or pick up a fact sheet
at any school location or the
administrative building.
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Northeast Neighborhood
DNR reviewing decision on Northeast Neighborhood

Public hearing expected
in coming months
Scott Girard
The Wisconsin Department of

Natural Resources is in the process of reviewing a county-level
advisory groups denial of sewer
service expansion to Fitchburgs
Northeast Neighborhood.
The city appealed to the DNR
with a letter in early January after
the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission, which advises
the state on expansions to sewer
service for Dane County municipalities, voted against the neighborhood at its November meeting.
DNR Water Quality Bureau
director Susan Sylvester told the
Star last week that there was no
update yet, as officials reviewed
materials provided by the city.
We hope to move forward in
the next couple weeks with sending out public notice, but I dont
really have a time frame right
now, Sylvester said.

The November CARPC vote
followed a long public hearing
in October at which a majority of speakers opposed the plan,
according to meeting minutes.
A CARPC staff report had recommended approval of the plan if
the city pursued a list of additional stormwater management and
erosion control protections.
There was initial disagreement
on whether the city had to formally appeal to the DNR for the
department to review the decision, but department officials
eventually said they would not
review it without some form of
request. City administrator Tony
Roach sent a letter to the DNR on
Jan. 7 requesting the review.
CARPC has been regarded
as the final word on whether a
municipality can expand its urban
service area, since it advises on
where a municipality can provide
the sewer service necessary for
most urban development. A 2010
appeal by the Village of Mazomanie with regards to a proposed
The neighborhood,
bounded
by Nine
Springs
Creek to
the north
and the
Lacy Road
corridor to
the south
next to
Hwy. 14,
would cover nearly
986 acres
total when
including
environmental corridors and
existing
residential
development.
200-acre development, however,

clarified that the group can be
overruled by the DNR.
Mayor Shawn Pfaff has said he
believes the DNR will approve
the plan if they look at the science
behind it.
His challenger in the mayoral
election, Ald. Steve Arnold, has
opposed the passage of the neighborhood plan as coming too soon.
He told the Star he would do what
he could to have the DNR stop its
review if he were elected, though
he wasnt sure what that would
entail, and wouldnt want to subject
the city to punishment or fines.
The common council voted
back in February 2014 to send
both the NEN and North Stoner Prairie Neighborhood plans
to CARPC with Arnold and
Ald. Dorothy Krause (Dist. 1)
opposing the measure. CARPC
approved the NSP plain in October.
The West Waubesa Preservation Coalition has strongly
opposed developing the NEN,
saying it would hurt the wetlands.
Rendering
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Fitchburg
Steele pleads insanity

Former sheriffs
deputy faces two
murder charges
Map courtesy SRF Consulting
A potential service area for a shared ride taxi would include many major points within the city.
Transit study recommends bus, shared-ride taxi

It would be at least two typically have a higher cost
years until either of those per rider.
could be implemented due to
The study also assumed
A recent transit study state grant funding time lines. about 51 percent of the
cost would be covered by
found a few small steps could
state and federal grants,
improve access to some of Options
The taxi service would which gave Ald. Richard
the City of Fitchburgs major
amenities for those without likely be contracted with a Bloomquist (D-2) pause.
What worries me is given
private company, and would
vehicles.
Preliminary findings from a ask riders to call when they this state and what theyre
transit study by SRF Consult- needed a ride. That entirely doing to solve their budget
ing show an intracity flexible user-initiated pick-up is one problems, I dont know how
bus or shared taxi service are of the disadvantages of that much longer you can count
on much state money comthe most promising near-term system, Kapper said.
The flexible bus would pro- ing back for transit systems,
options for the city. Those
two options are the lowest- vide a mix of scheduled, pre- Bloomquist said.
The city would have a set
cost and highest effectiveness determined stops and curbin the short-term, though a to-curb service within a fixed of other steps to finish before
fixed-route bus run through zone or corridor, Kapper said. applying to the state for
The fixed route would add funds, including determinMadison Metro could be the
to current Metro bus routes ing which service it would
best long-term option.
Establishing a cross-town and run at scheduled times use and finalizing the service
area.
fixed route service under and stops in the city.
The service area is key, as
The study estimated that
current finance and policy
conditions will require sig- by the third year of opera- its important to not duplinificant investment from the tion, the taxi service would cate services with existCity of Fitchburg and the i n c l u d e 3 6 , 0 0 0 - 6 0 , 0 0 0 ing Madison Metro routes
availability of vehicles and trips, the flexible bus would already going through the
storage from Madison Met- include 60,000-80,000 and city, Kapper said.
Kapper and city transporthe fixed bus route would
ro, the study said.
tation project engineer Ahna
The shared-ride taxi and have 80,000 or more.
Bizjak suggested that starting
flexible bus routes would
with a shared-ride taxi, with
offer curb-to-curb service, Cost of service
Joe Kapper of SRF explained
SRF estimated that for the lowest cost, could offer
to the Committee of the weekday 6 a.m.-6 p.m. ser- a way to test the demand for
Whole Feb. 25, but would vice, the taxi would cost more transit options with less
also likely include less trips $320,000-360,000, the flexi- risk.
That could better inform
annually.
ble bus would cost $405,000Wed like to look at a set 585,000 and the fixed bus a decision at some point
of options focused on travel $580,000-680,000 for oper- when your ridership is gaining momentum, Bizjak said.
within the City of Fitchburg ating expenses.
and serving some of those
As you go up in cost you They sort of naturally progareas currently unserved by get a higher ridership ben- ress upon each other.
The study was still in draft
transit, trying to fill in some efit, so thats what needs
geographic gaps, address to be weighed with each form, and will be finalized
some markets within the one, Kapper told the COW. and presented to city staff in
city, Kapper said.
The more flexible modes mid-March.
The Fitchburg man who

allegedly murdered his
wife and sister-in-law last
August plead not guilty for
reasons of insanity in February.
Andrew Steele, 39, a
former Dane County Sheriffs Deputy who suffered
from ALS, made the plea
Feb. 18 in the case against
him for allegedly killing
his wife,
39-yearold Ashlee
S t e e l e ,
and sisterin-law,
38-yearold Kacee
Tollefsbol. Steele
The double-homicide rocked the
Fitchburg community and
the Yarmouth Greenway
neighborhood where the
Steeles lived with their
children.
Andrew Steele, who
lived in Fitchburg with
his wife Ashlee and their

children for more than
a decade, was found by
police in the laundry room
of the Steeles home at
3038 Yarmouth Greenway
on Aug. 22 after allegedly
shooting his wife and sister-in-law.
The community held a
vigil less than a week after
the incident.
A motion hearing is
scheduled for March 27,
with jury selection slated
for mid-April.
-Scott Girard
Scott Girard
Fitchburg man dies in construction collapse

A Fitchburg resident was
killed last month following a masonry collapse at
a Madison
construction
site.
John P.
Stoll, 58,
died Feb.
20 from
injuries
r e l a t e d t o Stoll
the collapse,
the Dane
County Medical Examiners office said in a news
release.
Mr. Stoll was transported from the construction site to a local hospital
where he was pronounced

dead shortly after arrival,
the release read.
Madison Fire Department paramedics were
called to the scene near the
1100 block of John Nolen
Drive around 7:30 a.m. for
a report of an entrapment,
the department said in a
news release.
When firefighters and
medics arrived, workers at
the site had freed their coworker, MFD spokesperson Lori Wirth said in the
release.
The building under construction is a mixed-use
property of residential and
retail units scheduled for

completion this summer.
The location is the site of
a 3-alarm fire that brought
down an office building in
April, 2012.
Stolls death remains
under investigation by the
City of Madison Police
Department, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, and the
Dane County Medical
Examiners Office.
A memorial service was
held Feb. 26 in Cascade,
Iowa.
Mark Ignatowski
Allen still planning Fitchburg Days

Will submit permit
requests this month
Scott Girard
The president of the

group that organizes Fitchburg Days is still planning
to move ahead with the
festival.
Confusion has reigned
in the last month over the
festivals future as most of
the organizing committees
members stepped down
and the city requested

more planning of the festival.
But Jay Allen told the
Star last week he was planning to submit requests
to the citys public safety
committee for permits
later this month. The commissions next meeting is
March 24.
Well be on the next
public safety agenda,
Allen said.
The festival will not get
financial help from the
Community Economic
Development Authority
as it has in recent years.
Allen said he was told they
wouldnt have approved a
request if he made one, but
CEDA chair Dan Hardy
told the Star last month the
committee would consider
an application if one were
put forward.
Because of that, the
organizers had to get their
own insurance instead of
being on the citys. Allen
said he had taken care of
that.
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Madison West boys swimming
Season ends in
regional semifinals
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
The 72-50 season-ending

loss Friday, Feb. 27, against
third-seeded Stoughton
in the WIAA Division 2
regional semifinals does not
define the 2014-15 Oregon
High School girls basketball season, head coach
Corey Sielaff said.
After losing five seniors
from the previous year,
including a Division I
recruit (Maddy Gits), much
of this season lied on the
shoulders of the team coming together despite a significant age gap three
seniors, three juniors, four
sophomores and two freshmen.
But seniors Riley Rosemeyer, Kelsey Jahn and
Raegan Tervort all did
their part to not only help
the team unite by also to
help the team play at a high
level, finishing 15-8 overall
and being a part of the first
conference title in 32 years.
The great thing was that
(assistant coach Stephanie
Lovell) and I really didnt
have to do anything. It was
all of our seniors that took
care of that, Sielaff said.
They brought those girls
together, and it was one of
the closest-knit teams I had
ever been a part of, definitely that I ever coached.
The senior class is a model
for how we want our kids
to lead. They led vocally.
They led by example, and
they led in the game physically.
They are the all-around
student-athlete, and everything that Oregon High
School preaches, you can
look at those three girls and
prop them up as the perfect
example for how you want
kids to lead.
Unfortunately, the way
the D2 sectional 3 is seeded, the Panthers were pitted
against a Stoughton team
that finished runner-up in
the Badger South to Oregon
and Madison Edgewood in
the regular season.
And that along with handling the one-and-done
aspect of the playoffs made
the regional test even more
difficult.
It is always hard to mentally prepare for that oneand-done situation because
there is so much added
pressure and added expectation and really amps up
the intensity of the game,
Sielaff said. We knew that
Stoughton, after coming off
that win against Edgewood
at the end of the season,
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Photo by Jeremy Jones
Matt Munns shows off his Madison West pride on the podium after taking first-place in 1-meter diving on Feb. 21 at the WIAA Division 1 state meet at the University of
Wisconsin- Madison Natatorium.
Regents dive to silver trophy

Regents settle for second
for third straight year
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Madison West boys swimming

crowned two champions but were
unable to overcome Big Eight Conference rival Madison Memorial for
the third-straight year.
Memorial won five events and
scored 350.5 the second most in
the history of the WIAA state tournament for its 15th WIAA state
swimming and diving title in school
history. It was the Spartans fifth
straight title. West finished a distant
second with 201 points, while Cedarburg (192) rounded out the top three.
Junior Matt Munns finished fifth
in the state diving competition. After
being seed No. 1 after sectional
though, he wasnt about to be denied
this year. Leading from start to finish,
Munns captured his first state 1-meter
diving title with 471.85 points
Waukesha West/Mukwonago
senior Chris Miszewski (443.25) and

West Ben East/West junior Dakota
Skenandore (439.25) rounded out the
top three. Verona senior Kyle Wolmutt, seeded second after sectionals, dropped back to fifth place with
433.55 points.
Junior Aidan Meara improved
from a sixth-place finish a year ago to
cap his championship season with a
time of 46.48 in the 100-yard butterfly. Meara went on to medal on a pair
of relays before the meet was over.
Freshman Lain Weaver, senior
Max Cardwell and juniors Roy Weng
and Meara turned in the teams next
best finish, taking third place with a
season best 3:10.67 in the 400 free
relay.
Meara previously anchored Wests
200 free relay of Weaver, Cardwell
and senior Michael Gavigan to fourth
place on the 200 free relay in 1:27.16.
The only even Meara finished
medaling in was the 50 free where
he turned in an eighth-place finish in
21.43.
Senior Jack OKeefe posted
an eighth-place finish in the 100
butterfly (52.14), while freshman

