MEQUON . THIENSVILLE TODAY APRIL 2016 IN THIS ISSUE • Thiensville Benefits from • Lakeshore Chinooks • MTSD Facilities New Life-Saving Emergency Prepare for New Season Referendum Update Medical Dispatch Program • Focus on MATC Alumni • IPE at Concordia University Table of Contents 4 Thiensville Benefits from New Life-Saving Emergency Medical Dispatch Program 5 Village Park Reimagined: Project Moves Forward 6 Thiensville Main Street Recap: Spring Project To Improve Roads/Add Amenities 8 Thiensville Village Market Returns for 4th Year 9 Welcome New Thiensville Businesses 10 Thiensville Business Spotlight: Extreme Ski & Bike 12 Spring Programs from the Frank L. Weyenberg Public Library Foundation 14 MATC Alumni Bring Passion and Excellence to Mequon-Thiensville 17 Ozaukee County on Canvas June 7-18 18 Mequon-Thiensville School District: Facilities Referendum Update 19 Jeridon Clark Named Administrator of the Year 20 AVID Executives Visit MTSD 21 Homestead Student Scores Perfect 36 on ACT Exam 22 School District To Expand Summer Academic Offerings 23 School District Creates Customize Report Card 24 MTSD Highlights 26 Interprofessional Education (IPE) at Concordia University 28 Mequon Earns 3 GFOA Awards for Financial Excellence 29 There’s a Mequon Road Waiting to be Adopted 30 Mequon Parks Have It All! 32 Mequon Clerks Office Prepares for Big Election Year 33 Mequon Business Spotlight: Lakeshore Chinooks Prepare for New Season 34 Out and About Photo Gallery 35 Community Calendar ON THE COVER Owners John and Karrie Timm of Extreme Ski & Bike are shown with son Michael (center) in their store. (See page10 for a story about this iensville business.) Photo: John O’Hara 2 MEQUON-THIENSVILLE TODAY APRIL 2016 APRIL 2016 MEQUON . THIENSVILLE TODAY Mequon-Thiensville Today is a community magazine providing useful information about the City of Mequon and the Village of Thiensville with news and feature stories about the people, businesses, places and events that make our communities very special places to live, work and do business. Mequon-Thiensville Today is jointly published three times per year by the City of Mequon, the Village of Thiensville and the Mequon- Thiensville School District. The magazine receives additional support from MATC, Concordia University and local advertisers. Mequon-Thiensville Today welcomes story ideas, content suggestions and advertising inquiries that are compatibility with our editorial mission, advertisement criteria and other publication standards. Paid articles are not accepted for publishing. Please email all inquiries and suggestions to [email protected]. Mequon-Thiensville Today is guided by a professional advisory committee comprised of representatives from the City of Mequon, the Village of Thiensville, the Mequon-Thiensville School District and residents from our respective communities. Contributing writers: Kathleen Hoth, Andy LaFond, Lisa Liljegren, Kali Thiel , Jesse Thyes, Barb Caprile and Zach Navin- City of Mequon intern. Design/production: Caprile Marketing/Design City of Mequon ci.mequon.wi.us Mayor: Dan Abendroth City Administrator: William Jones 11333 N. Cedarburg Rd. • Mequon, WI 53097 • 262.236.2941 Village of thiensVille village.thiensville.wi.us Village President: Van Mobley Village Administrator: Dianne Robertson 250 Elm St. • iensville, WI 53092 • 262.242.3720 Mequon-thiensVille sChool DistriCt mtsd.k12.wi.us Superintendent of Schools: Demond A. Means, Ed.D. 5000 W. Mequon Rd. • Mequon, WI 53092 • 262.238.8500 The deadline for advertising in the August 2016 issue of Mequon- Thiensville Today is July 1 on a space-available basis. For advertising information, email [email protected] or call 414.962.7002. APRIL 2016 M-T TODAY 3 new life-saving program for 911 the opportunity for our centers to interact directly THIENSVILLE dispatchers in Ozaukee County, with their first responder counterparts could save Emergency Medical Dispatch, has been more lives. Now with the new system in place, BENEFITS implemented in iensville. e there will be someone on the scene who can program’s goal is to help more people perform CPR and greatly increase the chance Asurvive life-threatening emergencies, such as a of survival.” FROM NEW heart attack or excessive bleeding, with information Dispatchers underwent a multi-week training LIFE-SAVING provided by the dispatcher answering a 911 call. program, including classroom time and hands- e new system is in place at the Ozaukee on simulations, to become proficient in the new EMERGENCY County and Graon 911 centers. e Village of EMD protocol. No additional staff has been iensville became one of the first communities needed to implement the program, and feedback MEDICAL to benefit when this important emergency has already been extremely positive. medical dispatch (EMD) program went live there According to iensville Fire Chief Brian DISPATCH on January 12. It will soon be available in Mequon Reiels, “is project is the result of the tireless and Cedarburg. work of Dr. Steven Zils and the financial PROGRAM e program is already giving dispatchers the backing of Ozaukee County and the Aurora ability