Save the date! Saturday, August 2, 3-8pm S a v o r t h e S u m m e r a t T r o y G a r d e n s “Celebrate Local Abundance!” F r e e F a m i l y F u n Kids’ games & activities plus music and entertainment on the land. Free samples of garden goodies and FREE ice cream cones! This is a “green festival”, so Bring-Your-Own picnic to Troy Gardens and Take-Your- Own trash with you when you leave. Watch for more details! April / May 2008 Northside News 1 9 Kiefer for Assembly Democratic Party Primary September 9 81st Assembly District Experience & Education Dane County Assistant District Attorney BA, UW-Madison JD, Harvard Law School Issues Getting Smart on Crime - Stop the revolving door for criminals Reforming Health Care - Pass the Healthy Wisconsin universal coverage plan Cleaning Up Dane County’s Lakes - Restore their natural beauty www.timkiefer.com 608-358-7213 [email protected]Authorized and paid for by Kiefer for Assembly, Barbara Karlen, Treasurer B y M a r g e P i t t s Friends of Troy Gardens At Troy Gardens, we call our natural areas volunteers “stewards.” They are a diverse group. Some are university students who want hands-on practice in land management. Some are neigh- bors who want to learn more about the natural world. Some are experts who seek to share their knowledge. The Troy Natural Areas consists of a prairie, maple woodlands, several edu- cational gardens, and a 1-mile inter- pretive trail which winds around the site. We engage hundreds of commu- nity members each year through free workshops followed by volunteer activities. Stewards learn about restoration and land care and Troy Gardens accomplishes our manage- ment goals-through fun events like pulling garlic mustard in our woods, pruning the apple orchard we share with Mendota Mental Health Institute, or burning our prairie in the spring. The public is welcome to join our stewards at two upcoming work- shop/activity days. On Sat., June 14, instructor Steve Raines will teach Weed & Wildflower Identification from 9-10am, followed by volunteer work in the Prairie Garden from 10am- noon. Then on Sat., July 19, instructor Anna Healy will lead a workshop on the Emerald Ash Borer from 9am- 10am, after which the group will engage in a Tree Health Assessment, finding and mapping ash trees at Troy Gardens from 10am-noon. The work- shops are free, and participants are encouraged to use their new knowl- edge immediately by staying for the volunteer activity that benefits our landscape. T R O Y G A R D E N S L e a r n a l i t t l e , w o r k a l i t t l e t o s t e w a r d t h e l a n d s c a p e a t T r o y G a r d e n s Photo by John Beck Proudly Serving the Northside! 5440 Willow Rd., Ste. 111 near Skipper Bud’s on Hwy M Receive $10 off your next purchase over $50. Good only with coupon. Expires July 31, 2008. save $10 Floral Garden Gifts Got a Recipe? How about a story on the side? We’re seeking recipes and words to go with them from Northside residents and friends for the fourth annual Troy Gardens Savor the Summer Cookbook. Recipes can be nutritious or decadent or both-as long as they come with a few words from YOU about who you are, where you got the recipe, why you like it, advice from your grandmother, inspiration from your garden, or any tidbits you would like to share! To top it off-we’ d like a picture of you, your garden, your grandmother, or whatever you think goes with the recipe for our cookbook. Send recipes, words and pictures to margepitts@sbcglobal.net or call 770- 4344 for more information. Contributors will receive three free copies of the cookbook at the Savor the Summer Festival at Troy Gardens on Saturday, Aug. 2. Cookbook deadline is mid-June so send those recipes soon! M i k e A n d e r s o n o f B i o L o g i c E n v i r o n m e n t a l C o n s u l t i n g L L C ( r i g h t ) s t a n d s a m o n g t h e f l a m e s a s T r o y P r a i r i e i s r e j u v e n a t e d b y f i r e t h i s s p r i n g . C l o s e t o 3 0 v o l u n t e e r s j o i n e d t h e e f f o r t f o r w h a t h a s b e c o m e a y e a r l y m i l e s t o n e i n t h e s t e w a r d s h i p o f o u r p r a i r i e r e s o u r c e .
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Save the date! Saturday, August 2, 3-8pmSavor the Summerat Troy Gardens
“Celebrate Local Abundance!”
Free Family FunKids’ games & activities plus music and entertainment on the land.
