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MADISON, WIPERMIT NO. 667

INsIDeMeet feed’s adaM haenKitchens open with new manager ....5

breakfast with santaRaise funds for food pantries ...........7

wetland of warner ParkWarner island returns to the wild ...11

other newsNorthside News ................................3Northside Planning Council .............4Business ............................................7Northsiders in the News .................10Environment. ..................................11Community GroundWorks ..............13NPC 20th Anniversary ...................14Arts .................................................16Community .....................................17Schools & Youth .............................20Library............................................22Health & Wellness ..........................23Police & Fire ..................................24Elected Officials .............................25Senior .............................................27

Is there such a thing as a free meal?YOU BETCHA!

Join us on Sunday, Dec. 15, 5-7 pm at WPCRC, for one of our

community Sunday Suppers.FREE and open to all Northsiders.

By Dan TortoriceNorthsiders can take great pride in the

unrivaled natural habitat that surrounds us every day. We owe a great deal of gratitude to the City of Madison, Dane County and other governmental and pri-vate groups who provided this legacy. How many neighborhoods can claim the variety of landscapes we enjoy — from the 48 acres of woods and meadows on top of Lake View Hill to the largest pre-served Dane County wetland at Chero-kee Marsh? Warner Park has 213 acres of fields, meadows, wetlands and a variety of shorelines. Our homes are surrounded by large trees and shrubs full of interest-ing birds, squirrels, deer, sandhill cranes and even the occasional fox.

Lake View Elementary School is giv-ing its students the knowledge they will need to manage this invaluable inheri-tance in the future. Lake View students have the opportunity to learn about natu-ral systems while studying outside in the new outdoor classroom and Pazillion, its official name. Fourth-grade student Ulysses Kovach came up with the name Pazillion because “we can do a pazillion things there.”

The classroom has a pavilion, funded by Lowes Corp., with a natural bark floor se-lected by the students. There is a rain gar-

By Karen Bassler Northside Planning Council

“I liked that everybody at Y.E.S. is so nice and so willing to help us and so into what they do.”

“I learned more about how life is

and how to get there and also have fun with it.”

On Oct. 24, 72 children from North-side neighborhoods attended the in-augural Youth Empowerment Summit (Y.E.S.) and had an amazing time. By

the end of the day, they had attended nine workshops, visited five informa-tion stations, watched a variety of talented performers, heard inspiring words from local celebrities (Marquis Mason of UW-Madison’s football team

and Officer Katie Adler of the North District Police Department) and eaten 115 Milio’s sub sandwiches and 30 large Pizza Hut pizzas.

Students learn stewardship in Lake View School’s outdoor classroom

Say Y.E.S. to Northside youth

Students experiment with a parachute during the entertainment industry workshop.Northside youth enthusiastic after a day at the Youth Empowerment Summit.

Vera Court cont. on page 19

Pazillion cont. on page 12

Left to right: Officer David Dexhei-mer, Alder Anita Weier and Vera Court resident Bailey Chadwick celebrate new speed bumps.

The Lake View Elementary Pazillion

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den, vegetable garden, compost bin and six designated sites to visit in the seven acres of woods and oak savanna. The Pazillion has a strong artistic component as well. It contains more than 1,200 themed ceramic tiles made by students.

“Our goal is to build a generation of stewards of the environment,” said

Youth Summit cont. on page 21

By Officer David Dexheimer Madison Police Department

Saturday, Oct. 26, dawned a bit on the chilly side, but the sun was shining. It shone especially bright on Vera Court that morning. Organizers of the Vera Court Neighborhood Cel-ebration may have taken a weather risk with the late calendar date, but all were rewarded with a great turn-out of friends and neighbors. The gala included a parade, balloons, joyful noisemaking and good food.