Lain Weaver took 11 th (52.48).
OKeefe later added a ninth-place
finish in the 100 backstroke (52.86).
Junior Roy Weng took fourth in
the 500 free (4:40.20) and turned in
a ninth-place finish in the 200 free
relay with a time of 1:45.25.
Cardwell matched the finish in
the 200 IM (1:56.05), while Ryan
Altaweel added a 12th-place finish
(1:57.86).
Senior Ryan added an 11th-place
finish in the 500 free (4:47.58).
The Regents 200-yard medley
relay of Keefe, Cardwell and Gavigan and Weaver finished ninth overall in 1:37.72.
Memorials Ben Gebhart successfully defended his 2014 title in the
100 butterfly in a time of 49.70, narrowly edging junior Ivar Iverson of
Kenosha Bradford by .03 of a second.
Justin Temprano also defended his
2014 championship in the 100 backstroke with a time of 49.88.
In a relatively rare occurrence,
Memorials Alex Peterson-Weber
and senior Reilly Donnellan of
VAHS Boys BB
Fossum scores at buzzer to

lead Verona to regional title
Anthony Iozzo
It wasnt easy, but the Verona Area

High School boys basketball team held
off Lake Geneva Badger and came back
to beat Janesville Craig for the Wildcats
second straight WIAA Division 1 regional
title last week.
Verona trailed the 16th-seeded Cougars
by seven early in the first half on March
7, but the host eighth-seeded Wildcats
were able to claw back on the strength of
senior Will Kellerman, who scored 10 of
his team-leading 28 points in the fourth

quarter.
But in the end, the hero was senior
Avery Fossum. Kellerman drove into the
paint to get off a shot as time was winding
down, but he missed. Fossum was in the
right place, however, and he was able to
put up the game-winning basket with two
seconds left, eventually helping the Wildcats win 59-58.
I think it is an indication of how the
guys have stuck with it and improved from
the beginning of the year, head coach
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Neenah were both crowned champions of the 50 free, sharing the title by
turning in identical times of 21.00.
Sophomore Paul DeLakis of Eau
Claire Memorial/North won his second straight title in the 200 individual
medley with a record time of 1:46.91,
eclipsing the former mark of 1:48.66
set by Ben Anderson of Arrowhead
back in 1997. He also turned in the
meets second-fastest time ever in
winning his second consecutive
championship in 100 breaststroke
with a time of 55.52.
Senior Nick Plachinski of Cedarburg was a three-time champion. He
repeated as the gold medalist in the
200 freestyle with a time of 1:39.08.
He added the title in the 500 freestyle
in a time of 4:29.21 after finishing
second last season. His effort was
the second-fastest time ever recorded
in the event. Pachinskis third title
came in the 400 freestyle relay with
sophomore Will Hobbs and seniors
Matthew Parker and Sam Douglas.
They completed the relay in a time of
3:05.85, which ranks second-fastest
all-time.
Senior Avery
Fossum (middle) celebrates
Saturdays
59-58 WIAA
Division 1
regional final
win over
Janesville Craig
with teammates Tyler
Hallmark (right)
and Maurice
Richmond at
Verona Area
High School.
Fossum made
the game-winning shot with
two seconds
left.
Photo by Kristin
Kellerman
Madison West High School
March 13, 2015
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Boys hockey
Regents win regional title, fall in sectionals to Middleton

goal in the third period with an
assist to Lentz, just under 5 minutes into the final period.
Verona scored just under six
minutes into the third period to cut
the lead to one once again, but the
Wildcats were unable to keep up
with the momentum West created
throughout the game.
Paskus scored the first two goals
unassisted, while the third goal
would come with an assist from
Hedican. Verona mustered up the
energy to score on Cutting with
just under two minutes left in the
first period.
Some guys came up with huge
blocked shots and some guys came
up with huge back checks, Lentz
said.
Evan Halpop
Unified News Group
The Madison West High School

boys hockey team took down
defending state champion Verona
Feb. 19 in the WIAA regional final
before falling to Middleton in the
sectional semifinal on Feb. 24.
Head coach Bret Farley said that
while the season was considered
successful, some goals were left on
the ice.
I think every player would say
that we could have gone further,
Farley said. We play in one of the
hardest sectionals and leagues in
the state. Almost any team can win
on any given day.
West now opens a new chapter
in its boys hockey program with
eight seniors graduating this year
Max Lentz, Ollie Fisher, Jake Garvey, Nathan Ehrlich, James Pretto,
Cole Paskus, Devon Phaneuf and
Henry Cutting.
In high school hockey you
dont really lose at graduation. You
wish the seniors well at the next
phase of their lives, whether that
is in hockey, college or something
else. Then you get to welcome in
new players and start a new chapter of Regent hockey, Farley said.
All of the seniors will be missed.
They all played a different role and
were all different pieces of the puzzle that made up theteam.
The seniors were a huge part
of our success these past seasons.
I hope that the underclassmen step
up and fill their skates and the new
players can fill in where the underclassmenwerethis past season.
There will be experience returning despite the turnover. Based on
Middleton 3, West 1
Photo by Evan Halpop
West senior forward Cole Paskus (16) puts in his second unassisted goal in a WIAA regional final against Verona. Paskus
finished with a hat trick in a 5-3 win.
the roster, juniors Casey Olson

(Fitchburg) and Kalen Balas;
sophomores Cole Fuhrmann, Mick
Messner, Schuyler Hedican, Edwin
Jiang, Easton Smith and Max Frey;
and freshmen Adam Buencamino,
Conor Huie, Dean Fuhrmann,
Charlie Cutting and Kieren Garvey
are all potential players that can
return.
You never know who is coming back for the next season for
sure until tryouts begin, Farley

said. With private schools, school
choice, AAA hockey, junior
hockey, injuries, students interest
changing, and all the things that
go on in a teenagers life, you just
never know.
We may not have the same type
of players as this past season, but
we can change the way we play to
accommodate the players that we
will have.
Tuesday, April 7th
West 5, Verona 3
Verona cut Wests lead to one
goal on Feb. 19, but Paskus completed a hat trick eight minutes into
the third period to clinch an eventual 5-3 win and a regional title.
West scored three unanswered
goals within the first two minutes,
but Verona cut the lead to 3-2 in
the second period.
Paskus then scored the gamewinner and later added a fourth
West lost to Middleton 3-1 in

the WIAA regional final on Feb.
24 at Capital Ice Arena in Middleton.
West went into the sectional
semifinal looking to knock off topseeded Middleton. However West
wouldnt be able to score until the
final minutes of the game when
Paskus knocked the puck into the
net with an assist from Fisher.
Middleton scored twice in the
first period.
West had 28 shots on goal.
Many shots bounced off the goal
post or were blocked by Middleton
defenders.
There were opportunities that
we could capitalize on that we
didnt, Farley said. The play
went back and forth, and I thought
the saves were even.
Cutting had a .900 save percentage with 27 saves.
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Verona Area High School
Boys swimming
Wolmutt takes fifth at state

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Verona Area/Mount Horeb senior Kyle Wolmutt finished fifth overall at Saturdays WIAA Division 1
state diving competition with 433.55 points. It was the teams highest finish of the weekend.
Senior Kyle Wolmutt spent only two seasons diving for the Verona Area/Mount
Horeb boys swimming team. On Feb. 21, he
made the most of that time, medaling in the
WIAA Division 1 state competition inside
the UW-Madison Natatorium.
Not advancing through sectionals a year
ago, Wolmutt entered Saturdays meet with a
second-best sectional qualifying score.
I was definitely a bit nervous. I was
pumped I was second in sectionals, but you
know there wasnt that much pressure. All
the guys here are my friends, so I was just
really happy to be here.
Wolmutt sat in third place through semifinals but dropped back to finish fifth overall
with 433.55 points.
I felt I could have done a little better on a
few of my dives, but overall I felt really good
about it, he said.
Meanwhile, Madison West junior Matt
Munns, who Wolmutt practiced with
throughout the season, improved upon his
fifth-place finish a year ago, winning his first
title with 471.85 points.
Matt being the amazing diver he is, it
really motivated all of us to our best, Wolmutt said.
Having spent the past 12 years diving,
Wolmutt said hes unsure what the future
will hold for him.
I dont believe Ill be diving in college,
but Ill be going to UW-La Crosse, so if I
change my mind, its definitely a possibility, he said.
The Wildcats only other point scorer
was the 200 medley relay, which dropped a
second-and-a-half as junior Bryce Angaran,
seniors Glen Hook and Jimmy Conway and
sophomore Bryce Hoppe cut 1.46 seconds to
finish 15th overall in 1:41.47.
Angaran later accounted for the teams
top individual finish, placing one spot out
of medal contention in 17th place in 54.91.

Senior Cullen Meurer, Wellnitz, Angaran
and Conway matched the finish, dropping
two seconds for a 3:19.53 in the 400 free
relay.
Sophomore Jacob Wellnitz shaved .22 seconds off his seed-time to finish 18th overall
(1:48.43) in the 200 free and also dropped
time in the 500 free to place 19th in 4:55.63.
The Wildcats finished 27th overall as a
team with 18 points.
Generally, we hold our own or move up
here a little bit, Wildcats head coach Bill
Wuerger said. The guys continued that with
a good week of practice.
It was the final meet for Wolmutt, Conway, Hook and Meurer.
Im very happy for all four of those guys,
making it here as seniors and they all did
very well today, Wuerger said. Glen got
his season-goal time for his 50 breaststroke
on the medley relay. They should be happy
with how they performed. Jimmy, Cullen and
Glen had four very good years. Kyle only
dove with us for two years, but made dramatic improvement from last season.
Though the Spartans were unable to sweep
all three relays over the final 25 meters of the
400 free relay, Madison Memorial secured
five state titles en route to its fifth straight
title with 350.5 points.
Memorial opened the meet taking the 200
medley relay and later added the 200 freestyle relay title. Ben Gebhart and Justin Temprano repeated as the 100 butterfly and 100
backstroke champions. Alex Peterson-Weber
tied for the 50 free.
The Spartans 149.5 point margin of victory over the second-ranked Madison West
Regents (201) was the second-largest ever.
Fourthranked Cedarburg (192) finished nine
points back of the Regents in third place.
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conference championships with Madison
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Wrestling
Turnovers hurt Cats in sectional semifinals Coons, Johnson fall one

Anthony Iozzo
A 3-pointer at the start of the third

quarter by Verona Area High School
senior Kateri Trilling put the girls basketball team up by eight on March 5
against Middleton in a WIAA Division
1 sectional semifinal at Waunakee.
However, turnovers quickly helped
the Cardinals cut into that lead, eventually causing four lead changes and four
ties from the middle of the third to early
in the fourth.
And, in the end, Middleton took
advantage of those opportunities, draining three 3-pointers and getting a traditional 3-point play as Veronas season
came to a close in a 71-59 loss.
If you turn the ball over, they will
make you pay, and we just had way too
many turnovers in the second half, head
coach Angie Murphy said. They upped
their pressure, and we didnt handle it.
The Wildcats had 10 turnovers in
the second half, which doesnt seem
like much. But the Cardinals scored 11
points on those turnovers and outscored
Verona 40-23 in the second half.
You cant let one game overshadow
everything, but it stings that it is over,
Murphy said. I want these girls to experience the thrill of being able to go to
state, and they almost got that chance.
After the Wildcats grabbed a 39-31
lead after Kateri Trillings 3-pointer,
two Verona turnovers led to baskets by
junior Grace Douglas and sophomore

Bria Lemirande.
Junior Kira Opsal scored to put the
Wildcats back up by four, but senior
Cole Jordee hit a couple of free throws
and Bria Lemirande drained a 3-pointer
to make it 42-41 Middleton.
Verona retook the lead with a basket
by sophomore Grace Schraufnagel, but
another 3-pointer by Bria Lemirande
and a basket by senior Emily Bergum
made it 48-45 Cardinals.
The Wildcats tied the game twice
more. Junior Grace Mueller knocked in
three of four free throws at the end of
the third, and sophomore Alex Luehring scored early in the fourth to make
it 50-50.
Opsal then gave Verona its final lead
of the night with a free throw, but sophomore Alyssa Lemirande hit a 3-pointer
to make it 53-51 Middleton.
Jordee followed with a basket and
a free throw, and Bergum later hit a
3-pointer to make it 59-51.
Luehring cut Middletons lead back
to five a little later with a basket and a
free throw, but Bria Lemirande sealed
the Wildcats fate with another 3-pointer
with just over two minutes left.
Verona and Middleton were both tied
at 19 early in the second quarter, and
Mueller scored 10 of her 15 points to
give Verona a 36-31 lead at halftime.
Opsal led the Wildcats with 16 points,
while Luehring added 12. Junior Cheyenne Trilling finished with six, and Kateri Trilling picked up five.
win short of state podium
Bria Lemirande led Middleton with