Free samples of garden goodies and FREE ice cream cones! This is a“green festival”, so Bring-Your-Own picnic to Troy Gardens and Take-Your-
Own trash with you when you leave. Watch for more details!
April / May 2008 Northside News 19
Kieferfor Assembly
Democratic Party PrimarySeptember 9
81st Assembly District
Experience & Education Dane County Assistant District Attorney
BA, UW-MadisonJD, Harvard Law School
IssuesGetting Smart on Crime - Stop the revolving door for criminals
Reforming Health Care - Pass the Healthy Wisconsin universal coverage plan
Cleaning Up Dane County’s Lakes - Restore their natural beauty
www.timkiefer.com 608-358-7213
[email protected] and paid for by Kiefer for Assembly, Barbara Karlen, Treasurer
By Marge PittsFriends of Troy Gardens
At Troy Gardens, we call our naturalareas volunteers “stewards.” They area diverse group. Some are universitystudents who want hands-on practice inland management. Some are neigh-bors who want to learn more about thenatural world. Some are experts whoseek to share their knowledge.
The Troy Natural Areas consists of aprairie, maple woodlands, several edu-cational gardens, and a 1-mile inter-pretive trail which winds around thesite. We engage hundreds of commu-nity members each year through freeworkshops followed by volunteeractivities. Stewards learn aboutrestoration and land care and TroyGardens accomplishes our manage-ment goals-through fun events likepulling garlic mustard in our woods,
pruning the apple orchard we sharewith Mendota Mental Health Institute,or burning our prairie in the spring.
The public is welcome to join ourstewards at two upcoming work-shop/activity days. On Sat., June 14,instructor Steve Raines will teachWeed & Wildflower Identificationfrom 9-10am, followed by volunteerwork in the Prairie Garden from 10am-noon. Then on Sat., July 19, instructorAnna Healy will lead a workshop onthe Emerald Ash Borer from 9am-10am, after which the group willengage in a Tree Health Assessment,finding and mapping ash trees at TroyGardens from 10am-noon. The work-shops are free, and participants areencouraged to use their new knowl-edge immediately by staying for thevolunteer activity that benefits ourlandscape.
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Got a Recipe? How about a story on the side? We’re seekingrecipes and words to go with them from Northside residents and friends for thefourth annual Troy Gardens Savor the Summer Cookbook.
Recipes can be nutritious or decadent or both-as long as they come with afew words from YOU about who you are, where you got the recipe, why you likeit, advice from your grandmother, inspiration from your garden, or any tidbitsyou would like to share!
To top it off-we’d like a picture of you, your garden, your grandmother, orwhatever you think goes with the recipe for our cookbook.
Send recipes, words and pictures to [email protected] or call 770-4344 for more information. Contributors will receive three free copies of thecookbook at the Savor the Summer Festival at Troy Gardens on Saturday, Aug.2. Cookbook deadline is mid-June so send those recipes soon!
Mike Anderson of BioLogic Environmental Consulting LLC (right) standsamong the flames as Troy Prairie is rejuvenated by fire this spring. Close to 30volunteers joined the effort for what has become a yearly milestone in thestewardship of our prairie resource.
By Terrie AndersonThe Northside News
In a cheerful house near TroyGardens lives an artist whose workspans media and technique, capturingthe deeply personal and embodying thespirit of community.
Marcia Yapp’s creations begin withlight. They include purely capturedvisual images and the engineeredresult of process manipulation. Thereare refractions of light through coloredglass thoughtfully arranged, and thecollaborative result of many visions,inspired and coaxed to fruition by herempowering teaching.
Yapp is a photographer with a richportfolio of portraiture, nature photog-raphy and abstractions of light andcolor. Trained in communication arts,she began her career in film and video.She soon realized that what reallyexcited her was the cinematography—the use of lighting and other tech-
niques to create illusion.At the suggestion of a cinematogra-
pher, Yapp bought a manual cameraand signed up for a photography mini-course to explore those techniques.She was encouraged when the instruc-tor commented, “You have a photo-graphic eye.” She discovered a medi-um to express her personal vision.
This growth in skills coincided witha serendipitous meeting with DorisHembrough, an accomplished photog-rapher whose use of light and shadowfree her photos to become evocativeabstractions. Hembrough’s images res-onated with Yapp, and Yapp was excit-ed to realize that, “she saw what I saw”in the natural world. Hembroughbecame a mentor.