to provide vital, pre-arrival instructions over Foundation. While still in the early phase of 911 Dispatchers the phone to aid callers in life-saving efforts. implementation, we all remain convinced that Trained To Provide In the past, a 911 dispatcher did not have the this new EMD protocol is absolutely the right authority or training to give medical advice before direction to take to improve patient outcomes Care Instructions to paramedics arrived. and recoveries." Patients or Bystanders But every minute really does matter and By mid-2016, the program is expected to be the sooner a victim can get medical help, the implemented in Mequon as well as Cedarburg. Before Paramedics better the chances of survival. For example, City of Mequon Chief of Police Steve Graff says in cases of choking, the dispatcher can instruct that the new system will significantly benefit the Arrive the caller on how to perform the Heimlich community. “It’s an important program that can maneuver. With a massive hemorrhage, literally be a matter of life or death. Any time instructions can be given on how to control we can provide a better quality service to our the bleeding. residents and businesses, we do it. I am eager e statistics on cardiac arrest indicate that to get the EMD protocol working to save lives quick action can make a significant difference. in Mequon.” According to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest e “When Minutes Matter” initiative is a Foundation, only 10.6 percent of sudden cardiac multi-dimensional program being led by the arrest victims survive. For every minute a person Aurora Medical Center in Graon and the goes without CPR, the chance of survival de creases Aurora Health Care Foundation. e $650,000 10 percent. If cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) campaign includes the new EMD system, along techniques are provided by bystanders and an with plans to purchase an EMS support vehicle automated external defibrillator (AED) device that can travel throughout the county to provide is available to treat victims before emergency immediate, physician-led, on-scene responses to personnel arrive, survival rates increase to critical situations; expansion of community CPR 38 percent. training to ensure more people in the community “e unfortunate reality is that many 911 are comfortable with providing CPR; the dispatch centers across the country don’t provide purchase of five AEDs (automatic external pre-arrival instructions” says Dr. Steven Zils, defibrillators) over the next three years for public Out-of-Hospital Medical Director and emergency places across Ozaukee County; and enhanced, physician at Aurora Medical Center in Graon. pediatric simulation training for EMS providers. “Updated guidelines released by the American Heart Association in October encourage dispatchers to provide chest compression-only CPR instructions to assist adults suspected of cardiac arrest. As we began to investigate this in Ozaukee County, it became clear 4 M-T TODAY APRIL 2016 Welcome to the Prime Minister Village Park Reimagined: Family Restaurant & Catering Project Moves Forward e iensville Village Park is a treasured heritage and a community committee is working to re-imagine the Park for the future. is group, comprised of private citizens and From our family to your family ... civic entities, was organized last Serving the community since 1994! fall to review and evaluate the Park as it is today – and its SUN.3THUR. 5:30 A.M.38 P.M. • FRI.3SAT. 5:30 A.M.39 P.M. possibilities for tomorrow. BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER Serving American, Greek and Mexican favorites e committee meets twice a month to brainstorm ideas to Watch for new menu items! revitalize the Park’s current amenities, investigate ways to enhance its year-round possibilities and find new options for making it a unique $ ON ANY TOTAL PURCHASE $ destination. Under consideration are a skating trail, farmers’ market SAVE 5 OF 25 OR mORE Discount not valid with this coupon now thru April 30, 2016. infrastructure, and a new main entrance, an interactive fountain, toward gratuity or tax. Not valid with other discounts. One coupon per table. playground updates and a band shell. As part of their assignment, committee members visited several other parks in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana for a first-hand 517 n. Main st. • iensville look at what other communities have created. Successful, working 262-238-1530 • pmcatering.com implementations include a rock-climbing wall, a bamboo forest that provides a maze-type experience, climbing logs and nature hikes, an ice ribbon for winter skating that doubles as a splash pad and walking trail in the summer, and extensive sand and water play areas. Each park provided innovative concepts for utilizing space that incorporate nature, physical play and reflection. e focus is on multi-generational enjoyment with year-round attractions for kids ages 1 to 100 years young. Aer visiting the parks, committee members were armed with ideas to think outside the “sandbox” as they develop a plan for Village Park.