20 points, while senior Elizabeth Norregaard added 19.
Despite the loss ending a 20-game
winning streak, the Wildcats (22-3 overall) finish the season as co-Big Eight
champions, with the last loss back in
December.
There will be some tough shoes to
fill next season with Kateri Trilling and
senior Jenna Riley slated to graduate.
Jenna didnt get a lot of minutes, but
she is an integral part of the team. She
was always supportive, always pushing
the players in front of her to get better,
Murphy said. She was just a team player, and we wouldnt have been as good
without her.
Kateri, coming off those ACLs and
hitting those big shots and having some
big games this season, we are going to
miss both because they both brought different things that were so important for
us.
Verona doe1s have a huge core coming back, however.
Juniors Heather Rudnicki, Alyssa
Erdman, Cassie Hei, Bria Sweeney,
Cheyenne Trilling, Mueller and Opsal;
Luehring and Schraufnagel and freshmen Chandler Bainbridge and Savanna
Rainey all look to return next season.
There wasnt a target on our back
going into this season, but there sure will
be next year, Murphy said. We have
to recognize that, and both the players
and the coaches have to work on their
weaknesses and come back better.
Anthony Iozzo

senior Dakin Coons and junior
Trayvonn Johnson both battled
Feb. 26-27in the WIAA Division 1 individual state wrestling tournament.
Coons and Johnson entered
their consolation semifinals
matches needing just one more
win to move on to Saturday
and guarantee a spot on the
podium.
Johnson (220 pounds)
remained scoreless with Hudson senior Max Gierke after
two periods in his match, and
he needed an escape in the
third to grab the lead. However, Johnson ranked No. 7
made one mistake and was
rolled on his back, falling to
Gierke ranked No . 8 by
pinfall in 3 minutes, 40 seconds.
Coons (195) ranked No.
8 came even closer to earning more matches to wrestle.
Coons picked up a late escape
against Oak Creek junior Ross
Agg ranked No. 12 and
sent the match into suddenvictory overtime.
Coons then appeared to have

a takedown 30 seconds into the
overtime but just couldnt get
the control needed to score the
points, and that allowed Agg to
find an opening and be the one
to score the takedown.
Coons, although disappointed with his loss, did not let it
ruin his state experience. Making state had been a goal since
Coons first started wrestling,
and he said he was glad to do it
as a senior.
It was really just amazing
to come wrestle here. I have
been coming here every day
since I was little and watching
these guys and now actually
being able to wrestle with them
and being one of them is amazing, Coons said.
As for Johnson, he was also
disappointed with his early
exit, but he said that it makes
him thirstier to get back here
next season and go even further.
I wish I could have done
better, but it was still an
accomplishment to just make
it, Johnson said.
Coons finishes the season
42-7, while Johnson finishes
32-7.
Boys BB: Verona opens regionals with win over Lake Geneva Badger
Continued from page 14
Alan Buss said. Just as a group,
they made a commitment to get
better, and I think it shows the
strength of our senior class the
leadership they demonstrated
throughout the year and not giving in when the season didnt
start the way we wanted it to.
We are playing a high level
of basketball, and we continued
it into the postseason.
The Wildcats trailed Craig
until Fossums game-winner, but
besides a stretch in the first half
when Verona trailed by seven,
the Cougars lead was between
two and five points for most of
the game.
Verona trailed by three after
three quarters, and that is when
Kellerman helped fuel the comeback.
He sort of took us on his
shoulders a little bit down the
stretch, and we were able to
force them, finally, into some
bad shots and a couple of turnovers, Buss said. We just hung
around and hung around and
made enough plays at the end.
Senior Jake Toman added 11
points to go with Kellermans
28, and junior Cole Schmitz
picked up 10.
Sophomore SanTrell Payton
led Craig with 20 points.
The Cougars made the regional final by upsetting the topseeded Muskego in the regional
final, but Buss knew it wasnt
going to easy based on the talent
Craig has.
For them to go to Muskego
and beat a one-seed, says a lot.
And for our guys to hang in
there after getting down early
and making the play at the end,
says a lot about how far we have
come from the beginning of the
year, Buss said.
Now the Wildcats move on to
the D1 sectional 3 semifinals at
7 p.m. Thursday at Sun Prairie
High School but did not know
their opponent by the Press
Tuesday deadline. Verona is

slated to play the winner of No.
4 Madison East and No. 5 Middleton.
Buss said if you buy into the
adage of how it is difficult to
beat a team three times in a season, then Middleton is the team
to face. Verona lost to Middleton twice and beat East twice
this season.
However, he added that the
opponent really doesnt matter.
They are both really good
teams, so we really dont have a
preference of who we play, he
said. For us, it is just about trying to take another step and keep
getting better.
Verona 72, Badger 69

The Wildcats hosted ninthseeded Lake Geneva Badger on
March 6 in a D1 regional semifinal and led the whole game,
eking out a 72-69 win.
We knew they were a very
dangerous team that had a lot of
good shooters, Buss said.
Veronas lead was cut to one
in the second half, but it did
enough down the stretch to hold
Badger off.
Kellerman led with 21 points,
while Schmitz added 15. Toman
chipped in 12.
Senior Joe Freeman led Badger with 18 points.
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March 13, 2015
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Oregon High School
Boys swimming
Boys basketball
Rule posts top 10 finish at state swimming meet Offense goes cold
The only Belleville
swimmer on the Oregon/
Belleville boys swimming
co-op, junior Eli Rule had
a bit of a coming out party
on Feb. 21 at the WIAA
Division 1 state meet,
contributing to two more
school records inside the
UW-Madison Natatorium.
Though Rule had
tapered to swim his best
at the states fastest sectional meet in Middleton,
the junior rocketed up 10
spots at state in the 100yard breaststroke to finish

10th overall.
Seeded 20th, Rule broke
his own school record in
the 100 breast for the third
week in a row, posting a
PR of more than a second
to finish with a time of 1
minute, 06 seconds
I wasnt sure if I was
going to break that record
because I broke it by a lot
the first time and a little
the next time, Rule said.
To be able to break it by
a full second that was a
really big accomplishment
and something thats

going to motivate me in
the offseason.
The lone upperclassmen competing Saturday,
a week to tweak Rules
underwater pullouts and
his streamlines could have
made all the difference,
Oregon/Belleville head
coach Scott Krueger said.
Rule opened the meet
with another school record
along with sophomore
Jacob Larsen, freshman
Ian Charles and sophomore Jackson Marsden,
swimming to a 14th-place
finish on the 200 medley
relay. The quartet broke
their own benchmark for
the sixth time this season
and third week straight,
posting a .17 PR in
1:40.73.
Since the beginning
of the season just getting
here in that event was our
goal. That event is whats
boosted us throughout
every meet, Rule said.
To come here and have
that same excitement it
really guided me in my
individual event as well.
I think thats really what

gave me the hype I needed
in the 100 breast.
Having the goal to simply reach state this season,
Rule said the quartet isnt
about to become complacent.
I think next year were
probably looking at reaching the podium (top six)
in that event, he said.
Thats not really something we were shooting for
this year, but as you see
how much we improved
throughout this season, we
think we can be even better next year.
Larsen followed up the
medley relay, scoring a
point in the 200 free with
his 16th-place finish with
a time of 1:47.6. He later
missed scoring points by
two spots in the 100 butterfly, taking 18th place in
a personal-best 53.47.
All these guys are coming back next year, which
is awesome, Krueger
said. I know there is one
eighth grader thats pretty
good, so well do a little
more recruiting to see if
in regional loss to
DeForest
Anthony Iozzo
Head coach Jon Nedelcoff said the Oregon High

School boys basketball
team was still successful
despite an early exit in a
61-47 loss to DeForest
March 6 in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal.
The Panthers finished
17-6 overall, the first
17-win season in 13 years,
and they took second in a
tough Badger South Conference.
Nedelcoff said that the
seniors Markus Tobias, Peter Kissling, Mitch
Morhoff and Brandon
Thompson were a big
reason for the consistency
of the program this season.
You have to credit
the four seniors that are
friends, but they all have
different backgrounds and
Im proud of the work we

completed over the last
two years. From fixing
Hwy PD, to enacting restrictions on check cashing, Ive lead the way to
move Fitchburg forward,
while holding the line on
taxes.
interest points outside

the team. They did such a
great job of gelling together, Nedelcoff said. They
came to practice and came
together around basketball,
and they had each others
backs. That carried over to
the other guys that were a
part of the team.
Athletics can be a professional learning point
because we all know when
we go to work, your coworkers might not be
your best friends but they
become your colleagues
and your peers and trusted
individuals. These four
guys really showed that
well.
Next season will be different, not just because
the absence of the seniors
from this year, but also
because of the attributes
the team will have.
There are 10 juniors
slated to return Charlie Soule, Alex Duff,
Ben Weiland, Chris Cutt e r , S a m M u e l l e r , S t even Davis, Derek Martin,
Nathan Ironmonger, Max
Chase and Zach Hanson
with some junior varsity guys expected to be
bumped up to varsity.
It will be a different
look for the team than we
have had since I have been
here. We are not blessed
with a lot of size, but we
are blessed with some guys
that have a little knack or
savvy to play basketball,
Nedelcoff said. We will
have to adjust as players and also as a coaching
staff to try and maximize
like we do every year.
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first 17-win season in 13 years
DeForest 61, Oregon 47

The Panthers were down 40-38 to the
Norskies in the regional semifinal after
three quarters, but that is when the offense
just went cold.
Oregon was 0-for-10 from the field in
its next 12 possessions, and DeForest was
able to build its lead to six after a few transition buckets.
That is what we have been doing a
lot lately in the last couple of games. We
always went on that 6- or 8-2 run somewhere late in the third or early in the
fourth, Nedelcoff said. But instead of
getting the lead and increasing it, it went
the other way in a three-possession game.
The Panthers were never able to get closer, and the Norskies eventually eked out an
11-point lead, forcing Oregon to foul at the
end.
We went cold. Went cold from the
inside. We went cold from the outside,
Nedelcoff said There a couple of times
they made nice defensive plays in the
paint. We had the ball at the rim, and their
two athletic post players went up and put it
against the board.
We always want to play one more, but
that is why the kids understand more than
anything, that you have to play all four
quarters.
Before the fourth, Oregon led by as
many as six points, while DeForest led by
as many as four.
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The Panthers started slow
and fell behind 12-2 in the
first quarter before picking
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However, after a backand-forth second quar ter, the Vikings offense
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little bit, Sielaff said. We
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Early in the third, Oregon
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a chance to tie at the freethrow line, but that is when
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help that Oregon was also
turning the ball over during
this stretch, Sielaff said.
We couldnt even
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we were turning the ball
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one was really looking to
score, Sielaff said. That
is definitely a credit to
Stoughtons defense. They
did a great job defending
us.
Stoughton outscored the
Panthers 47-28 in the second half. And finished with
four double-digit scorers.
Sophomore Kendra Halverson led the Vikings with

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well, and they got the better
of us, Sielaff said.
Rosemeyer and Jahn each
scored 15 points to lead
Oregon. Junior Leah Koopman added 11.
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Candidate Questionnaires
District 3
Roger Tesch
Age: 59
Family:
Single
Originally
from: Medina
(Outagamie
County),
Tesch
Wisconsin
Lived in
Fitchburg since: 1980
Education: Attended
University of WisconsinMadison
Occupation: IT professional, Wisconsin Department
of Transportation, Division
of Motor Vehicles, IS
Comprehensive Services
Senior
Political experience:
Fitchburg alder 1984-1993
and 2006-2009. Lost in 1983.
Appointed in 2006. Lost
in 2011. Lost mayoral primary in 1993 and 2009. Dane
County Supervisor 19921994. Lost in 1994 and 1996.
Other notable affiliations:
Treasurer/former president of
Fitchburg Lions Club, treasurer/
former president of Fitchburg
Historical Society, vice president of Leopold Neighborhood
Association, board member/
former president of Madison
PC Users Group. Former board
member of BetterInvesting
South Central Wisconsin
Chapter, member of board
of advisors for Association
of Personal Computer User
Groups, chair of Greater
South Madison Council and
chair of Sommerset Family
Organization.
Essay questions
Why are you running for
alder, and why should people
vote for you?
I am running for alderperson to promote an open and
transparent government that
actively seeks neighborhood
involvement and demonstrates
that it listens to people about
what is important to them. I
will work to ensure that all residents have opportunities for a
high quality of life.
What are the most important issues facing your district?