Another strong influence on Yapp’swork is Minor White, whose photosfrom the early twentieth centurydemonstrated that an image could be avisual metaphor for the deeper part ofthe artist taking the photo. Many of her
works are crisp close-ups of the beau-ty Yapp sees in the natural world—shadows on snow, rocks in water,petals, winter grasses.
An interesting variation is Yapp’sPolaroid transfers. In this media, sheshoots with Polaroid film. She startsthe developing process, then interruptsit, combining the positive and negativeimages. She next applies a medium,such as watercolor, and by rolling thedyes onto paper, she creates imagesthat begin with her visual idea and areembellished by the technique.
Yapp’s affinity for color led her toexplore mosaic. This inspired theMosaic Stepping Stones Workshop atTroy Gardens in 2005. She organizedand taught an intergenerational class,assisted by then Kids’ GardenCoordinator Megan Cain. The resultedwas 55 brilliant mosaics that still are afocal point of the Troy community.The success of this community artproject sparked an offer from MadisonCommunity Foundation for moremosaic. In collaboration with Cain andDana Slowiak in 2006, the whimsicalyet useful fence around the Troy Kids’Garden was the next community artinstallation birthed by Yapp’s visionand hard work.
She is currently working on commu-nity art projects at St. Mark LutheranChurch and new Lussier CommunityEducation Center. Her photography
will be on display at Kopi Café inChicago this summer. Enjoy her workduring the Madison Open Art Studiosevent Oct. 5 and 6.
Whether Yapp is working alone, cap-turing the beauty she sees with hercamera, or mentoring collaborativecommunity art, her unique perceptionscommunicate the spirit of place, theessence of form.
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Dr. Justin Rodriguez has recentlybegun his chiropractic practice atMadison Chiropractic on theNorthside.
Dr. Rodriguez: I'm a hockey player.While playing Junior Hockey inMontana, I was recruited to play forLife University in Marietta, GA. I usedmy scholarship to study business, butLife is best known for its chiropracticschool. Naturally, being a hockeyplayer, I experienced low back pain,and I took advantage of the readilyavailable chiropractic services. Theresults were impressive, so much sothat I changed my major to biology,and, upon receiving my bachelor'sdegree, I continued on at the chiro-practic school.
Dr. R: I was born and raised in SunPrairie, and I grew up at HartmeyerArena. I was anxious to return toWisconsin. I chose to start my practicein Madison, rather than in the sur-rounding communities, because I feelthere are more people here that I canhelp. The Northside was a naturalchoice, because it is almost like com-ing home.
Dr. R: Actually, I have a pretty inter-esting family tree. My parents are bothoriginally from Delavan. My mother is
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Dr. R: Since I just moved back toWisconsin this winter, I originallyspent much of my time shovelingsnow! Besides playing hockey, I enjoysoccer and weight lifting. I also lovespending time with my dogs: especial-ly taking them hiking and camping.Once I get my practice settled, I wouldlike to coach youth hockey and, possi-bly, soccer.
Dr. R: I particularly enjoy workingwith athletes to improve their perfor-mance. I also am motivated to helpcerebral palsy patients, since my sisteris one. But, I believe that anyone witha spine and a nervous system can ben-efit from regular chiropractic care.Chiropractic is just as essential to goodhealth as is taking a multivitamin;especially with all the stressors inmodern life. Chiropractic prevents dis-ability and enhances life. That's why Ioften hear people say, "I love my chi-ropractor."
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The Northside may soon enjoy afresh new look for an old shoppingcenter. The Alexander Company iscurrently completing due diligence forpurchasing the Northgate ShoppingCenter on Sherman Avenue.
Plans for the 100,000 square footretail center include building and siteimprovements.
A comprehensive developmentfirm, the Alexander Company alsohas an in-house commercial leasingstaff. The company hopes that byconnecting these functions, theNorthgate Shopping Center will seesubstantial improvements.
The shopping center has 21 officeand retail spaces, with tenants rangingfrom Dorn True Value to Frugal MuseBookstore to the Northside FamilyRestaurant. The Alexander Companyexpects that the majority of tenants willchoose to remain in the center.
The purchase represents a hugebusiness investment on Madison’sNorthside. Although the AlexanderCompany is headquartered inMadison, this is its first venture on thecity’s Northside.