Vera Court celebrates safer streets

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Gratitude and respectEvery Thanksgiving I like to go down

my list and make sure I spare a moment of mindfulness for the people I’m grate-ful for. All the usual suspects — family, friends and coworkers, paid and volunteer — made the list this year, as always, but I was surprised to find myself thinkingabout one group in particular that I’ve had some incredibly meaningful interactions with lately:ourMadisonpoliceofficers,andespeciallyourNorthDistrictofficers.

I’ve had a chance to have in-depth conversations with several of our North-side officers over the pastmonths, andI’m continually struck by their level of depth and commitment to authentic rela-tionship-building in the community.

Packers/Northport Neighborhood Police OfficerSarahBoespflughelpedtransforma frightening accident into a moment of empowerment and education for the chil-dren at Northport Apartments. In July, after a 13-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while crossing Northport Drive via the crosswalk near Walgreens, Sarah conducted a traffic survey tomonitor theeffectiveness of the crosswalk signal, issu-ing citations to both drivers and pedestrians for violations. She then organized families to help raise awareness along the corridor. Children held up signs for drivers to see while pushing the signal button to practice using the crosswalk safely. She then sub-mitted an excellent piece to the Northside News outlining the responsibilities of both drivers and pedestrians at the crosswalk to raise broader awareness. OfficerDaveDexheimertookasimilar

incident in Vera Court to help rally the neighborhood to have “speed humps” installed. After a young girl was hit by a car there, Dave began to examine the accident history over the last two de-cades and discovered that there has been a steady pattern of incidents involving pedestrians being struck by moving ve-hicles. He, along with Alder Anita Weier, then convened neighborhood meetings

to help inform residents of what they could do to make their streets safer. Read more about their succesful campaign on the front page of this issue.

It was great fun to watch North Com-munityPolicingTeamOfficerKatieAdlerrally the youth at this October’s Youth Empowerment Summit. She’s been a fixture in theseneighborhoodsforyears,and you could tell from their enthusiastic applause that our kids have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Ka-tie and her work. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Sarah, Dave and Katie interact with the youth all day at the summit. I felt grateful that we have a police department that prioritizes relationships in such a way.

Lieutenant John Radovan grew up on the Northside and is deeply invested in our neighborhoods. He and I have had several conversations exploring ways to be more proactive about emerging needs on the Northside, to better coordinate community response to various incidents in our neigh-borhoods and to examine and mitigate the effects of racism in our community. He’s a thoughtfulofficerwhoistrulycommittedto making the Northside the best it can be.

As many of you know, North District Captain Cam McClay is retiring from the department this November after 29 years. CaptainMcClayspenthisfiveyearshereon the Northside working to foster better communication and stronger partnerships between the department and the commu-nity. Furthermore, he has been truly com-mitted to examing and transforming the department’s culture from within. We wel-come his successor, Captain Jay Lengfeld, to our neighborhood and look forward to a long and productive relationship with him.

None of this is to simplify the complexi-ties of the police department’s relationship with the community — nor to minimize the very real toll that recent incidents have had on trust between the department and the community — it’s just to say that there’s more there once you start to get to know the human stories behind the uniforms. In fact, our department was recently ranked second in the nation in the proportion of commis-sionedfemalepoliceofficersworkinghere.

Accountability and transparency in and outside of the department are critical, and we must expect that as a community, but we also have a lot to be proud of.

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Sue Gleason Chair

Marti Ryan Treasurer Nikki Sanders Secretary

Terrie Anderson FEED Liaison

Felicia Butler Youth Council Liaison

Travis Currier Neighborhoods Liaison

Nancy StillwellAt-large

NPC MISSIONCOMMUNITY- BUSINESS-PEOPLEThe Northside Planning Coun-cil’s mission is to improve the quality of life for all residents of the Northside and to enhance opportunities for business.NPC’s priorities are:COMMUNITY — Communica-tion and connections within the Northside.

BUSINESS — Economic success and growth for the Northside.

PEOPLE — Ensuring indi-vidual and family support on the Northside.