Community,
economic
opportunities, safety and
accessibility to city services.
I will promote that Fitchburg
actively works with the city
of Madison to implement recommendations of the Arbor
Hills-Leopold Neighborhood
Plan for North Fitchburg. This
includes redevelopment of
the north Fish Hatchery Road
corridor to ensure better land
use, expanded job and training opportunities, places for
community and recreational
activities, and quality housing. I support expanding transit access so that residents
from all neighborhoods can
get to city hall, community/
senior center, public library,
McKee Farms Park and other
resources.
What should the citys
growth priorities be? And
should the city be encouraging growth to the east?
The citys growth priorities
should be to pursue redevelopment and infill development
in North Fitchburg along Fish
Hatchery Road as the main
gateway to the city. Growth
in the eastern part of the city
should be consistent with the
citys adopted master plan.
If you had unilateral control, what is one thing you
would have changed about
the 2015 budget?
One thing I would have
changed with the budget would
have been to move up reinvestment in North Fitchburg by
implementing improvements
beyond the burying of power
lines along Fish Hatchery Road
several years ago.
Does the city have an ethical responsibility to financially support the Verona
Area Needs Network and its
food pantry operations as it
expands and moves closer to
Fitchburg this year?
The city should help with
the network by providing some
financial support and by creating partnerships with area
churches, nonprofit organiza-
tions and businesses.

Is there a way to bring the
frequently disagreeing elements of the council together?
The council members can
start by having respect for each
other, by listening to whats
important and matters to each
other, and by creating a shared
vision of Fitchburgs future.
In the new age of social
media and the Internet, does
the city have a responsibility to increase its outreach
efforts with citizens?
The city definitely needs
to reach out to its citizens
through ways that they want
to use. This includes using
email, online services, texting,
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
videos, and virtual meetings.
What should be the top priority
in that regard? The top priority
should be for the police department to reach out and become
familiar to residents using
these newest technologies.
An example is what the police
department in Rosenberg,
Texas does.
If budgets and spending
limits did not prevent it, what
is one project you would
champion to improve the
quality of life in Fitchburg?
If budgets and spending limits did not prevent it, I
would champion creating joint
branch libraries/neighborhood
centers in North Fitchburg,
Jamestown neighborhood and
the Southdale neighborhood.
What is the best thing
about Fitchburg?
The best thing about
Fitchburg is that it has a diverse
population from many cultures
and backgrounds. The city has
a variety of urban and rural
neighborhoods with many
parks, open spaces, businesses and employment opportunities. Fitchburg provides access
to major traffic corridors and
has a great public library.
What does the city really
need to work on?
The city really needs to work
on listening to all residents so
that they know that they are
heard.
Seat 5, Jason Gonzalez (I) vs. Roger Tesch
Jason Gonzalez
Age: Will
be 31 on
March 15
Family:
Single, no
children, two
cats and a
dog
Gonzalez
Originally
from:
Madison
Lived in Fitchburg since:
2007
Education: Bachelors
of Science, University of
Wisconsin-Madison; Doctor of
Law, University of Wisconsin
Law School
Occupation: Attorney and
Counselor at Law, Gonzalez
Law Office, LLC
Alder, 2013-present
Paid-on-call firefighter since
2007, currently on leave of
absence, and firefighter since
2003.
vote for you?
I am running for re-election
because I feel that I embody
the changing demographics of
Fitchburg as a young, educated, Latino, professional. I also
believe in listening to my constituents and being their voice
at the committee, commission,
and council level.
The most important issues
facing my district is continued
growth within our comprehensive development plan and
moving forward with redevelopment plans in the North Fish
Hatchery Road corridor that
keeps safe affordable workforce
housing present and brings

jobs that offer a living wage
into our community.
The citys growth priorities
should be those that have been
outlined in the comprehensive
development plan. That plan
was vetted over a significant
period of time and had significant resident input. The plan
has been put in place and now it
is time to execute that plan and
grow responsibly.
the 2015 budget?
I would work with the state
government to find a way
to dissolve the expenditure
restraint program. The reason
I think this is bad for local
government because it takes
away the control of the municipality to address all or many
of its unique budgetary needs
without allowing the taxpayers
to choose if they are willing to
accept a higher increase in taxes
in order to meet these needs or
not. This takes away the control of the municipality and its
taxpayers to prioritize. We have
a lot of needs in Fitchburg that
cannot be addressed because
of this program.
Both the city and its residents individual have an ethical
responsibility to assist those
in need. However, we need
to partner with the other levels of government such as the
county, state, and federal governments to access programs
available to address these

This is a great service provided by volunteers. I think we
all have a moral responsibility to support humanitarian
efforts in our communities.
But, I do not believe that the
city should use the tax levy
to support them. I hope they
continue to work with area
churches and businesses.
efforts with citizens? What
should be the top priority in
that regard?
The city has vastly improved
its website, televises city meetings and offers email list subscriptions to keep our community informed. But, I think its
equally important to remember
that not everyone is connected.
We have to get city information
to everyone, via regular mail
and through distribution in
apartment lobbies.
If budgets and spending limits did not prevent
it, what is one project
you would champion to
improve the quality of life in
Fitchburg?
Budgets and spending limits are necessary to keep our
city affordable for everyone.

I think it would be worthwhile to re-explore opening
a Technical Charter High
School in Fitchburg. This high
schools curriculum would be
specifically geared to prepare
students for apprenticeships
and careers in technical fields
and skilled trades.
about Fitchburg?
Fitchburg is a very unique
city. We have urban developments, active family neighborhoods, a robust farming
community and a thriving
business environment; all
within our city limits. We
are incredibly diverse and
have three excellent school
districts. We have encouraged
active lifestyles by providing
great bicycle facilities and
park systems.
need to work on?
Transportation. The next
council will work on a transit
plan to assure that we have
transportation available to take
our residents where they want
and need to be.
Encourage job creation and
opportunities for all levels.
Continue the redevelopment
of challenged areas without
gentrifying them. Improve
communication of city policies.
Essay questions
Carol Poole
Age: 59
Family:
Husband
Lynn 67,
Daughter
Stacy 30
Originally
from:
Poole
Madison
Lived in
Education: Madison
College, AA Visual
Communications 1976
Occupation: Sinclair
Broadcast Group/Fox 47,
regional advertising support
manager; I have worked in
broadcasting for 37 years
Political experience: Alder
Dist 1 Seat 2, 2009-present
Fitchburg Police Citizens
Academy 2012 graduate;
WisDOT Policy Advisory
Committee-18/151 project, City appointee-Belmar
Hills, 2008-2010; Belmar
Traffic Calming Committee
2006-2007; Dunns Marsh
Neighborhood Assn 19922010; Dane Co BUILD committee study for Belmar lots
112 & 113, 1990s
Essay questions
alder, and why should people vote for you?
I am seeking a fourth term

because I truly care about our
district and our city.
I have worked tirelessly to
improve quality of life in our
district while keeping taxes
steady. You have seen the
addition of Apache Pond and
boardwalk in Dunns Marsh,
improved parks including a
skating rink in Jamestown,
landlords cleaning up tired
buildings and increased community based police patrols.
Through my six years in
office, I have acquired the
necessary knowledge and
experience to work through
the challenges we face
with a logical and balanced
approach. I am a proven leader who will deliver results.
What are the most important issues facing your
district?
The 18/151-construction project will create several issues for our district.
Reconstruction of the PD/
Verona Road intersection will
impact road access and traffic patterns. Access changes
at Kapec Road bring the need
to relocate the Fire Station.
The DOT will build a road
through the Wingra quarry to
improve access for Jamestown
residents. This helps create the
opportunity to redevelop the
quarry, which will provide relief
and opportunities. We must
help our businesses to stay

alive and vibrant during construction. We need to complete
the park on King James Way
so that the children there have
a safe place to play.
The cities growth priorities should follow our citys
comprehensive plan. It calls
for development along our
major transportation corridors
and near employment centers.
Growth to the east should
continue along Hwy. 14 and to
the east to connect to the portion of Town of Madison that
we will acquire in 2022.
the 2015 budget?
2015 budget has prioritized spending and qualifies
Fitchburg for a half million
dollars in state funding. I successfully added funding for
the Anton Drive Area Study
to make sure we will have a
comprehensive development
plan for the Anton Corridor
and Wingra Quarry areas,
while still staying within
spending limits.
needs through their programming and services.

that regard?
Yes the city does have a
responsibility to increase its
outreach efforts with its citizens
through the Internet and social
media. We have begun to do
this by redoing our website
allowing for increased access
to services and information and
having free internet access at
our library.
If budgets and spending limits did not prevent it, what is
one project you would champion to improve the quality of
life in Fitchburg?
Expansion of public safety
services. Right now our services are continuing to meet
the demand for service but in
order to go above and beyond
just calls for service we need
they need the financial resources in the shape of personnel
and continued training to allow
them to be proactive.
What is the best thing about
Fitchburg?
The best thing about
Fitchburg is its diversity.
Fitchburg is more than 30%
African American or Latino. It
has a diversity of businesses
ranging from the biotech industry to factory work. It has active
farms less than 5 minutes from
any major urban point in the
city.
need to work on?
The city needs to keep on the
path it is on. It needs to keep
growing in line with the comprehensive plan and at a rate
that allows for what the market
can handle. It needs to keep
reinvesting in the older parts of
the city and keep taxes stable.
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Carol Poole (I)
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Michael Childers
District 3
Zyronia Mims
Essay questions
Why are you running for alder, and why
should people vote for you?
Im running for Alder to be the voice and
improve the quality of living in my community. There hasnt been a voice for district 3
in a long time. Help me help our community
by voting for ZyroniaMimsfor Alder, district
3, seat 6.
Homelessness, racial inequalities, transportation and inefficient park space. These
are issues that I see district 3 facing on a
daily bases.
What should the citys growth priorities
be? And should the city be encouraging
growth to the east?
In order to strengthen the more tenuous
parts of the district, we need to unite the
northern corridor of Fish Hatchery Road into
Fitchburg, There by reducing the density,
develop more affordable housing, including
single family homes for home ownership
opportunities. I feel by doing this will more
than likely encourage growth to the east.
If you had unilateral control, what is
one thing you would have changed about
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the 2015 budget?

Expansion to our transportation. Our
community members that uses public transportation need to be able to access City Hall
for early voting, library and community center before and after business hours which is
located on Lacy Rd.
Is there a way to bring the frequently disagreeing elements of the council
together?
Yes! If there was public transportation to
get citizens to City Hall during town meetings to speak about issues in other parts of
the city there could be an influence to give
the disagreeing elements of the city council
something to think about instead of making
a decision from one side.
In the new age of social media and the
Internet, does the city have a responsibility to increase its outreach efforts with
citizens? What should be the top priority
in that regard?
Send out notices about open town meetings, job openings and events in Fitchburg
through a Facebook page. This will get citizens of our community more involved and
their voices heard.
If budgets and spending limits
did not prevent it, what is one project you would champion to improve
the quality of life in Fitchburg?
I will campaign to improve park space for
district 3, that is within walking distance of
our homes. Everyone should have a park to
walk to.
What is the best thing about Fitchburg?
The best thing about Fitchburg is the diversity, there are people from all walks of life
that reside here.
What does the city really need to work
on?
The city should set up job training for
higher paying jobs, more affordable childcare, transportation, and services for housing resources. This would give members of
our community a fighting chance to increase
stability within Fitchburg. These 4 incentives
will help suppress homelessness and racial
inequalities.
Age: 29
Family:
Single
Originally
from:
Milwaukee
Lived in
Carpenter
Fitchburg
since: 2011
Education: B.A. History,
Communication Minor
UW-Milwaukee
Occupation: Legislative
Aidefor State Representative
Chris Danou (D-Trempealeau)
Organizer for Democratic Party
of Wisconsin, Board of Review,
1st Alternate, First-term Alder
Finance, Library and Personnel
Committees
Fitchburg Lions Club, Friends of
the Fitchburg Library, Fitchburg
Historical Society, Wisconsin
Historical Society
Essay questions
vote for you?
Ive always had an interest
in public service and my job in
the State Assembly prepared
me well to serve on the council.
Im running for another term as
Alder in District 3 because Im
proud of my record and I want
to make sure Fitchburg continues to move forward.
What are the most important
issues facing your district?
District 3 is very unique. Its
urban, suburban and rural and
therefore has different issues
in different neighborhoods. The
common denominator is that
we want a high quality of life
and we need to have diversity in
our housing options, workforce
and recreational opportunities to
reflect our diverse population.
should the city be encouraging
growth to the east?
Fitchburg is known for