Founded in 1981, the AlexanderCompany specializes in urban infillnew construction, brownfield revital-ization and historic preservation, andis involved in over $300 million ofdevelopments annually throughoutthe United States.
“We are hoping the aestheticchanges being made to Northgatewill enhance our current tenants’images while attracting prospectivebusinesses to Madison’s Northside,”said Randall Alexander, president ofThe Alexander Company. “I want tothank Northside Alder MichaelSchumacher for his support and com-mitment to the small business com-munity.”
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of Northside business developmentprojects with plans for a new branchon the Brennan’s/Pizza Hut propertyon Northport Drive.
“We hope to be open for busi-ness by 2009,” said Brad
Before the Brennan’s site becameavailable in February, UW CreditUnion officials were already scoutingout Northside sites. “We had a strongdesire to be here on the Northside,”said McClain. “The Brennan’s closingprovided a convenient location for us.”
The site includes the property ofboth the Brennan’s store and the PizzaHut, whose lease at that location con-tinues for more than four years. UWCredit Union hopes to buy out thelease and build a branch office on thecurrent Pizza Hut location.
For the property where the currentBrennan’s store is located, UW CreditUnion would like to explore a partner-ship. McClain said the site would beappropriate for professional offices,retail shops, multi-family residential(upon rezoning) or some combinationof uses. “We are not in the real estatedevelopment business so we wouldprefer that someone who specializes inthat area would have an interest in andthe ability to see this part of the devel-opment through,” he said.
Jobs come with the new credit unionbranch. About 10 to 12 employeeswould work at this building, withabout half being new hires.
UW Credit Union has built itsnewest offices with a high level of sus-tainability, and the Northside branchconstruction will employ the samestandards. The building would be builtto LEED certification specifications,although it would not undergo the cer-tification process. “We feel that the$40,000 of commissioning expenseassociated with the certificationprocess could be better invested toserve our member needs,” saidMcClain.
UW Credit Union prides itself oncommunity service, from offeringfinancial education seminars to beingactive in organizations such as Habitfor Humanity, providing both financ-ing and volunteers for the program.The credit union also is introducing anew program designed to be a reason-able alternative to payday lenders.
Eligible members include those wholive, work, or study within five milesof the branch. For more informationabout the UW Credit Union and mem-bership, see www.uwcu.org.
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Taste of Asia CelebratesFourth Anniversary
Taste of Asia (TOA), owned andoperated by Northsiders Mai ZongVue and Peng Her, celebrated itsfourth anniversary on May 1.
The restaurant has many things tocelebrate as it begins its fifth year.The restaurant has been active incommunity service and won theGood Samaritan Award fromEdgewood College in 2006. Vuewas one of the five winners of the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Awardin May 2007. TOA’s Squash Curry and Pad Thai won second place inthe category of Best Asian Dish while its Vietnamese Spring Roll wonthird place as the best appetizer during the Taste of Madison competi-tion on July 9, 2007. Also, TOA supported the BIG EAT fundraiser forthe Family Center sponsored by Isthmus.
TOA continues to be the only restaurant serving Hmong foods inMadison.
Taste of Asia located at 2817 E. Washington Ave. For more informa-tion, visit www.toamadison.com or call 240-0762.
SShheerrmmaann AAvveennuuee ssttoorreess will be open during the street’s resurfacing from June30 to October 22. Look for construction specials on the Northside BusinessAssociation website at www.madisonnba.com.
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generously donated the proceeds of all May 21 appointments to the Circle ofFriends of the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, who are gatheringfunds for a pool. This year’s donation expects to reach last year’s level of over$1,000.
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bungalow construction project at 1902 Tennyson Lane.“Made-to-order sausages are incredible in terms of taste, quality and fresh-
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(The following are excerpts fromspeeches made during the Service Eawards ceremony at East HighSchool.)
Hilary GehinWhen I found out about the trip to
the Pine Ridge Reservation in SouthDakota over spring break, I jumped atthe chance to go. Mission trips give mehope that it is possible to make theworld a better place and I can be a cat-alyst for positive change.
Our group worked on projects on thereservation such as repainting a house,digging an outhouse, building bunkbeds and repairing a mobile home. Welistened to Lakota people tell their lifestories. I found that our listening wasas important to them as our labors. Tome, service is about giving with yourheart and your ears. Doing service forthe Lakota people with simple kind-ness and open ears were the best giftswe could give them. We left SouthDakota with the sense that we createda community in which people caredfor each other and worked to heal thewounds created by the past.