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Looking back, looking ahead2013 has been a wild ride for the

Northside Planning Council (NPC). We’ve hired a new executive director, built an entire building, hosted candidate forums, hired a full-time kitchen man-ager, held the first Youth Empowerment Summit, celebrated 20 years of help-ing build community, welcomed back Abha Thakkar as the Northside News editor, co-hosted four Sunday Suppers, and kicked off planning for next year’s Northside Family Fourth of July. Wow.

We are knee deep in planning for 2014 that we hope will result in a similar list of accomplishments in the December

2014 edition of the Northside News. Those of you who joined us Nov. 8 for our 20th Anniversary Celebration heard about two projects in the works — con-vening a Northside Citizens Council and creating a Northside small grants fund.

The Citizens Council will solicit input about issues facing our community, help develop and refine ideas for improve-ments, facilitate collaboration among organizations and individuals, and offer a forum for all Northsiders to learn more about what is going on around them and how they can plug in. The kick-off meet-ing of the council is scheduled for Feb. 19, in conjunction with our regular NPC board meeting. We will post specific time and place information in the next Northside News, on our website and via our other communication channels.

Thanks for all that you have done in 2013 to make this a great place to live, work and play. We look forward to con-tinuing to work with you in 2014.

By Karen Bassler NorthsidePlanningCouncil

The Northside Planning Council (NPC) would like to help Northside groups fund projects and programs that build commu-nity, so we are starting a Northside Fund to provide small grants to your organization.

We are forming an advisory committee to oversee the fund. This committee will establish criteria for projects, set up the ap-plication process, review applications and make funding decisions. If you are inter-ested in serving on this committee, contact NPC Executive Director Karen Bassler, at director@northsideplanningcouncil.org or 661-0060, ext. 2.

Our initial goal is to establish a $5,000 fund. To kick off fundraising, we are selling the awesome Northside tee shirt modeled by NPC board mem-ber Nikki Sanders in the photo to the [left] taken at our 20th Anniversary Celebration. We have printed a limited run of 150 of these shirts, and are sell-ing them for $20 each. For each shirt sold, the fund receives $12.87. To pur-chase your shirt, stop by our office at 2702 International Lane, or look for our table at the Northside Winter Market.

In addition to these limited edition shirts, you can also create your own Northside items at our Café Press store, www.cafepress.com/shopnorthside. The Northside Fund will receive 20 percent of each sale made through Café Press.

Tee shirt sales launch new Northside Fund to support community-building projects

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NPC board member Nikki Sanders (left) models the new Northside tee shirt (right) with County Supervisor and State Representative Melissa Sargent. Initial fundraising work for the Northside small grants fund began with the sale of Northside tee shirts at our 20th Anniversary Celebration. Each shirt sold gen-erates nearly $13 for the fund, and these shirts make wonderful holi-day gifts. They can be purchased at the Northside Winter Market or at the NPC office.

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By Adam Haen FEED Kitchens

Many of my favorite memories are of be-ing in kitchens. My name is Adam Haen, and I am the manager at FEED Kitchens. I grew up just north of Sturgeon Bay, in beautiful Door County, and spent many a day in my grandmother’s kitchen, rolling bread dough, mixing cake batter, peeling apples and, of course, taste testing. My grandparents had one of the oldest orchards in the county, so I learned early about baked goods, canning and freezing. As you can imagine, being raised in this environment, I have a special place in my heart for food and kitchens.

Unlike many of my friends and class-mates, I didn’t work in fast food restaurants in high school. Instead, I worked at various orchards and farms, picking strawberries, apples and cherries, milking cows, baling hay, picking stones and cleaning stalls. It wasn’t until college that I started working in akitchen,atfirstasarunneranddishwasher.

When a couple of cooks left, the chef asked if I wanted to learn the grill. I said yes and was instantly hooked. Shortly after that I enrolled in the culinary arts program at Fox Valley Technical College and started working my way around the restaurants in the area. I have done every job in a kitchen, as well as waiting tables, hosting and bartending, but I always wound up back in the kitchen.