responsible growth and planning for development. Our city
staff and council do an excellent
job working with the private
sector to create neighborhoods
and housing that fit our needs
today and properly plans for
our future growth. With our
Smart Code model and future
plans for the Uptown neighborhood between Syene Road and
Highway 14, we are positioning
ourselves to be a destination for
future Dane County residents.
Im excited to see the new
urban model take shape in the
coming years as we welcome
housing options, retail opportunities, create jobs and expand
our tax base.
If you had unilateral control,
what is one thing you would
have changed about the 2015
budget?
The budget wasnt perfect, but
we passed one that residents
appreciate and the council can
take pride in. We appropriately
funded city services, expanded
recreational opportunities,
responsibly planned for our
future and held the line on taxes.
I would, however, have added
some funding for the Verona
Area Needs Network.
Does the city have an ethical responsibility to financially
support the Verona Area Needs
Network and its food pantry
operations as it expands and
moves closer to Fitchburg this
year?
I think its something we need
to seriously discuss. The VANN
does great work and most of
its clientele is from Fitchburg.
I firmly believe our community
has an obligation to help its residents and we must collaborate
with the non-profit sector when
we have the chance.
the city have a responsibility
to increase its outreach efforts
with citizens? What should be
the top priority in that regard?
Michael Childers
Age: 47
Family:
Wife and 3
sons
Originally
from: Illinois
Lived in
Childers
Fitchburg
since: 2005
Education: Ph.D., SIU
Carbondale
Occupation: Teacher
Employer/job title:
UW Extension / Associate
Professor
Political experience: None
Partners in Giving Campaign
University Coordinating
Committee; Interfaith Coalition
for Worker Justice board of
directors co-chair; Community
Shares of Wisconsin board
of directors; YWCA Race to
Equity volunteer facilitator;
Pax Christi USA Anti-Racism
team; member/volunteer
with American Civil Liberties
Union, Southern Poverty Law
Center, National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People, Sierra Club,
Climate Reality Project
Essay questions
vote for you?
I am running for Alder
because I believe regular
people can make a real difference and I want to bring
21
Dan Carpenter
Seat 6, Dan Carpenter (I) vs. Zyronia Mims
Age: 36
Family: Latashay 22,
Patrice 14, Patrick 14,
Dajanea 10.
Originally from:
Chicago, Ill.
Lived in Fitchburg
Mims
since: June, 2013
Education: HSED,
phlebotomy and labs, Certified nursing
assistant, culinary arts and some business
management.
Occupation: CEO/Founder of the Safety
Nest Inc.
Political experience: Park Commission
April 2014-present
Other notable affiliations: The Safety
Nest Inc., Operation Fresh Start, Family
Enhancement Center, and Fitchburg United
March 13, 2015
Theres always room for

improvement but the city does
well reaching out to citizens.
None of us would be answering
this questionnaire if it wasnt for
council action to partially fund
the Fitchburg Star. We made
this decision because we knew
how important it was to get our
newspaper back, and get the
paper to every mailing address.
We fund FactTV so the public
can see every single public
meeting that happens related to
city business. We just launched
a new and improved website that
is much more user-friendly and
residents can find answers to
any questions they may have.
is one project you would champion to improve the quality of
life in Fitchburg?
I would champion a school
district. Being split between
three school districts is a unique
challenge for Fitchburg. I think it
would be great if the Fitchburg
Shamrocks could play the
Verona Wildcats in sports. It
would help with our identity and
help make Fitchburg an even
better-connected community.
Fitchburg?
Our diversity. Were a growing
community with a great story
to tell. Were an economically,
ethnically, spiritually and geographically diverse city that is
urban, suburban and rural. Our
workforce is diverse with agriculture, manufacturing, retail, health
care, hospitality, IT and everything in between. This diversity
is our greatest asset.
need to work on?
As an Alder for District 3, Im
committed to making sure the
north Fitchburg has a strong
voice at city hall. Im proud of
the work Mayor Pfaff and the
council has done. We know
there is more to do, and Im confident were moving in the right
direction.
On the web
the peoples voice into local
government. I am passionate
about representing community
interests and pledge to support
policies that put people first,
and create smart growth for a
strong Fitchburg.
The issues we face are much
the same as our state and
nation. Responsible government, affordable housing, and
transportation are some of
them. Underlying all of these
is the current state of equity
in Dane County and Fitchburg,
and how we can continue to
improve our community for
everyone.
Our growth agenda must
put people first. Development
that provides family supporting jobs with benefits
and respects our community is essential. Protecting
Fitchburgs natural beauty,
exercisingconscientious
stewardship of taxpayers
dollars, and listening to the
community are crucial duties
of our city government and
must improve. We must avoid
overbuilding and protect the
Waubesa wetlands, while
utilizing smart development
for responsible growth. The
Common Council must be
practical and avoid unneeded
expenses for taxpayers, and

more fully utilize the neighborhoods we already have ready
for development before paving
over more rural areas.
the 2015 budget?
I would fund intra-city transit. While Fitchburg lacks a
central school system to bring
the community together, we
have wonderful amenities like
our Senior Center, Library, and
Splash Pad. Expanding access
with more transit options
would provide more residents
the opportunity to enjoy these
public features and strengthen
our community.
VANN does outstanding
work in supporting the Verona
school community, and they
assist many residents of
Fitchburg. I believe our city has
an obligation to support VANN
to assist with their important
work, while also working to
address the root causes of the
problems that make their work
necessary.
Is there a way to bring
the frequently disagreeing
elements of the council
together?
People are tired of rancor,

and the failure of politicians to
seek compromise threatens
the integrity of our democracy itself. Making space for
people to share new ideas and
fresh thinking creates greater
innovation. I embrace the
definition civil discourse as
being robust, honest, frank
and constructive dialogue
and deliberation that seeks
to advance the public interest. The council must work
together to have thoughtful
conversations about public
matters of common concern.
We need pragmatic and
open discussion about the
issues, based on evidence
and argument, coupled with
the willingness to learn from
each other and consider all
perspectives.
that regard?
Actively engaging residents
in problem solving is essential
andallows them to contribute
to positive,community-based
solutions. However, we
need to be mindful that not
everyone has routine Internet
access. Funding neighborhood association newsletters
and providing transportation
to city functions are two concrete ways to enhance outreach and engagement.

Building light rail to
Downtown Madison would
take Fitchburg into the 21st
century. The development in
other cities along this very
popular mass transit option
proves its a triple win better
for people, the environment,
and the economy. Regional
transit connecting Madison
and its neighbor cities could
greatly expand opportunities.
about Fitchburg?
Fitchburg is a unique community with both rural and
suburban areas. We are
positioned in a key corridor
between Epic in Verona and
Downtown Madison. With our
park system, bike trails, and
community amenities we offer
the best of rural and urban
lifestyles and provide an outstanding quality of life.
need to work on?
Fitchburg is at a crossroads
regarding growth. Our location
makes us extremely desirable
for development, and we need
to make sure its done responsibly and considers everyone.
We dont want to sacrifice the
character of Fitchburg and
jeopardize the qualities that
make us a great community to
work and live.
Read the candidate

questionnaires for candidates
who had a primary election:
District 2
Seat 3, Julia ArataFratta vs. Roger
Backes
Arata-Fratta
Backes
Mayor
Shawn Pfaff (I) vs.
Steve Arnold
Pfaff
Arnold
22
March 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
District 4
H. Tony Hartmann
Age: 58
Family:
Married, spouse
Carolyn, children Haley/20
yrs; Geordi/17
yrs
Originally
Hartmann
from: Madison
Lived in
Education: Bachelors
Univ. of Minn.- Mpls.; Masters
Thunderbird School of
Global Management (Now a
graduate school affiliated w/
ASU, located in Glendale, AZ)
Occupation: Small business owner, clean-tech/cleanenergy entrepreneur
Employer/job title: Bust
the Rust, LLC & Great Lakes
Bamboo Fibers (Principal)
Political experience: Fitchburg Resource
Conservation Commission
appointee (current, 2nd
term), Wisconsin Institute
for Sustainable Technology
board member (current, 2nd
term), Wisconsin Biodiesel
Association (past president)
Democratic Party of Dane
County (member), MATC
Instructor (LTE), Dane Co.
Grieg Chorus, Wisconsin
Farmers Union, U.S. Ski Team
(past development team
member)
Essay questions
mayor (alder), and why should
people vote for you?
People First.
Im currently serving
on Fitchburgs Resource
Conservation Commission
(2nd term), and feel it is our
moral obligation to be good
stewards of the land (air and
water) and the people who
live/depend on it. Having cofounded communications,
clean-tech/environmental, and
alternative energy companies,
worked as a commercial realestate broker, and collegiate
instructor/head coach, Ive
experienced first-hand the
need for clear vision, thought-
ful planning, successful communication, team-first, motivation and esprit de corps. I

hope to be a bridge-builder
and worthy representative of
my constituents in District 4.
People First.
Land-use and smart city
planning will continue to be
a top priority for Fitchburg.
We must pay attention to the
real needs of all our citizens,
and the environment; per Chief
Seattle, we are borrowing
the land from our grandchildren
We need more citizen input
on all issues where we allocate our limited resources.
Government transparency is
also a moral issue.
We must pay attention to
those who dont drive, are just
starting out, and/or havent
had the breaks most of us
enjoy. Larger cities around the
Midwest have successfully
addressed these issues and
emerged stronger for it. We
need to help people care.
People First.
We need to stick w/ the
growth plans adopted in 2010,
after much citizen input, and
focusing on walkable/bikeable,
modern neighborhoods and
infill development, rather than
rapidly absorbing our greenfields. (For more visit the Citys
website); Chapter 23, Fitchburg
SmartCode District Ordinance
the 2015 budget?
People First.
We need to treat all of our
(City) employees the same.
They should all make the same
contribution to health care premiums. Act 10 tries to segregate certain employee groups,
and our 2015 budget plays
into this scheme. We need to
treat all worker classifications
equitably, represented or not.
Does the city have an ethical responsibility to finan-
cially support the Verona

People First.
Yes. They feed many of our
citizens, especially our children
living below the poverty line.
We share their school district
and while the City of Verona
gave them $40,000, we gave
them lip service!
Is there a way to bring the
frequently disagreeing elements of the council together?
Of course. Alders need to do
their homework, be respectful listeners, and get to know
one another. We cant have a
top-down protocol. If there
is a deadlock, let the mayor
break ties, but not dictate the
agenda. Every alder should
have a similar workload and
serve on the same number of
commissions.
that regard?
Fitchburg does a pretty
good job now, though we can
always improve our on-line
resources/access. If we could
make sure that everyone can
get to the library, City Hall/
Senior Center, or a private terminal, then there would be no
question that we would have
real access/outreach.
People First. Id provide
free, safe, public transportation inter- and intra-city, using
zero-emission vehicles.
about Fitchburg?
Nice folks living amongst
pastoral fields/parks, next
door to a progressive city w/
a world-class university and
chain of lakes.
need to work on?
Reducing poverty, and
bringing folks together.
Seat 8, Tony Hartmann vs. Michael Gernetzke
Michael Gernetzke
Age: 35
Family: Erin Gernetzke,
Regan (3) Lincoln (5 months
Originally from: Fort
Atkinson, Wis.
Lived in Fitchburg since:
2009
Gernetzke
Education: BS, UW
Madison MBA, Arizona State
University
Occupation: Project Manager
Employer/job title: Safebridge Solutions
Political experience: Candidate, District
4 seat 8, 2013; Police and Fire Commission,
2013; Board of Public Works, 2014;
Transportation Commission 2014
Other notable affiliations: President,
Byrnewood Neighborhood Association
ated, and city planners city should continue