I remember the epiphany I had whilerepainting a house. Though previouslyI had wondered if I had made the rightchoice to come here — to sacrifice myspring break to go through hard physi-cal labor daily instead of tanning on abeach — I realized there was no way
I’d rather spend my spring break.Though I view service as giving pas-
sionately with your heart and ears, Iask all people to find what servicemeans to you. Contribute to yourschool, community, or world withcompassion and selflessness. AnIndian elder once said: “We do notinherit the world from our ancestors:we borrow it from our children.”Decide how you want to leave theworld and how your idea of servicecan help you achieve this.
Ella Wiese-MooreHow do you describe a journey full
of new friendships and discoveries?
Ms. P often says, “You can describewhat we did, but not what we experi-enced.” The East-Shabazz “Trip to Re-member” might be indescribable, butan attempt to describe it must be made.
March 15, 4 am: The trip was offi-cially underway. Ms. P (East HS) andGene Delcourt (Shabazz HS) arrivedat the bus to find it packed and stu-dents ready. There were 23 noisy Eaststudents in back, 15 quiet Shabazz stu-dents in front. Complete segregation.However, it’s hard to remain separateentities while working together: get-ting dirty, picking up trash, removingbarbed wire, scraping paint off ahouse. You stand there scraping (or
rolling paint on each other) and even-tually start a conversation.
The group began coming together,sharing jam sessions and inside jokes.On the last night there was a rap battleunder the night sky that showed theprogress of our friendship. The topicwas, appropriately, love and friend-ship. The rap battle started off asschool against school, and ended witha big group hug. A statement thatcould describe our relationships withboth the Lakota and with each other:When you get to know people as peo-ple, differences aren’t so big. East andShabazz don’t exist anymore, there isjust “us.”
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Date Morning Location Afternoon Location Evening LocationFriday, July 20 Tenney BeachTues, July 24 Eken ParkThurs, July 26 Whitetail Ridge ParkFrid, June 27 Warner BeachMon, June 30 Schenk School Lindbergh SchoolWed, July 2 East Madison Comm. Ctr. Kennedy SchoolThurs, July 3 Emerson SchoolMon, July 7 Windom ParkWed, July 9 Glacier Hill Park Elmside Circle ParkFri, July 11 Berkley Park Olbrich BeachMon, July 14 Vilas Park ShoeTues, July 15 Vilas Park Shoe Vilas Park ShoeWed, July 16 Vilas Park Shoe Vilas Park ShoeMon, July 21 Schenk SchoolWed, July 23 Emerson School Warner ParkFri, July 25 Warner BeachTues, July 29 Glacier Hill Park Elmside Circle ParkThurs, July 23 Warner Park
Leon Dinh andGabe Sachs-Brodowybrought the Battle ofthe Books trophyback home to BlackHawk Middle Schoolfollowing their excit-ing 1st place win atthe city wide compe-tition held Wed.,March 5. This isexciting for BlackHawk. Ms. Wolter, a7th grade LanguageArts teacher andBattle of the Bookscoach for many years, said this is thefirst time Black Hawk will have thishighly sought-after trophy in its dis-play case. Be sure to look for it. The
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new camping season by heading up toMirror Lake State Park, outside of theWisconsin Dells. The troop used theweekend of April 18 - 20 for its’ firsttent campout of 2008. The drive up toMirror Lake was in a steady rain, butwas finished within twenty minutes oftheir arrival. The evening was spentsetting up camp and getting a campfiregoing for S’mores. The Troop had nineScouts attend, including their five new
Scouts who joined in March. Saturday was spent working on a
five mile nature hike and advancementfor the newer scouts and map andcompass work for the older Scouts.The troop feasted on pancakes, tacosand Dutch oven pizza all cooked bythe Scouts.
Troop 23 meets on Thursday nightsand are sponsored by St. Peter’sCatholic Church on North ShermanAvenue. If you are interested in learn-ing more about the Boy Scouts, con-tact Scoutmaster Wally Meyer at 246-8501.
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By Jon ButcherAlex Drousth, 18, the son of Robert
and Judith Drousth, received the EagleScout Award in Court of Honor cere-monies onFebruary 23 atthe ShermanAvenue UnitedM e t h o d i s tChurch.
