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In This Issue
Meet your ORCC Board- Page 2
ORCC Directory-Page 3
Elected
Officials-Page 3
The New West District Police Station-Page 4
ORCC Calendar-Page 5
ORCC History-Page 6
ORCC Notes-Page 7
Helpful Telephone Numbers-Page 8
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We want to reach more of our membership this year and
find out what needs they have.
Orchard Ridge now has Police Officer Lester Moore as its liaison
between the community and the police department. We will hold an electronic forum with the police department
this year so that our older members can ask questions to the police
department electronically. It
should be an interesting year.
Finally, we would like to thank the outgoing ORCC Board
Members for three excellent years of service. Thanks to Scott Peters, Beth Walsh, and Tim Dybevik.
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Note from Madison Police Department
The Madison Police Department (MPD) has had reports
of people garage surfing in Orchard Ridge. The ‘surfers’ walk through an open garage door and take
items from the garage or the house, if the garage is attached to the
house. MPD advises that home
owners close their garage doors especially when cars are absent from the
garage.
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Meet
Your ORCC Board
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ORCC Term
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Address
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Telephone Number
Email Address
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Job Information
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Years in Orchard Ridge
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What we Like about Orchard Ridge
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Holly Halberslaben
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July 2001 - July 2004
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5413 Whitcomb Dr.
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271-6914
hhobby@charter.net
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Director of family care sites at St. Mary’s Hospital
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The natural environment.
The people are caring and friendly.
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Maggie Ritchie
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July 2002 - July 2005
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5309 Dorsett Dr.
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274-8852
ritchietritchie@aol.com
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7th grade teacher Toki Middle School
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Being in the ORCC will give me the chance to comment on
change for Orchard Ridge. As of now
we are thrilled to live in such a great place.
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Dot Kroeber
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July 2001 - July 2004
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5150 Whitcomb Dr.
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271-7239
deezees@aol.com
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Retired teacher
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Friendly, small, walking distance to church, pool,
shopping center, etc.
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Bruce Knutson
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July 2000 - July 2003
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5222 Dorsett Dr.
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277-0694
brucek@leer.com
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Sales truck accessories group Leer Corporation
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Local schools, pool, the vegetation (trees), the people.
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Lisa Schneider
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July 2000 - July 2003
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5109 Flad Ave.
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278-0672
lisaandmark17@yahoo.com
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Part time at Dean West Urgent Care
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Walking to elementary and middle school. Neighborhood pool. Big trees. Old house.
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Denny Caneff
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July 2002 - July 2005
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5502
Barton Rd.
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274-6178
dcanneff@farmland.org
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Regional Director, American Farmland Trust
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Great community assets-schools, pool, bike trail, good
folks.
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Eileen Regan
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July 2001 - July 2004
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273-4747
regans3@team-national.com
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Office Manager-Beacon Technologies
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Proximity to Beltline and everything in Madison. Friendly, caring neighbors
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Ralph Patterson
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July 2001 - July 2004
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4921 Marvin Ave.
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271-1732
rcpatterson@peoplepc.com
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Scientist, DNR Bureau of Air Management
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Friendly people, bike paths
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Vacant
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July 2002 – July 2005
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ORCC Directory
The 2002-2004 ORCC directory has been
supplied to our members since August.
Some of the directories were printed correctly and some of the
directories had a duplicate page 13. If
you are one of the people that received a directory with a duplicate page 13,
call Holly Halberslaben at 271-6914 and she will send you a replacement page.
This year we have 208 families where the head of household
is under 55 and 165 head of household over 55.
Please add two families to your directory:
McCarthy, Joe A.
Capital Indemnity
O’Rourke, Ann E.
Middleton/Cross
Plains School District
5501 Dorsett Drive
271-8254
jmac228@yahoo.com
Claire E. McCarthy 1996
Christopher B. McCarthy 1998
Jansan, William A.
Retired
Jansan, Joann G.
Retired
4923 Hammersley Road
271-0440
Also
Elected
Official Information
Gary
Poulson-District 20 Alder
The arrival of autumn brings on, for many of
us, the weekend ritual of raking leaves.
The City of Madison will begin the annual Fall Leaf Collection on
Monday October 7th. The Streets
Division will continue to collect leaves as long as the weather permits through
late November and early December.
Again this year, there will be no
leaf collection schedule. Streets
Division crews will begin collecting leaves in Monday’s refuse collection
districts. After completing collection
in Monday’s area, crews will move into the Tuesday districts, then Wednesday’s
districts, etc. Upon completion of
Friday’s refuse district, crews will begin the cycle again in Monday’s
district. Please remember to keep your
leaves on the terrace and not in the street.
Our lakes do not need the added nutrients that leaves provide if they
are washed down the storm sewer during a rainstorm.