to be environmentally responsible. We as a
city must look to be a leader in sustainable
growth practices in Dane County.
Area Needs Network and its food pantry
operations as it expands and moves closer
to Fitchburg this year?
I believe that Fitchburg has a responsibility
to work with non-profit partners to help residents in need of support. We have increased
funding to the Boys and Girls Club, and as
a city official I would look to support operations that offer most needed services to our
residents.
Is there a way to bring the frequently
disagreeing elements of the council
together?
Absolutely. We have two ears and one
mouth for a reason. Alders should search for
Essay questions
all information, not just want they want to
Why are you running for alder, and why
hear.
should people vote for you?
In the new age of social media and the
I believe that the city of Fitchburg needs
Internet, does the city have a responsibilto continue providing basic services to its
ity to increase its outreach efforts with
citizens, continue to efforts to grow our busi- citizens? What should be the top priority in
ness community, while holding the line on
that regard?
taxes. I believe our city leaders must focus
The question should be how can a city
on areas of Fitchburg that need our help as
form a relationship with its citizens? As a
we continue to grow.
parent of two, I love the example that our
What are the most important issues fac- police and fire staff have set to form a bond
ing your district?
with neighborhoods. As trust grows, so will
Leaders must respect the wishes of curthe desire to know more about our commurent neighborhoods when looking at planning nity. We also should look at ways our library,
efforts for the Northeast Neighborhood and
splash pad and wonderful events can bring
Stoner Prairie. As we grow, we must focus
us together. Social Media is great, but to me,
on ensuring that our police and fire services
outreach means staff out in the community
do not get spread too thin and that there are they serve.
no negative impacts on existing neighborIf budgets and spending limits did not
hoods.
prevent it, what is one project you would
What should the citys growth priorities
champion to improve the quality of life in
be? And should the city be encouraging
Fitchburg?
growth to the east?
Families and businesses have spending
As leaders continue to plan, we must make limits why shouldnt elected officials.
sure that our fire and police services cover
What is the best thing about Fitchburg?
all of Fitchburg. To help attract businesses
Easy. The great people.
and new neighbors, we must make sure
that we keep services high, taxes stable, and
What does the city really need to work
plan for growth where it can be handled. The on?
areas to the east of Fitchburg allow for easy
Fitchburg needs to focus on Fitchburg.
access to downtown Madison, surrounding
Knowing what we are, where we are going,
communities and the city center of Fitchburg. and coming together as a people will keep us
Environmental concerns should be evalua destination in Dane County.
Patrick Stern
Age: 34
Family: Wife Anna,
daughter Alexandra
(5), and son Edward
(18mo)
Originally from:
Madison
Lived in Fitchburg Stern
since: 2004
Education: BA, UW - Madison,
International Relations and Political
Science
Employer/job title: Account
Controller, Tri-North Builders, Inc.
Political experience: Beltline
Planning Committee, Madison
Metropolitan Planning Organization,
Ran for Dane County Board Dist. 27 in
2014; Fitchburg alder, 2011-present
President, Kids Building WI, Vice
President of the Seminole Hills and
Estates Neighborhood Association
Essay questions
Why are you running for alder, and
why should people vote for you?
The city has come a long way in the
terms Ive served, but theres more
to be done. I was able to negotiate
with the county and city to fix PD. Ive
been open and collaborative on council, working towards achievable goals
and reasonable changes to make our
city better.
What are the most important issues

facing your district?
As the most established and suburban district in Fitchburg, District 2
will need the city to continue delivering
highly responsive services, infrastructure improvements like those to PD,
other regional or residential roads, and
a predictable tax levy. Parks and recreation are also of concern to the families
of my district.
What should the citys growth priorities be? And should the city be
encouraging growth to the east?
Fitchburgs priority should be
to make sure whatever growth we
have is environmentally responsible,
and enhances our city. Whether its
approving Promegas $100M expansion, or their $30M distribution center
which both added jobs to our city,
or a Hy-Vee, which provided the city
with jobs and a desirable retail outlet,
growth needs to be sensible.
In the comprehensive land use plan
that was passed before my time on
council, the Eastern corridor around
HWY 14 is identified as Fitchburgs
future growth area. Much of the infrastructure needed already exists there,
and is contiguous with the city of
Madison.
If you had unilateral control, what
is one thing you would have changed
about the 2015 budget?
Fitchburgs 2015 budget was fair,
and added steps towards better transit
among other priorities. That said, I

have always been uncomfortable providing a subsidy without possibility of
recompense to a private enterprise. I
likely would have ended the payout to
the Fitchburg Star in favor of supporting partner non-profits.
Does the city have an ethical
responsibility to financially support the Verona Area Needs Network
and its food pantry operations as
it expands and moves closer to
The city has a moral obligation to
work with every non-profit partner in
the city. I dont believe that we have
an ethical obligation to pick one over
another. I voted to give funding to the
organization in the 2014 budget, but
that doesnt mean that they are better
or worse than other deserving groups.
We need to partner with other governmental bodies to get results.
As a community that doesnt have
Block Grant funding, we do the best
that we can, and we support some
great non-profits to help make everyones lives better in Fitchburg.
Is there a way to bring the frequently disagreeing elements of the
council together?
Differences in opinion make for good
democracy. Group think is the enemy
of good ideas. However, opinions
need to be expressed reasonably and
respectfully. Political ambitions have
made grandstanding an issue from
some, so I believe that after the election

things will return to civility and open
discourse without agenda.
In the new age of social media
and the Internet, does the city have
a responsibility to increase its outreach efforts with citizens? What
should be the top priority in that
regard?
Social media is tricky for governments. What are the policies about
discourse in an open forum? Should it
be moderated, or do you allow trolling?
Its a complicated question with a good
first step being getting information
out through various sites and building
policy that fits Fitchburg from there.
Fitchburg?
Fitchburg has it all: We have jobs
in our business community; quality of
life and choice of lifestyle and school
district in our suburban neighborhoods
and denser urban cores; services and
facilities that are unmatched; more
diversity than any other city in Dane
County. Fitchburg is Dane Countys
gem.
What does the city really need to
work on?
Sense of Community. What makes
Fitchburg different than Madison or
Verona? Without our own school district we need to make deliberate decisions to create that sense of place and
community. Having a paper and library
help, but are only first steps.
District
2
Seat 4,
Patrick Stern vs.
Gary Hoerchner
Gary Hoerchner
Hoerchner declined to
return a questionnaire
to the Fitchburg Star,
explaining that he did
not plan to campaign for
the seat, partly out of a
concern of a conflict of
interest with his wifes
employment with the
city.
Heres what he told the
Star:
It just didnt seem like
it was a very open and
receptive type of governmental body to get
involved with. Ive probably decided Ive given
up my hopes of being
involved in city government.
March 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
23
Election: Arnold, Pfaff disagree on NE Neighborhood; six of eight alder races contested
Arnold, on the other hand,
said slowing down development and working on a new
pay plan for city staff will be
primary issues if he is elected.
I believe that we should
not be requesting 700 or 500
acres at a time, Arnold said,
referring to the Northeast
Neighborhood, which is in
limbo after expansion there
was rejected by the Capital Area Regional Planning
Commission. I think its
completely appropriate to
plan that much but urban
service area extensions are
our strongest control over
development.
He said having too much
available land can devalue
it, leading to the city not getting the interest it would like
for said land, and said he
would do what he could to
stop the DNRs review of the
NEN plan, which is following CARPCs vote against
extending sewer service.
Arnold also said he would
make improving employee
morale a top priority. He
called recent turnover of
department heads to retirement or leaving for other jobs
costly, and said he expects
it would continue under a
pay-for-performance system.
The new council

While Pfaff has had a
mostly friendly council in his
four years to this point and is
endorsed by six of the eight
current alders all but Arnold
and Dorothy Krause whomever is elected will not necessarily have that same support
from the council chambers.
There are six contested
elections in those races.
Both Pfaff and Arnold told
the Star they were confident
they could work with whoever is elected.
Youre not looking for,
Whose idea was it? Are
they my friend or my foe?
Arnold said of how he would
run the city. When youre
working for whats best for
the city in the long run, those
kind of things fall away.
Pfaff questioned Arnolds
ability to work with the
incumbents, though.
Its one thing to have platitudes and ideas but you
have to be able to get budgets
passed, Pfaff said.
Arnold acknowledged he
has supported those challenging the incumbents, specifically mentioning Zyronia Mims, who is facing
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City of
Fitchburg
the state supreme court chief

justice is chosen.
To find out what district
you are in, your polling place
and see a sample ballot, visit
FitchburgWI.gov.
See a sample ballot and find your

voting location:
Mayor: Steve Arnold,

Shawn Pfaff (I)
Aldermanic District 1,
seat 1: Dorothy Krause (I)
seat 2: Michael Childers,
Carol W. Poole (I)
seat 3: Julia Arata-Fratta,
Roger Backes
seat 4: Gary Hoerchner,
Patrick Stern (I),
seat 5: Jason C. Gonzalez
(I), Roger Laurel Tesch
seat 6: Dan Carpenter (I),
Zyronia Mims
seat 7: Jake Johnson
seat 8: Michael Gernetzke,
Henrick "Tony" Hartmann
Verona Area School
District
Three candidates,
Joanne Gauthier (I), Renee
Zook (I) and Tom Duerst,
are running unopposed.
Madison Metropolitan
School District
Mary Burke (I) and newcomer Anna Moffit will run
unopposed.
Oregon School District
Area I incumbent Steve
Zach will face a challenge
from Marilyn McDole,
while Area IV incumbent
Jeff Ramin will run unopposed.
FitchburgWI.gov
Photos by Scott Girard
Mayoral candidates Shawn Pfaff, left, and Steve Arnold speak at a

forum hosted by the Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce March 3.
Correction
Due to a drafting error
in last months paper, an
information box about
candidates for the spring
election incorrectly gave
the district numbers for the
alders. Fitchburg has four
districts with two seats
each. Seats 1 and 2 are in
Dist. 1, seats 3 and 4 are in
Dist. 2, seats 5 and 6 are
in Dist. 3 and seats 7 and 8
are in Dist. 4.
The Star regrets the
error.
incumbent Ald. Dan Carpenter for District 3, Seat 6.
There will be at least three
new faces on the council no
matter what, as Alds. Richard Bloomquist and Becky
Baumbach are stepping
down, and Arnold gave up his
council seat to run for mayor.
Jake Johnson is running

unopposed for Arnolds District 4, Seat 7, while three
candidates declared for
Bloomquists. Julia ArataFratta and Richard Backes
advanced through the primary
to the April election for District 2, Seat 3.
Michael Gernetzke and
Tony Hartmann are running
for Baumbachs open seat in
District 4, Seat 8.
Incumbent Patrick Stern
has a challenger on the ballot
for his District 2, Seat 4, but
Gary Hoerchner has stopped
campaigning and told the Star
he was disillusioned by the
council environment.
It just didnt seem like it
was a very open and receptive type of governmental
body to get involved with,
Hoerchner said. Ive probably decided Ive given up
my hopes of being involved
in city government.
Roger Tesch, a former
alder (1984-1993 and 200609), is challenging incumbent
Ald. Jason Gonzalez for District 3, Seat 5.
In District 1, Seat 2,
Michael Childers is challenging incumbent Carol Poole.
Krause, who often votes
with Arnold in the council
minority, is running unopposed.
contested election, with

incumbent school board
member Steve Zach facing
Marilyn McDole.
While voters in the other
two school districts do not
have contested elections for
school board, both Madison
and Verona have referendums

on the ballot.
The Madison Metropolitan
School District referendum
would allow the district to
issue $41 million of bonds for
upgrades to schools around
the district.
Verona Area School District voters will decide if the
school board can issue $8.5
million in bonds to purchase
three pieces of land, and
authorize the board to use
eminent domain to acquire
one of the three.
All voters will vote on a
statewide referendum asking
if the state should amend the
constitution to change how
Primary results
Arnold and Pfaff emerged
from the Feb. 17 primary
as the top two vote-getters
in the mayoral race, beating challengers Janell Rice
and former mayor Jay Allen
soundly.
Arnold got the most votes
with 1,257, while Pfaff
received 982. Arnolds aldermanic district turned out
at by far the highest rate in
the city, with 25 percent of
residents voting compared to
17.9 overall in the city.
Arata-Fratta took first in
the District 2 aldermanic primary, with Backes edging
out Matthew Pulda for the
other spot on the April ballot.
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The Fitchburg Star
Photos of the Year
A collection of the Fitchburg Star staffs top pics
Photo by Victoria Vlisides
Photo by Jim Ferolie
The weather was perfect for children to cool

off at the McKee Farms Park splash pad on
Memorial Day weekend.
Fitchburg Days in May featured carnival rides, such as this dragon roller coaster.
Volunteers Carly Henrich and Morgan

Pincombe from The Bridge Madison Church
help put in a new watering system at Leopold
Park Community Garden in April.
Photo by Mark Ignatowski
A cow statue is a staple at the farmers market near the Agora Pavilion, as shown during
fall fest in September.
Photo by Scott De Laruelle
School spirit was high and the weather was Panther-perfect for Oregon High
Schools homecoming pep rally in September.
Photo by Samantha Christian
Toby, a green-winged macaw, flies over magician Jim Mitchell during a performance at the Fitchburg Public Library in July.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Oregon High School freshman Isabella Musillami glides in the circle as she
readies to throw the discus in a Badger South Conference triple dual against
Stoughton and Monroe in April. She took sixth with a throw of 83 feet.
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Members of the Madison West boys cross country team celebrate winning the WIAA Divison 1 state team title in November at
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Q: I was told that Orthotics might help my back: how does that
condominium or townhome. What should we look for in a condo or townhome

community and how do they differ from each other?
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to $6,500 depending on facts and circumstances. Additionally, a contribution
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own the interior of the condo, but not the exterior. A condo could be located on any
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than their primary caregiver. The variety of having someone else come into the
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Q. What is a debt to income ratio and why is it important?