Alex beganScouting in1996 as a TigerCub with localCub ScoutPack 127,sponsored bythe ShermanAvenue UnitedM e t h o d i s tChurch. Hebridged toTroop 27, alsosponsored bythe ShermanAvenue UnitedM e t h o d i s tChurch, in2001 and hasserved thetroop in vari-ous leadershippositions, including Senior PatrolLeader, Assistant Senior PatrolLeader, Assistant Patrol Leader,Quartermaster and Bugler. Alex also
was elected to the Order of the Arrowin 2006.
Alex achieved the Eagle Scout rankon November 26 of last year. Heearned 32 merit badges while working
toward theEagle Award.His Eagle pro-ject entailedassisting withthe move fromthe old UWC h i l d r e n ’ sHospital to thenew UWC h i l d r e n ’ sHospital bya s s e m b l i n gnew toys;o r g a n i z i n g ,gathering anddonating old
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He is asenior at Madison East High School.He plans to attend college next yearwith a major in Engineering.
Math students must use a graphingcalculator (except in geometry).Models recommended are TexasInstruments TI-83, TI-83+, TI-84,and TI-84+. East offers rental for$15/school year to families in need ofassistance, with a few scholarshipsavailable. To donate new/used calcu-lators or batteries, contact SteveSomerson at 204-1797 or [email protected].
HHeeaarrdd aabboouutt oouurr nneewweesstt mmaatthhccoouurrssee?? Algebra Concepts forTranscripted Credit bridges mathe-matics instruction in the MadisonMetropolitan School District andMadison Area Technical College.Students get dual credit if earning a Cor better in coursework and the finalexam. About 40 percent of East’sgraduates apply to a WisconsinTechnical College within two years ofgraduation.
Thanks to those who spoke at Mathweek on such topics as Hindu/ Vedicmathematics, snowflake formation,air pollution control, and clinical tri-als in medicine.
SSeerrvviiccee EEAASSTT!!On Thurs., May 22, students were
recognized for their service to schooland community at the annual Service“E” awards. It is one of those nights atEast, where as principal, I am proud ofthe school and the community.
The students honored have volun-teered countless hours in the East com-munity. We hope it becomes habit. Wehope our students come to understandthat service is an intricate part of theNorthside and Eastside communities.
It was unfortunate that the night wasnot better attended. We need to do abetter job of publicizing the awardsand their meanings. We also hope thebroader community will embrace thesymbolic and real value of theevening.
David Krause, working withMichele Ritt and the Service “E” com-mittee, introduced three new awards tobe presented for the first time in 2009.These awards will recognize a teacher,a parent and a community member fortheir service. There will be an opportu-nity for school and community mem-bers to submit nominations
At the awards night, student speakerHilary Gehin shared the followingquote from a Native American Leader,“We do not inherit the earth from ourancestors. We borrow from our grand-children.”
From the moment I was named prin-cipal at East High School, I have beenimpressed repeatedly by the service ofteachers, parents, the community andstudents. It seems to be an intricatepart of East Side Pride, a sense ofcommitment to serve beyond self, togive back more than we are given, toleave things better than we foundthem. We should be very proud thatstudents at East High understand andare living out this tradition.
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BByy CCaarrllaa SShheeddiivvyySix East High engineering students
recently went to Florida to compete inthe Robotics Competition at theConference of the National Society ofBlack Engineers (NSBE)and took first place in therobotics demonstration.The students won secondplace overall in the nation-al competition.
The six competitors arepart of the NSBE Jr. clubat East, the first of its kindin the Madison area andstarted by the math depart-ment’s Cynthia Chin, withUW engineering studentMitchelle Lyle.
The club is open toeverybody, but its focus isadvancing students ofcolor in engineering.East’s club has a great mix of kids —mostly African American, but alsoAsian, Hispanic and Caucasian. “Wereceived many compliments on ourteam’s diversity,” said club advisorRichard Lyons of East’s AppliedTechnology department. “We stoodout at the competition for that.”
The students traveled to Florida withNSBE engineering students from UW-
Madison. It was a great opportunityfor them to meet college engineeringstudents. The conference offered ses-sions on such topics as “Technology isCool,” “Model Rocketry,” “MusicClinic: Science Behind the Art,” and
“Got Game: Careers inVideo Games.”