Over the years I have run kitchens, bars, dining rooms, cafeterias, catering opera-tions and camps, honing my skills in the of-ficeaswellasthekitchen.Iamthatstrangecombination of computer geek, artist and BSer that thrives in kitchen management. I moved to Madison in 2011 because my thenfiancée(nowwife)livedandworkedhere. I have grown to love the area, work-ing with REAP in their Buy Fresh Buy Lo-

cal program, working at both the Northside and Dane County Farmers Markets, and buying great, fresh local products from the amazing producers in the area. Madison is truly a treat for any food enthusiast, and I am glad to be part of it.

Several years ago, while enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with a group of friends, Ellen Barnard started picking my brain about this project she was working on. The more she talked about it, the more ex-cited I got. I have done catering and parties for many people, most times renting church kitchens or the like; and I do processing for the orchards I help, but always in small kitchens. The idea of a large, well-equipped kitchen facility that could be rented at vari-ous levels and times sounded amazing. From time to time I would ask Ellen how

things were going, and she would excitedly tell me what progress had been made.

When I saw that the Northside Plan-ning Council was holding informational sessions,Isignedupforthefirstone,anx-ious to see what was happening and what I could do to help. That was where I was in-troduced to Karen Bassler, whose enthusi-asm, like Ellen’s, was infectious. We talked about kitchens, spreadsheets and the merits ofbindersversusclipboards.(IsaidIwasageek.)Attheendofthediscussion,Karenasked when she could expect my resume. This threw me a bit — I was looking to use the kitchen, not run it — but the more I thought about it and discussed it with my wife, the more it sounded like something I could really sink my teeth into.

As you can tell, I got the job. I didn’t re-alize what a fun challenge it would be to openthisfacility(andIamonlyinonthetail-end),butIamsohappythatIamhere.This is a fantastic project, and I learn more every day. People ask me what we do here and what kind of users we plan to serve. I have to answer them honestly and say I re-ally don’t know. This kitchen has so much potential. I am sure that a year from now there will be people working out of FEED doing things that none of us imagined in our wildest prognostications.

What I do know is that I am blessed with an amazing team of mentors and support-ers, and a community that has gone out of its way to make me feel welcome. They’ve let me know that if there is anything I need, they will be here to help. I look forward to seeing this facility being used 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and to the day when we have to build a new facility to handle all the users.

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Mayor Paul Soglin (left) acknowledged the hard work and vision of Northside community leaders at the FEED Kitchens Open House November 12.

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By Ellen Barnard FEED Kitchens

Everyone can. The FEED Kitchens may seem like a place for professional chefs and food businesses, but FEED is also available to members of the com-munity. This means that you, and friends with whom you want to cook, can rent FEED to do things like:

• get all of your holiday or party bak-ing and cooking done in one day;

• cook a week’s worth of food for one or many families in an afternoon;

• bake many different items in one day for bake sales or other fund-raising;

• teach others how to bake, make soups or do canning.

The FEED training and community kitchen can accommodate 12 people working at one time without bumping elbows or getting in each other’s way. We also have a giant (big enough for a 5’2” person to stand inside) rack oven so that you can bake many sheets of baked goods at the same time.

How do I sign up?Community members are known to the

FEED staff as “casual” users. We have a short application form for you to fill out, and there is a one-time $50 application fee to cover the time it will take to orient

you and your mates on how to use the equipment and how to clean the kitchen when you are finished. You will find the application form online at our website, www.feedkitchens.org. Learn more at our next orientation and information ses-sions, held at FEED Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 6 pm and Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 pm.

What does it cost and how do I reserve time?

It costs $25 per hour to rent one of the kitchen spaces, and we require that you rent for a minimum of four hours per session. This fee can be split by you and your friends, as the fee is per hour, not per person.

We require that you reserve time at least one week in advance, and we ask for payment at the time you make your reservation. Time is reserved on a first come, first served basis, so if you have a particular time or date that you want, reserve it now.