A. When purchasing a new home lenders look at two key factors, your credit score and
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The second number in the equation is 36. This is the percentage that lenders allow for debt
plus housing expenses. These are things like car payments, credit cards, child support and
other long term commitments that you need to budget for. Reducing your debt is the name
of the game when considering a new home purchase or refinance. Too much debt can affect
your buying options and you may not get the home you were hoping for. That being said
every situation is different and the world of mortgage has changed a lot over the years.
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The Fitchburg Star
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the only question left for an
ice cream shop on Triverton
Pike Drive.
The City of Fitchburg
Plan Commission approved
architectural plans and a
conditional use permit Feb.
17 for Andrew Lanz, who
plans to open and Chocolate Shoppe ice cream store
in about a month.
The store will be about
1,000 square feet and will
have some outdoor seating.
The ice cream shop will
take the place of a Great
Clips that closed last year.
Parking was one of staffs
main concerns, but no
restrictions were made. The
area can be congested, particularly during the morning commute. A Starbucks
coffee shop drives a lot of
traffic during that time, but
Lanz said the ice cream
shop would be busiest during the afternoon. Lanz said
he hopes people using the
Cap City Trail will be able
to navigate to the store, as
well.
Commission member
Ed Kinney agreed with the
parking assessment, saying
the Noodles and Company
store would likely see a

boost from the ice cream
store, and vice versa.
I think this a good complimentary use, Kinney
said.
In documents submitted
to the city, Lanz said the
store would likely be open
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the summer, and would
be open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
during the winter. Plans
call for 12 employees, with
anywhere from one to three
working at once.
Splashpad shade bids

rejected
Common Council voted
Feb. 24 to get new bids for
a project that would some
shade structures to the
splash pad at McKee Farms
Park.
Bids came back to the
city last month at roughly
$100,000 nearly double
the citys budget. City leaders hope to refine the scope
of the project and get bids
back in time to have the
structures installed for the
upcoming summer.
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Digging dinosaurs
Kids and parents had a chance to learn about dinosaurs and create
some fossils of their own Feb. 27 at the library. Other activities included coloring and reading dozens of books on dinosaurs.
Above, Harvey Antony, 2, of Fitchburg, places a dinosaur figurine
onto his salt dough.
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Star: Covered community projects, government in year one
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Our continued existence
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the advertisers who have
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And for at least this year,
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The future of that ad and
the free publication to all
households beyond this
year remain undetermined,
as is our original plan to
eventually convert the Star
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goal, one way or another,
is to eventually print on
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can continue to offer the

Star to the entire city for
free, based on advertiser
response and reader habits.
After a year in print, UNG
has found the increasingly
more common free distribution model still works
here.
That means for now,
advertisers with their
desire to be seen where
readers are looking will
continue to pay the bills,
rather than readers.
One of those advertisers
is, for as long as it chooses
to be, the City of Fitchburg. The city last fall put
in its budget money for a
full-page ad in each issue.
UNG, in turn, agreed to
ensure that our free distribution reaches every
household and business in
the city. The agreements
are nonbinding and not
contractual.
This continues the transition out of the newsletter,
the Fitchburg Update, that
had been running at first
opposite the Star every
three months and, from
2010 through early 2014,
every two months in the
absence of the Star.
M F, evenings, with a start time of 5:30pm.

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heroes who have donated

their time and efforts to
make the community better.
Weve covered the rural
areas, poor urban areas,
developing parts of the
city and everywhere in
between. Weve looked at
the work of an interfaith
coalition to connect the
community and a spiritually centered haven for
recovering addicts. Weve
covered the community
response to terrible crimes
and showed how people
have banded together to
help people in crisis.
Through it all, weve
kept an eye on government at work, with budgets, referendums, education trends, elections and
controversial issues, such
as the Northeast Neighborhood and North Stoner
Prairie plans and Fitchburg
Fields search for a new
home.
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Over the past year, the

Star has given readers indepth stories on important
community projects, the
impact of government projects and decisions on the
community and coverage
of all three public school
districts that serve Fitchburg.
And this month caps off
our election preview coverage, which has included a
mayoral forum organized,
sponsored and run by the
Star and questionnaires for
every candidate in a contested election.
Wed like to think the
presence of a community
newspaper had a hand in
a phenomenal interest in
this years elections, with
a four-way mayoral primary and six of eight seats
contested. But whether that
is true or not, weve made
sure Fitchburg residents all
got a chance to know the
candidates and how they
would represent the city.
Other highlights from the
past year have been extensive coverage of the debate
over the future of the Nine
Springs Golf Course, the
local impact of the massive
Verona Road reconstruction, what the new library
has done for the community
and shout-outs to unsung
Nine Springs: Park or Golf course?

Leading the herd: Mentor instills rural values
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March 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
Risking the weight
City of Fitchburg
Leashes now
required for dogs
Voice control no
longer enough for
dogs in Fitchburg
Mark Ignatowski
Dogs will have to be

leashed in the city public
areas after a leash law was
passed last month.
The Common Council unanimously approved
an ordinance change that
requires dogs to be controlled by a leash except
when on public hunting
grounds or in a yet-to-bebuilt city dog park, Ald.
Carol Poole (D-1) said Feb.
24.
The change stemmed
from an attack last fall
where a dog left its owners
property and attacked a person. That attack prompted
the police department and
city staff to look into the
citys ordinances regarding
animal control. Prior to the
change, only a voice command was necessary when
walking dogs in city public
spaces.
It became evident that it
was time for us to strengthen our ordinances and protect our community, Poole
said.
The new rules followed
a review by police, the city
attorney and a discussion
with more than a dozen
members of the public at a
meeting in January. A public hearing on the ordinance
change wasnt required,
city administrator Tony
Roach told the Star, but the
changes were referenced in
Man marks first anniversary of 100-pound weight loss

Samra Teferra
Star correspondent
meeting agendas leading up

to the vote last month.
At the January meeting,
Fitchburg Police Lt. Todd
Stetzer said the city has ordinances similar to surrounding municipalities, but that
there was some confusing
language about the requirements in Fitchburgs ordinance. The ordinance was
unclear about whether a dog
had to be leashed when just
in a city park or whenever it
was off the owners property. Stetzer also said the voice
control aspect of the ordinance likely stemmed from
the citys mixture of urban
and rural parts.
Despite the changes,
the new regulations wont
prevent a dog from leaving its owners property
and attacking someone as
was the case last fall but
it does clear up how the city
can enforce its animal control laws.
Although the ordinance
was approved unanimously,
Ald. Steve Arnold did question some of the wording of
the rule. He was concerned
that a person hunting on private land he or she did not
own might be subject to the
leash law even if that person
had permission to hunt from
the landowner.
Despite the question,
Arnold said he was willing to see how this works
out and see if there are any
unintended consequences
and fine tune it later.
Mayor Shawn Pfaff
expressed support for the
measure, saying he was
ecstatic about the change.
We did the right thing
here, Pfaff said.
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Darin Lind disliked athletics since his youth. Exercise

was a cause for disappointment, not happiness. But
now, almost 25 years later, he
recalls these negative feelings
in triumph, not sadness.
He countered them with
hard work, mental discipline
and the moral support of others. By adopting a healthy
lifestyle, which included good
nutrition and exercise, in one
year he shed 100 pounds that
had been weighing him and
his attitude down.
I hated getting ready for
gym class. I was always the
last one to get picked, Lind
said. I felt like I wasnt any
good and people didnt appreciate what I had to offer, so
why should I try?
Lind battled with weight
most of his adult life. His
weight not only affected his
health, but also his involvement in activities. Simple
pleasures most people take
for granted became uncomfortable experiences. He
avoided flying and amusement park rides for years as
he was too large to comfortably enjoy either.
He experienced momentary
weight loss with diet shakes,
but in the end he always
found himself where he started: overweight.
These memories lingered in
his mind. They popped in and
out of his consciousness and
sabotaged his efforts to lose
weight.
But in February of 2013,
during another dreary Wisconsin winter, something happened that altered his attitude.
I just made a mental shift
and I told myself I needed a
change, he said.
Surprisingly, his answer
was right around the corner.
Five miles from his home was
the workout facility Anytime
Fitness in Fitchburg the
gym he dedicated himself
to for a year of cardio and
strength training.
Going to the gym changed
his life.
He lost the weight. And to
this day, he has maintained it.
He has slightly fluctuated in
Photos by Samra Teferra (above) and submitted (below)
Darin Lind marked the first anniversary of his 100-pound weight loss in February. Below, an older
photo of Darin before he began losing weight.
weight, gaining and losing a

few pounds at a time, but with
the discipline and skills he
learned he knows how to get
back on track.
Facing the challenge

Losing weight seemed
insurmountable to Lind at
first. He had never done anything like it before.
I didnt think it was possible, I didnt think I had it in
me I knew where I wanted
to go but I thought I would
get bored or burnt out, Lind
said.
Stepping into the gym was
the first hurdle.
I was a little scared at first.
I was intimidated by the gym
and what people would think
of me I thought I was
going to fail, he said.
Yet Lind was surprised
to be welcomed with open
arms. He found the staff and
members of Anytime Fitness
friendly and encouraging.
Thats not to say he didnt
drag his feet for the first few
months.
Working out felt like a
chore, he said.
But with the help of a personal trainer, maintaining
a strict diet and religiously
working out at least five days
a week, he quickly saw results.
His initial goal was to lose
2.
Experience, integrity
among most sought
after qualities
Jacob Bielanski

released survey results in
the search for a new city
administrator Feb. 26.
Tony Roach, who will
have served as the citys
administrator for 15 years

by the time he leaves, will
retire from the position
this July. In the search for
Roachs replacement, the
city decided at its Jan. 28
meeting to develop a survey
soliciting community input
on what qualities would
make for an ideal administrator. The survey had two
sections covering business
and personal characteristics.
The city received 71
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Enjoying his
accomplishments
The diet shakes and pills
didnt offer the personal satisfaction Lind feels after working out. The emotional release
and sense of accomplishment have improved his selfesteem and confidence.
Working out became a
fulfilling part of my days
I would get an emotional high
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50-60 pounds in six months,

but in the first month alone he
lost nearly half of that goal.
As he continued working
out, he realized what he was
missing with his past diets:
the well-being found in physical fitness.
It didnt take long within
nine months he had lost a
total of 100 pounds.
and feel so good, Lind said.

His success followed at
work as he found himself
more productive and engaged.
Part of his job is advising people on health insurance plans. As his health
improved, he found more
authority to speak from experience and created new roles
for leadership.
Then came the testament
to his hard work. In February
2014, when Lind weighed in,
the numbers were a huge surprise and proved he could
do it.
The life that had seemed
foreign for so long was finally
attainable. He was even able
to take two trips last year.
I remember getting into
the plane for the first time and
how wonderful it was to put
the armrest down and use the
regular seat belt being able
to the ride the rides at Great
America and Disney (World)
the little things we take for
granted, Lind said.
Being able to enjoy these
new experiences gave him a
greater sense of belonging to
the world around him.
It was a monumental rite
of passage going to college, getting my first job, this
was like one of those things,
he said. I can take care of me
now.
responses.
When asked what personal characteristics a new
city administrator should
possess, respondents
overwhelmingly selected
integrity. Optimism
was selected by fewer than
15 percent of respondents.
Other qualities included a
valuing of others opinions,
collaboration and respectfulness.
For the business characteristics, local government experience (listed by
79 percent of respondents)
topped the list, followed
closely by strong organizational skills, budgeting
or financial experience and
supervisory experience.
Fewer than 20 percent of
respondents considered
the ability to provide constructive feedback or give
specific instruction to be
important.
The person must ensure
that contracts for services
are in place with performance standards, wrote

one respondent in the comment portion of the survey.
Too many times I have
been informed that Fitchburg just pays an invoice.
Unacceptable!
A draft of the job posting for the city administrator requires, at a minimum,
that the applicant possess
an undergraduate degree
in a related field, six years
of progressively responsible experience in a
municipal environment, and
three years of progressive
responsibility in budgeting
and economic development.
The candidate must be a
certified public manager or
ICMA credentialed manager.
For some, however, the
demands were straightforward. Look for someone
who will be here for another 15 years, reads one
comment in its entirety.
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skiing, and sledding. Feel free to head out to
the course anytime during business hours and
enjoy the outdoors!
Tuesday, March 17 at 1:00 p.m.