The East NSBE Jr.Robotics Team workeddiligently each day afterschool for four weeksbefore the competition toperfect their robot. Therobot had to descend aneight-foot ramp, locate ahacky sack at the bottom,put it through a 5”-diame-ter hole, and then returnup the ramp in under 20seconds.
It was a little nerve-racking when studentsreached the competition
site and the ramp could not be located.The 30 minutes allotted for testing wascut in half. And the ramp was poorlyconstructed and did not match thebeautifully built ramp they had beenpracticing on.
“They were cool under pressure,”Lyons said, “and made the necessaryadjustments to compete.”
The students’ design for scooping
and placing the hacky sack through thehole set them apart from their com-petitors whose robots tried to fling thehacky sack and often missed the hole.The competition also required them todocument their design and construc-tion work and present their designprocess at the conference.
The team included Grace Broadnax,
Alex Drousth, Andrew Goldsby,Momodou Jammeh, Rayshawn Nash,Sia Xiong.
Victory was not the only reward —they had great meals and entertain-ment and even spent a day relaxing atUniversal Studios. Hard work paysoff, and how sweet it is.
BByy SSuussaann SStteeiinnIn the early part of East’s history,
matinee dances were held on Saturdayafternoon in the Spectator Gym andeach spring a Junior-Senior Banquetwas held for upperclassmen. Prom wasintroduced in the late 1930s inresponse to a major student campaignto replace the banquet with a prom.
Even so, Principal Randle insisted oncalling it the “Spring Dance,” a long-running conflict between him and hisstudents. It may have been labeled“Spring Dance” in the Yearbook, butstudents called it prom among theirfriends.
Then came prom of the 70s, 80s and90s when the dance ended promptly atmidnight and kids were on their own totry and find a place to go if they did notwant the night to be over.
That problem ended with the intro-duction of the “Post Prom Party” that isnow in its third year at East. It’s a greatparty held at Dream Lanes for anyjunior or senior at East High School.One does not have to go to Prom to goto the Post Prom Party and many stu-dents take advantage of that.
“I had to play hockey and couldn’t goto prom,” said East Junior Greg Evans-Krueger, “but I wasn’t going to miss
the Post Prom Party. Everybody goesand talks about it for days.”
At Dream Lanes, you can find theking and queen bowling, large groupsof friends laughing, chatting, and mow-ing down pins frame by frame. There ispizza, soda and other great food. Prizesare given out every 10 minutes. Musicis blaring from the speakers and stu-
dents who don’t want to bowl can sim-ply hang out.
Post Prom Party is the creation ofPam Herman who is a social worker atEast and counsels kids on alcohol anddrug related issues.
“Students want prom to be a memo-rable night,” said Herman. “but manykids don’t want to go to a house partywhere there might be activities thatdon’t interest them or where they haveto worry about the party getting out ofhand.”
Kids kept asking where they could goafter prom to keep hanging out withtheir friends. Herman decided a large
party was the answer and went towork organizing the Post Prom Party.She reserved Dream Lanes and start-ed asking East area businesses to con-tribute food and prizes. She alsoenlisted parents to help teachers andstaff chaperone the event.
“As always, the East Communityhas been great,” Herman said.
The numbers tell it all. The firstyear of the party, 202 studentsstopped by to check it out. They had
so much fun, the word spread and thenext year there were 316 in attendance.This year, Herman says they hit capac-ity with 350 attending the event whichended at 2 am when the final prize —an iPOD Nano — was given away in adrawing.
Like their counterparts in the 1930s,East High students demanded some-thing better. And they got it.
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BByy DDaanniieell SScchhoottttEast High School Class of 2008
John Olson, PhD, East ‘53, hasdevoted his life to education and sportsin Madison, serving as a teacher,coach and administrator.
AA RRoocckkyy SSttaarrtt.. John started schoolduring the Depression. His family con-tinually moved so his father could findwork. He attended kindergartenthrough third grade in New Jersey,fourth grade at Mendota Elementary,fifth and sixth grades at Lapham, sev-enth through ninth grades at EastJunior High, and tenth through twelfthgrades at East High School.
AAss AA PPuurrggoollddeerr.. John played foot-ball. He was a strong swimmer (self-taught) and learned to ice skate atTenney Park. He loved to read andstudied Latin and French. He met hisfuture wife, Marlene, at the East prom,where she was the date of a classmate!They began dating two years later.