What if I have questions? You are welcome to contact FEED

Kitchens Manager Adam Haen with any questions. You can reach him by email at feedmanager@northsidemadison.org. If you prefer to speak with someone in per-son, call NPC Executive Director Karen Bassler at 661-0060 ext. 2.

By Terrie Anderson FEED Kitchens

Alex Vratsanos has been con-structing crossword puzzles since he was in elementary school. He set a personal goal to have a puzzle published in The New York Times before his high school graduation. As that day approached, it seemed he would just barely miss the mark. The Times had tentatively accepted

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Alex’s puzzle, For Every Eager Donor — A Crossword Puzzle for FEED Enthusiasts, is offered for any donation of at least $5.

a puzzle with publication set for two months later. Alex mentioned his goal in an email to Will Shortz, the crossword editor, and it must have struck a chord. The puzzle was pub-lished in The New York Times on his graduation day. Since then, the Times has published five more of Alex’s puzzles, including two Sun-day puzzles.

Alex asked his aunt, Northside Planning Council (NPC) board member Terrie Anderson, how he could help her raise money to build the Food Enterprise and Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens. He offered to create a puzzle that used FEED in its solution.

That puzzle, For Every Eager Do-nor, is now available to anyone who donates $5 or more to the FEED Kitchens. Send a check to Terrie An-derson, 1409 Iowa Drive, Madison, WI 53704. Make the check out to NPC, with FEED in the memo line. Include your mailing address. She’ll send you the puzzle by return mail.

You’ll have fun puzzling out the answers, but even more excitement is in store if you mail the completed puzzle back to Terrie at the above address before Jan. 1. NPC will draw one puzzle from those sub-mitted and reward that donor with one of the awesome new Northside tee shirts.

Who can use the FEED Kitchens?

611 North Sherman Ave. in Lakewood Plaza608.663.5500 • www.mannacafe.com

Open 6 AM Weekdays • 7 AM Weekends

✿ Holiday pies and cakes

✿ Quiche and more quiche

✿ Warming coffee and tea

✿ Comforting breakfast and lunch

Exciting Changes to Come in 2014

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P A N C A K E BREAKFAST Benefiting Northside F o o d P a n t r i e s

At the Esquire Club 1025 N. Sherman Ave.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7 • 8–11 AM

Advance Ticket Locations__________________________________

AnchorBank 2929 N. Sherman Ave.DuWayne’s Salon 2114 N. Sherman Ave.The Esquire Club 1025 N. Sherman Ave.

The UPS Store 1213 N. Sherman Ave.

Sponsor: Thrivent Financial

Sit on Santa’s lap

Adults: $6Ages 3-10: $4

Under age 3: Free

Free holiday treat bags!

By Lauri LeeNorthside Business Association

Old Saint Nick, Santa Claus, that jolly old elf with the bushy white beard, will lend his ear to Northside children and their parents at the Northside Business As-sociation’s (NBA) 11th Annual Breakfast with Santa. Held Saturday, Dec. 7, from 8‒11 am at the Esquire Club, 1025 N. Sher-man Ave., the event includes a pancake breakfast to benefi t Northside food pantries.

The menu includes pan-cakes, sausage, bacon, ham, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee, all cooked and served by volunteer mem-bers of the NBA. Dining area hosts are volunteers from The River, Bread of Life and Lakeview Lutheran food pantries. A gift bag will be given to the fi rst 300 children who attend.

Over the past 11 years, the NBA Breakfast with Santa event has al-lowed the organization to donate $25,000 and more than 750 pounds of food to area food pantries. Guests at this year’s event may bring donations of non-perishable food items, paper products or personal hygiene products for the food pantries. All donations are greatly appreciated.