It is difficult to predict when
leaf collection crews will be in a given area due to the uncertainty of
workloads. The Streets Division has
several options you can use to get the latest information on where crews are
working. You can get information
by calling 267-2088. This
number will provide you with a recorded announcement 24 hours a day. You can get the latest leaf collection
update as well as information on brush collection and the yard waste drop off
sites. You can also check out Streets
Division web site, www.ci.madison.wi.us/streets. In addition, Madison residents can bring their leaves to any of
the three yard waste drop off sites.
The sites are open M-F from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. and on weekends from 9
a.m. until 9 p.m. The sites will close
at 8 p.m. everyday beginning Sunday October 27th. The closest site for Orchard Ridge is 725 Forward Dr.
David
Blaska-District 7 Supervisor
Everyone agrees that planning and cooperation with your
neighbors are important. For too many
years now, however, Dane County has gone it alone by not cooperating with its
neighbors in planning future growth.
The State of Wisconsin is divided into nine regional
planning commissions. These planning
regions consist of anywhere from five to 10 counties, except for Dane County,
which is the only county that is “going it alone.” Even populous Milwaukee County is part of a region of seven
counties.
So distrustful of Dane County are our neighboring counties, Sauk,
Columbia, Dodge, Jefferson, and Rock, that they are the only counties out of
72 in the state that belong to no planning region.
In truth, they are not suspicious of Stoughton or Mt. Horeb
as much as they are of Madison. Let’s
face it, Madison sometimes does adopt a “know-it-all” attitude. So much so, in fact, that a majority of Dane
County’s towns, villages, and cities also voted to dissolve the Dane County
Regional Planning Commission. When the
Governor signed the dissolution this August, our County Executive brought a
lawsuit.
Rather than force our neighboring municipalities to rejoin a
planning apparatus that they feel has no credibility to them, it is time to
move forward and develop a new structure in which Madison, the surrounding
municipalities, and our neighboring counties can plan together as equals, not
adversaries, on a truly regional basis like the rest of Wisconsin.
The New West Madison Police
Station
The City of Madison constructed two new buildings in the
last two years near the corner of Raymond Road and McKenna Boulevard. The second new building was the Madison West
Police Station that opened this spring.
Why was this building constructed, who works at this building, what
happens at this building when a police call is received?
According to Madison West Police Department’s Captain Ellen
Schwartz, the reason behind the construction of the building was simple, to
give better service to the residents of Madison’s west side. Before the building began operation,
officers were dispatched from downtown to respond to calls. The officers could be delayed from answering
the call if the Beltline was congested or under construction. Other reasons for constructing a new police
station included: the police presence would be more noticeable in the area, citizens
could walk into the police station for help, and police could meet easier with
neighborhood organizations at the new station rather than requesting they meet
downtown.
Captain Schwartz notes the facility is centrally located in
the Madison West area. The Madison West
police station is responsible for about one third of the City of Madison, or 24.5 square miles. The police station houses 56 people at this
time including 10 detectives, 3 neighborhood police officers, the Memorial High
School Educational Outreach specialist, 4 sergeants, 2 lieutenants, and a
number of beat officers. The Madison
Police Department has planned for further expansion of Madison’s west side with
this new building. The new building is
capable of meeting the needs of 100 Madison police personnel. The police station is staffed 24 hours per
day although there are different staffing levels according to the time
of day. The largest number of police
staff is on duty from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The new building does not have holding cells for
prisoners. People committing crimes
that require incarceration are taken directly downtown for processing. For people who will not be incarcerated
(e.g. first time drunk drivers) the building has a small processing area where
the paper work is completed and then the person is released. Captain Schwartz noted that the building has
a conference room, which it allows community, groups to use for free. She said this room has seen a lot of use
since the new police station opened.
So, what happens if you make a police call? First, you should know that the Madison West
facility does not respond to police calls directly. All police calls are dispatched from either the Dane County 911
Center, for emergencies, or the Dane County Communication Center for
non-emergency calls such as reports of break-ins, vandalism, etc. If the call is a 911 call, the Dane County
911 Center decides whether to dispatch the police from the Madison West
facility. For non-emergency calls
(255-2345) the Dane County Communications Center sets a priority for each
call. Based on the priority and the
problem, officers or detectives are dispatched. Depending on the seriousness of the problem or whether the
problem has just occurred or occurred a few hours before, determines when an
officer will be dispatched to a location promptly or within a few hours. For a number of incidents (e.g. vandalism),
victims self-report the incident by filling out a form. These forms are then evaluated in the police
department for further follow-up.
Captain Schwartz noted that the police at the Madison West
facility want to be a visible presence in the Madison West area. In order to do this, organizations
representing various communities in the Madison West jurisdiction can request a
police officer to act as a liaison between the community and the police. These officers attend organization meetings,
conduct educational outreach, and supply information to the organization about
problems occurring in the area for which the organization can assist the police
department She also noted that they
interact with the alder people representing the community as much as possible.