Fitchburg Senior Center
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
When: March 22nd
Time: 8:00 a.m. - Noon
Where: Fitchburg Senior Center
Cost: $6 adults
$3 kids up to 10 years old
Tickets: $2 each or 3 for $5

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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
Soccer (Coed) - Pre-Kindergarten
Boys Baseball - 8 to 10 yr. old
The goal of this league is to teach kids basic skills

and for them to gain an appreciation for the game.
Dates/Times - Saturdays, April 18-May 16
in the morning
Location - McKee Farms Park
Ages - 4 and 5 years old
Fee - $25
Teams will practice once a week and compete against local communities playing both
home and away games. Note: This league is
machine pitch. Players will receive a t-shirt
and baseball cap. Baseball pants must be purchased separately.
Dates/Times - Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, end of May to early August
Location - McGaw Park and Travelling
Ages - 8 to 10 years old
Fee - $40
Soccer (Coed) - Kindergarten

Practices will be on Tuesday evenings with
games on Saturday mornings. Skills and fun
will be emphasized.
Dates/Times - Tuesdays and Saturdays,
April 14-May 16
Ages - Kindergarteners
Fee - $30
Soccer (Coed) - 1st & 2nd Grade

Practices will be on Tuesday evenings with
games on Saturday mornings. Skills and fun
will be emphasized.
Dates/Times - Tuesdays and Saturdays,
April 14-May 16
Location - Wildwood South Soccer Field
Ages - 1st & 2nd Graders
Fee - $30
Soccer (Coed) - 3rd & 4th Grade

Practices and games will be on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings. This is a travelling
league playing against Verona teams.
Dates/Times - Tuesdays and Thursdays,
April 14-May 21
Location - McKee Farms Park and Travelling
Ages - 3rd & 4th Graders
Fee - $35
T-Ball (Coed) - 4 & 5 yr. old

Every player will bat in every inning and experience each fielding position during the season.
evenings, June 16-End of July
Ages - 4 & 5 years old
Fee - $30
Coach Pitch (Coed) - 6 to 8 yr. old

Players will work on the fundamentals of
the game while being introduced to some
more advanced baseball skills.
Dates/Times - Monday and Wednesday
evenings, June 15-End of July
Fee - $30
LEARNING ANNEX PRESENTS:

IRISH SETTLERS OF FITCHBURG
Girls Softball - 8 to 10 yr. old

home and away games. Players will receive a
t-shirt and a visor. Softball pants/shorts must
be purchased separately.
Dates/Times - Monday and Wednesday
evenings, end of May to end of July
Location - Tower Hill and Travelling
Fee - $40
Girls Softball - 11 & 12 yr. old

home and away games. Players will receive a
t-shirt and a visor. Softball pants/shorts must
be purchased separately.
evenings, end of May to end of July
Location - Tower Hill and Travelling
Ages - 11 & 12 years old
Fee - $50
This months Learning Annex will be a tribute to the Irish settlers of Fitchburg! Nearly
fifty thousand Irish immigrants came to the
United States in the mid-nineteenth century
and of those fifty thousand, seventy-six Irish
families had settled in the Town of Fitchburg
by 1860. Presenters, Bill and Carol Kinney,
SPRING 2015 WATERWAY CLEANUP

SET FOR APRIL 18TH
Fitchburgs Spring Waterway Cleanups for
2015 are tentatively planned for Saturday,
April 18th from 9am11am, rain or shine.*
This years plan calls for cleanups on the
north side of Dunns Marsh along Crescent
Road. In addition, there may be a cleanup group
in your area, coordinated by your neighborhood association. Anyone interested in being
a group leader may contact Rick Eilertson,
Fitchburg Environmental Engineer, at rick.eilertson@fitchburgwi.gov or (608) 270-4264 to
coordinate a cleanup in your neighborhood.
Fitchburg will provide refreshments and a
tote bag, Fundana or T-shirt to participants.
Volunteers are encouraged to wear boots
Kids Painting Class - Paint Your

Favorite Animal
Kids will paint their favorite animal using
acrylic paint on a 16 x 20 canvas. These paintings turnout colorful and whimsical and they
will look great hanging on your wall.
Location - Fitchburg Community Center
Date/Time - Saturday, April 18th 9-11am
Ages - 5-10 yrs. old
Fee - $38
and bring work gloves. Please be forewarned:

Restroom facilities are often not convenient
to the planned cleanup locations.
*Further details on the Waterway Cleanups
will be posted at www.fitchburgwi.gov/stormwater closer to the events.
2015 STREAM VOLUNTEER MONITORS NEEDED

Fitchburg has an abundance of streams and
waterways in both natural
and urban areas that make
our community a special
place to live, work and
play. Stream sampling is an
important way for us to
keep an eye on the health
of those streams and rivers. The City is looking
for volunteer stream monitors to check stream
conditions once a month from April to October
at three sites in Fitchburg: Nine Springs Creek,
Murphys Creek and Swan Creek.
Monitors check for water temperature,
dissolved oxygen, and water clarity. They also
take grab samples in a jar and transport them
to the laboratory at the Madison Metropolitan
Sewage District where it is analyzed for phosphorus and total suspended solids (TSS).
Volunteer monitors also

enter their data into a database used by local and state
officials to identify problem areas and strategies to
improve water quality. All
equipment and training is
provided through the Rock
River Coalition. For safety
reasons, monitors should work in pairs.
Stream monitoring is part of Fitchburgs
Creek Supporter Pledge Program, so
Fitchburg residents who volunteer to monitor a stream would be eligible for a reduction
in their stormwater utility bill of $4 to $12
per year. For more details, visit www.fitchburgwi.gov/stormwater.
To volunteer, contact Rick Eilertson,
Fitchburg Environmental Engineer, at rick.
eilertson@fitchburgwi.gov or 270-4264.
PLANT DANE!
Henna Retreat
This class will discuss the history and origin of Henna Art. Each participant will also
receive two Hennas of their choice.
Location - Fitchburg Community Center
Date/Time - Monday, May 4th from 7-8pm
Ages - Adults
Fee - $30
will talk about the Fox,

Stoner Prairie and Irish
Lane settlements and
so much more. Did you
ever wonder where
all of the room names
came from in the Senior
Center? Come and find
out! Historical photos will be on hand too.
Now in its 11th year, the Plant Dane!

cost-share program provides homeowners, schools and nonprofit organizations
with native plants at reduced prices to
establish rain gardens, native plantings and
prairie restoration through a gift from
the Graham-Martin Foundation. The Plant
Dane! program has provided tens of thousands of plants, resulting in hundreds of
acres being planted with native species
throughout Dane County.
Many find replacing turf and ornamental
plants with plant species native to Wisconsin
a rewarding landscape alternative. Once
established, natives do not require the main-
tenance and watering inputs that turf and

ornamentals need. Native wildflowers bloom
season round and provide great habitat value
for beneficial insects and birds.
Plants are $1.80 each, less than half
the normal retail price. Each species must
be ordered in multiples of four. Program
details and order forms are available online
at www.myfairlakes.com/plantdane.aspx.
Participants complete the order form
online, then print out the completed form
and mail it with a check. All payments with
orders must be received no later than
March 16, 2015. Plants will be delivered on
May 30, 2015.
Fitchburg residents who install and
maintain rain gardens are eligible for a
reduction in their stormwater utility bill of
$4 to $12 per year. For more details, visit
www.fitchburgwi.gov/stormwater.
The Fitchburg Star

Business
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Burger chain coming to Fitchburg
March 13, 2015
Mooyah, based in
Texas, offers shakes
Scott Girard
Culvers has some new

competition coming.
Or at least thats what
Randy Bergeson hopes as he
and his two sons get ready to
open a new Mooyah restaurant in Fitchburg in April.
The burger chain, which
originated in Plano, Texas,
in 2007, has expanded to 76
restaurants, 68 of which are
in the United States.
The Fitchburg location
is one of what the company hopes will be 25 to
30 new restaurants in the
U.S. in 2015, said director
of development Ardag
Tachian.
Tachian said the company was pleased when the
Bergesons showed interest
in opening a Mooyah.
He acknowledged it
would be tough to compete
with the similarly focused
Culvers, a Wisconsin hallmark, and said customer service will be the key.
We know that in order
for us to compete were
not only going to be able
to do (it) with only quality
products, he said.
Bergeson, who owns Subways in southwestern Wisconsin, said his youngest son
wanted to work with the family business after he graduated high school. Bergeson
thought it was kind of cute,
kind of fun and would change
while his son was at college.

It didnt.
For fun, I thought lets
go ahead and lets look at
some concepts, Bergeson
said. A few years later his
older brother said, Ya
know, Id like to be part of
the family business too.
The three of them began
looking at locations, and after
two years of searching found
a spot near Orchard Pointe.
Because its so new and
its not as known the first
ones got to be in a really
good location, Bergeson
said. (Orchard Pointe)
might be a great spot for
a really good burger, fry,
shake place.
The restaurant is expected
to open in April. For more
information on the company, visit mooyah.com.
Fitchburg woman wins $2,500 in Project Money Lifeline

Like a lot of people, Connie Samuels was struggling
with finances. She wanted
to refinance her car and pay
off her credit card. Thanks to
advice learned through Summit Credit Unions Project
Money Lifeline contest she
did just that.
Samuels was named a
runner-up in the contest,
which ended last month, and
received a prize of $2,500
for her efforts. The program
started in June, as Samuels
and three other contestant
families charted their progress, with a goal to achieve
financial success. In seven
months, the group reduced
their collective debt by more
than $34,000 and increased
their savings by more than
$40,000.
Project Money has completely changed my life for
the better, she said. I cannot imagine putting myself in
the same situation financially
I was in before. I am so grateful that this Project Money
Lifeline that was thrown out

to me. I am a better person for
it.
Summit Credit Union
CEO/president Kim Sponem
said it takes a lot of courage for people to make their
financial story public.
These four Project Money
contestants took on the challenge of changing the course
of their financial path, Sponem said.
In her blog about the experience, Samuels said she
came up with a Cash Corner
With Connie, where people
shared ideas on cutting costs,
and encouraged each other.
She said she learned many
valuable lessons during the
program that shell be able
to use in the future and pass
along to others, starting with
being consistent and possessing patience.
As a former track runner, its innate in me to want
to go fast but Ive learned that
steadiness and consistency
helps to maintain your pace,
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Samuels said. Nothing happens overnight, but if you can

move the needle in the right
direction you will be better
off than the day before and
the day before that. We often
negate the daily factors that
put us in the uncomfortable
financial situations we are in.
Ask yourself, What habits
can I change today?
Samuels said in five years,
she sees herself debt-free,
owning her own home and
having a steady secondary
source of income. She said
the seven months of the contest challenged her as an individual and have made me
take steps toward bettering
my future self and life.
I am forever grateful for
this opportunity and I am happy that I was able to share my
story, Samuel said.
For more information
on Project Money, visit
summitcreditunion.com/
projectmoney.
-Scott De Laruelle
Photo by Jacob Bielanski
Long-time Madison sheet music and instrument repair company Ward Brodt will move from its
Beltline location to an similarly-sized building on Executive Drive in Fitchburg in May.
Madison music maven

to move to Fitchburg
New Ward Brodt
site selected among
approximately 10
locations
Jacob Bielanski
A nearly 80-year-old
sheet music company will
move from its Beltline location to a newly-renovated
site in northwest Fitchburg.
Ward Brodt specializes
in sheet music, instrument
repairs and sales. The majority of its business, general
manager Connie Smith said,
comes from supplying sheet
music to schools.
The move is expected to
be completed in May.
Smith said the company
began seriously considering new locations last fall,
working through a broker
to identify eight to 10 sites
ranging from Middleton
to the interstate. The site

at 5976 Executive Drive in
Fitchburg, she said, won out
due to the ability to control
humidity, among other factors. No tax incentives, she
said, were extended as a
means of luring the company to the city.
We intend on growing
our repair department, that
was a big focus as well,
Smith said.
Smith said that the move
was prompted by the sale of
the building it currently leases, after the new owners did
not offer to extend the lease.
She said that the move will
offer an opportunity for the
company to make its sheet
music and music repair operations more efficient. This
includes secure, 24-hour
access for its sales staff as
well as a dedicated space for
its repair department.
[Fitchburg] seems to be a
growing part of the area, and
were excited to be a part of
that growth, Smith said.
Since 1927, Brodt has

operated out of Madison,
selling sheet music and
instruments. The company
initially operated out of a
building on the 100 block
of Madisons State Street
pedestrian mall. It moved
into its current location at
2200 West Beltline Highway in 1983, initially occupying 31,000 square feet.
Smith said the company
later reduced its footprint to
roughly 15,000 square feet,
but had few options to rearrange the building because
they could not move the
repair area. The new buildings open arrangement, she
said, has allowed the company to separate its repair
and sales areas.
The new building roughly
mirrors the square footage
of the old.
The big thing was just,
you know, being able to
have an easier flow for our
customers and the people
that work here. Smith said.
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On April 7th we have a clear choice for Mayor

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n Mayor Pfaff supported the City budget that gave City

Alliant Energy Center

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