“Together, the three food pantries serve o ver 1,000 families 750 meals, and dis-tribute 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of food each week. With this year’s food short-ages, help from the Breakfast with San-

ta event is more important than ever,” said event committee

chairman Steve Nelson of DuWayne’s Salon. “This family event al-lows children and their parents to have fun while giving back to the community. Those

smiles on the faces are even bigger when ev-

eryone realizes how much their participation helps fami-

lies have enough food,” he added.Breakfast with Santa tickets are $6 for

adults and $4 for children age 3‒10. Chil-dren under age three are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at AnchorBank, 2929 N. Sherman Ave.; DuWayne’s Sa-lon, 2114 N. Sherman Ave.; The UPS Store, 1213 N. Sherman Ave. and The Es-quire Club, 1025 N. Sherman Ave.

Sponsors for the event include Thrivent Financial and MG&E, but more sponsors are still needed. Breakfast sponsorships are available at $500, $300 and $100 lev-els and help defray the cost of the break-fast so more money can be donated to the food pantries. If you would like to help in any way, please contact Nelson at 241-0323.

From Northside Business Association and Sherman Avenue Merchants

Sherman Avenue Merchants (SAM) and the Northside Business Association (NBA) contracted with Traffi c Engineering Ser-vices, Inc. (TES) in the spring of 2013 to review the Sherman Avenue Two Way Left Turn Lane (TWLTL) design, operation and evaluation for long-term operation.

SAM and NBA would like to express ap-preciation to the individuals and businesses that contributed donations or attended the Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser. There was no way to stop the City from implementing the Sherman Avenue changes. Both SAM and the NBA will monitor roadway safety, follow TES recommendations and address local concerns with the City during the 18 months after-implementation period.

The following list of comments was compiled by Traffi c Engineering Services, Inc. for the City of Madison Traffi c Engi-neer to address:• Establish City and NBA meeting

group with two NBA members as con-tacts during the 18-month review and schedule bi-monthly meetings to dis-cuss project status and local concerns.

• Review gap availability for driveway access and the business access where complaints are recorded.

• Complete an after implementation of the TWLTL study of motor vehi-cle crashes after 6, 12 and 18 months of operation.

• Statistics from city crash report in-cludes pedestrians and bikes as an in-cident. Separate these for better under-standing of the potential problem in the before and after comparison.

• City should prepare article for the North-side News on how the TWLTL is to op-erate for motorists and bicycle traffi c. Be sure to include: Right turning vehicles share the bike lane. It is legal to pass a stopped vehicle (bus or delivery) by en-croaching on the TWLTL and encour-age short travel distance in TWLTL for left turns especially due to narrow width.

• Sherman Avenue traffi c counts (should be performed) quarterly or at least semi-annually.

• Count adjacent arterials for compari-son and analysis of diverted traffi c.

• Businesses need pass-by traffi c for busi-ness promotion. What amount of traffi c has been diverted from Sherman Avenue?

• Video bike operations at the time bus-ses are on the roadway for visual of bus presence on bike riders.

• Compare bikes on street and sidewalk with TWLTL to the data included herein.

• Observe queues from railroad crossing.• Monitor the actual backup from train

operations. The increased queue from trains justifi ed a review of the need for preemption of the traffi c signals at Aberg Avenue and Sher-man Avenue and Commercial Av-enue and Sherman Avenue.

• The city has an ordinance on trains in crossing but the counts have said the city cannot regulate the trains. The only solution is cooperative efforts.

• The trains in this area are also doing switching operations. Have city staff investigate having railroad to not do switching in the 7–8:30 am and 3:30–5:30 pm periods or to implement op-erations for short duration blockage of crossing.

• Monitor pedestrian crossing safety with new islands.

• Consider having the police on bikes patrol this section of Sherman Avenue a couple of times a week. This is to support bike and motor vehicle safe use of the facility.

• Increase maximum greens for accom-modating single lane traffi c fl ow after a train for northbound and south-bound at Commercial Avenue and at Aberg Avenue.

If you have Sherman Avenue safety concerns that you’d like to report or to be sure that someone is monitoring them, please contact Dorothy Borchardt at dborchardt1@charter.net.

Sherman Avenue traffi c engineeringreport recommendations

Children invited to have breakfast with Santa Dec. 7

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