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It’s your paper! adno=524658-01 Friday, June 9, 2017 • Vol. 4, No. 4 • Fitchburg, WI • ConnectFitchburg.com • $1 Inside Verona Road Fire department begins move to Current new station Page 3 construction King James Way ‘on schedule’ group moves out of SCOTT GIRARD fire station Unified Newspaper Group Page 5 If you’ve taken the Vero- na Road corridor over the past two months, you’ve noticed major changes. “People are starting to see those ramps come up at (County) Hwy. PD,” said Verona Road Project com- munications manager Steve Theisen. “Some are taller than semi trucks driving by.” There’s also a frontage road closure and a barri- er wall near Nesbitt Road, but it’s all moving quickly. This phase is expected to be Photo by Samantha Christian wrapped up in mid-August Fitchburg Days Rich Johnson, left, and Phil Haslanger spot a familiar face outside The Rolling Pin Bake Shop, where they met with the and is “on schedule” so far, Star on June 1 to talk about their careers as clergymen. Johnson’s last Sunday as pastor of All Saints Lutheran Church Theisen said. photos was June 4, and Haslanger’s is June 25 at Memorial United Church of Christ. The next phase, which is expected to begin after that Page 11 mid-August completion of the current work, will include a reconstruction of Schools Verona Road south of PD, Closing two chapters as well as westbound inter- OHS, West, VAHS Retiring pastors look back on service, collaboration change ramps between PD graduations this and Raymond Road and a Williamsburg Way bridge weekend SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN a vigil for a preschool teacher from over Verona Road. That is Unified Newspaper Group Inside The Church of Christ Memorial in expected to last until 2019, Pages 9-10 2014, supporting the journey of a though both Verona Road wo congregations in Fitchburg transgender teen from his congrega- and PD will remain open to had to set up overflow seating tion in 2015 and later being recog- two lanes in each direction Sports Tfor worship June 4, but Pente- nized for his impact on the way the during daytime hours, The- cost wasn’t the only special occasion faith community in Dane County isen said. being marked with music and a responds to domestic violence. The final phase, sched- potluck that day. Johnson, who is involved in the uled to finish in 2020, will All Saints Lutheran Church heard Madison Area Jail Ministry, came to include the PD overpass. Rich Johnson preach his last Sun- All Saints in 1994 to serve as pas- Verona Road Business day service, and Memorial United tor and mission re-developer. The Coalition project manager Church of Christ held its centen- church also has a community gar- Cindy Jaggi said the current nial celebration with pastor Phil den, and last year it partnered with projects have not caused Haslanger, who will retire later this the Latino community by renting any headaches beyond month. Read about Memorial out sanctuary space to Santa Maria what’s to be expected with Johnson, 61, officially retires Parish. In April, the congregations any major construction so June 9 after 22 years at All Saints, UCC’s 100th anniversary held a joyous joint service for Santa far. Instead, she’s more con- and Haslanger, 68, will bid fare- Maria’s first anniversary, which fea- cerned about what’s going Edgewood girls well to Memorial UCC on June 25 Page 19 tured music from both bands and a on a few miles away in the sermon in Spanish and English. 4x800 takes second after nearly a decade there. Before new pastors are called to serve, the Q&A with pastors Despite their love for the commu- Turn to Construction/Page 20 at D2 state meet churches have interim pastors lined nity, they agreed retirement means up. Johnson and Haslanger they need to set boundaries and get Page 13 Their departures will be felt well out of the way of their successors by beyond the walls of the churches on Page 21 getting involved with new congrega- If You Go Chapel Valley and Lacy roads. Both tions and groups. What: Verona Road City news men have shown a commitment to “Whoever follows me, I hope (col- quarterly open house building bridges with other groups the Capital Times who lives in Fitch- laboration) is in their DNA,” Johnson Emerald Ash Borer and breaking down stereotypes in burg, began working at Memorial said. When: 5:30-7:30 p.m. the community, especially through UCC as a half-time associate pastor “And someone who will sustain Thursday, June 22 discovered in the formation of the Good Neighbors in 2007 and became full-time pastor and expand those connections in the Where: Verona Road field Fitchburg Personal Essentials Pantry and Fitch- in 2009. He’s made headlines in the community,” Haslanger added. office, 5980 Executive Dr. burg Faith Network and City Leaders Fitchburg Star for holding faith and community leaders meetings with the Info: projects.511wi.gov/ Page 18 group. Email Samantha Christian at veronard Haslanger, a former journalist with mayors since 2011, helping organize [email protected]. 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SCOTT GIRARD HVAC, phones, IT and station “While the services rendered by Unified Newspaper Group alerting to finalize before they the Fitchburg Fire Department have station personnel there and begin been adequate throughout most The Fitchburg Fire Department running the trucks from the new of the city, there are problems of has begun moving into its new station. coverage along the periphery, and station on Marketplace Drive, In moving to the 24,000-square- they are likely to get worse without but it isn’t expected to be oper- foot building at 2931 Marketplace some redeployment and additions ating out of there for another few Dr., the department will vacate of some resources,” the executive weeks. its current location at 5415 King summary of the 2009 report read. Fire chief Joe Pulvermacher James Way. The other station, at “New growth in the city is requir- told the Star in an email he hopes 5791 Lacy Road, will be vacated ing a relocation of the city’s exist- to have the transition finished by when the department moves to a ing fire stations, and based on city July 1 “at the latest,” and that the new east side station at the corner growth projections, if the two repo- construction of the station was on of Syene and Clayton roads, like- sitioned station are sited proper- schedule to be finished other than ly next year. ly, the need for a new third station minor items by June 8. The moves are part of an effort would be some 20 to 30 years in the Photo by Samantha Christian “After substantial completion, to plan for continued growth in future.” The Fitchburg Fire Department is hoping to begin operating out of the we should be able to start moving the city, including the coming Contact Scott Girard at new fire station, at 2931 Marketplace Dr., by July 1 at the latest. The items from our existing station to absorption of a portion of the [email protected] and department has begun packing up at its King James Way location to pre- Town of Madison.