IInn CCoolllleeggee.. While John was a UWstudent, he became an assistant to EastHS football Coach Herbert Mueller.Originally a science major, he was
inspired by Coach Mueller to switch toscience education.
LLeeaaddiinngg MMaaddiissoonn SScchhoooollss.. Johnwas athletic director and assistant prin-cipal at Memorial High School, wherethe school’s athletic fields are dedicat-ed to him. He worked for the MMSDDistrict Athletic and SafetyDepartment and was assistant superin-tendent over 10 schools.
John set athletic program budgets,hired contest officials, worked with theBig 8 Conference and WIAA to sched-ule games and tournaments andensured school compliance with regu-lations. He hired the original policeofficers assigned to East, and heworked with principals in the Madisonarea on the emergency plans set up inall classrooms today.
PPaassssiioonn ffoorr SSppoorrttss.. As head footballcoach at Madison Central andMadison Memorial, Olson’s teamsearned three Big 8 and three Citychampionships. A charter inductee inthe East Athletic Hall of Fame, he is inthe Wisconsin High School FootballCoaches Hall of Fame, MadisonSports Hall of Fame, and the National
Federation of StateHigh School Associ-ations Hall of Fame.He was the first recipi-ent of the KovaleskiP r o f e s s i o n a lDevelopment Awardfrom the NationalI n t e r s c h o l a s t i cAthletic Admini-stra-tors Association, andwas recently honoredby the Foundation forMadison’s PublicSchools.
SSttiillll AAccttiivvee.. John haswritten two textbooks and still writesmany articles for educational journals.He also works out five to six times aweek.
TThhrreeee MMoosstt IImmppoorrttaanntt IInnfflluueenncceess iinnHHiiss LLiiffee.. His mother, who raised himand his brother alone from 1949, mak-ing sure they had everything theyneeded, including priorities. His Eastfootball coach, Herbert (Butch)Mueller, whose compassion for hisplayers inspired John to get to wherehe is today. His wife of 50 years,
Marlene. John remains deeply in lovewith her, and says she is his “help-mate, infrastructure, conscience, andguidance system.”
AAddvviiccee ttoo PPuurrggoollddeerrss.. Get involvedin school activities, which enable youto make new friends and learn to getpast the physical looks to the personbeneath. NEVER doubt that the educa-tion you are getting at Madison East isanything but the best. You can do any-thing with the life skills and academicbasics you learn at East.
Greetings from the North PoliceDistrict! Despite staffing challengesrelated to the on-going homicideinvestigations occurring in the uptownarea, it has been a very successfulmonth for the North Police District interms of dealing with some of therecent crime trends that have plaguedour area. We had been experiencing astring of armed robberies in the E.Washington corridor. On May 9, ournight shift officers responded to anarmed robbery at the Red Roof Inn,
near East Towne. Earlier that sameday, Detective Corey Nelson haddeveloped information identifyingpossible suspects in this string of rob-beries and had shared this with NorthDistrict officers. Officer Magyeraspotted a suspicious vehicle fleeing thearea, recognized the persons in thevehicle as matching the description ofour identified suspects. He pursuedand stopped the vehicle. Ultimately,both suspects were arrested andcharged in Federal Court with all ofthe robberies. Outstanding work by allof the officers involved in this case hasended a troubling string of crimes.
North District detectives, workingwith the Blue Net Burglary TaskForce, developed information that ledto search warrants that have made verysignificant progress in addressing the
“Smash and Grab” burglary trend thathas been plaguing the Dane Countyarea. This investigation is on-going,but we are highly confident that theprogress being made will make anoticeable impact on these commercialburglaries.
Calls for service are keeping ourofficers busy as Spring Fever hits theNorth District. In addition, we areworking with others from City govern-ment and others to examine trafficsafety issues. Particularly, we aregoing to be examining the issues in theNorth Sherman Avenue, with particu-lar attention to pedestrian safety andspeeding.
Whether you are concerned aboutthe North Sherman area, or other areasin the City of Madison, please contactthe Traffic Enforcement Safety Team’s
Hotline at 266-4624, with any trafficsafety concerns. They will notify us ofthose concerns in the North PoliceDistrict, but by notifying them, yourconcerns are documented in a central-ized database. This helps assure theTraffic Enforcement Safety Team(TEST) is also aware of your concerns.
As always, Take Care and Be Safe!
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