So what is the bottom line regarding the new police station
of the hill going north on McKenna Boulevard after turning from Raymond
Road? Residents of Madison west side
should see improved police service and be able to interact with the police
more. Captain Schwartz believes the
construction of the building and the people who now work there should make the
people in the community feel more secure.
The new station will meet the needs of Madison west residents for many
years to come even though a large increase in people is expected in the area in
the next few years.
Orchard Ridge and the Madison Police Department
Orchard Ridge Community Club Calendar
October-December 2002
October 27-ORCC
Board Meeting
October
30-Halloween Judging Contest
November
10-ORCC Board Meeting
November
30-Chicago Miracle Mile Shopping Trip
December 8-ORCC
Board Meeting
December
14-Santa Visits-details next ORCC newsletter
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2nd
Annual Halloween Contest
October 30,
2002
$15 to the ORCC
member who has the best outside Halloween decorations.
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From the ORCC Archives: During my tenure as ORCC
President many past board members gave me their copies of ORCC Board
meeting agendas and minutes, old Grapevines, ORCC directories, newspaper
clippings, etc. Instead of passing
all these documents on each year to the current president I have
volunteered to become the ORCC Archivist.
In each issue of the Grapevine I will provide you with a little
tidbit of ORCC history. I will also
let club members know about gaps in the archives. If you have old ORCC documents that you are willing to
contribute to the Archives to fill those gaps we can ensure the rich
history of the Orchard Ridge Community is preserved. Yours in Service, Scott Peters, 5406
Flad Avenue, 273-9675 or macavac@aol.com
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From our Roots - ORCC History In 1955, the first ORCC Outdoor Lighting
and Christmas Decoration Awards would be judged in our neighborhood, 1st
place $25, 2nd was $15, and 3rd was $10….there is no
mention of who won that first year. And now something for Halloween. In 1956, Recreation Chair Gordon Garnett
planned a Halloween Party with bonfire, fancy dress parade, and a
jack-o-lantern contest with prizes and more. Chocolate milk and doughnuts were served to all, and prizes
worth $4.20 were bestowed upon the revelers. The bonfire Halloween tradition lasted until 1969 when it was
ended due to “misconduct exhibited by several of the young people in
attendance.
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ORCC Notes
ORCC has set up an email distribution list to notify members
of upcoming events. We will also hold
electronic forums. The first electronic
forum will be held with the Madison Police Department where members can ask the
Madison Police Department questions on line.
The time and date of the electronic forums will be emailed to interested
members. If you are interested in
participating in this email group, please email Ralph Patterson at
rcpatterson@peoplepc.com.
************************************Message from Madison
Friends Of International Students (MFIS)
We have organized a program whereby international students
(mainly post docs, their wives and some under grads) can meet and get to know
an American. In today’s world it seems
important for others from different countries to know what we are like as a
people. This program has been wildly
successful. At the present moment we
have about 70 active partnerships meeting but we also have 67 international
students on the waiting list for an American partner. All the international students want is to get to know an American
and to speak “English”. The program is
very flexible—you set up the time, place, how often, etc. with your
partner. The kindness and friendships
formed here may be very valuable, not only now, but in the years to come, as
all the citizens of the globe try to live in peace and harmony. If you are interested, please call Anne Nahn
(831-3390) chairperson for more information.
************************************Kids and the Internet
Have kids that spend a lot of time on the Internet? Are you not as good on the Internet as they
are? Want to check up on them and make
sure that are not intentionally or unintentionally going to dangerous places on
the Internet? If so, call the Madison
Police Department or go to http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/police and ask them for
the publication “What’s My Child Up To On Line” and the brochure “Internet
Safety Tips For Parents & Kids”.
************************************New Neighbors
If you have a new neighbor or know someone that is
interested in joining ORCC, let us know.
We printed extra ORCC directories for new members. Call Ralph Patterson at 271-1732 or Holly
Halberslaben at 271-6914 for more information.
******************************************************************************Tips
for a Health Lawn
Fertilization Tips for Healthy Lawn and Healthy Environment
from Mike Maddox, Dane County UWEX Horticulture Educator
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Fertilize on the “holiday schedule”. Feed the grass on Memorial Day, July 4,
Labor Day, and Halloween.
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Buy a fertilizer with little or no phosphorous. Established turf gets all the phosphorous it
needs from the soil.
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Apply one pound of nitrogen for each 1,000 square feet
of turf. In shady areas, use half as
much fertilizer.
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Avoid letting fertilizer wash off the turf. Don’t fertilize when the soil is
saturated. Don’t let it get on
driveways and sidewalks, or into storm sewers, lakes or streams.
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Buy a fertilizer with a rate setting for the kind of
spreader you use.
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Set the mower to cut no more than the top third of the
grass plants and leave the clippings on the lawn.
For more information on
fertilization or other help with your lawn, garden and landscape, please
contact the Dane Co. Extension Office at 608-224-3721 or email mike.maddox@ces.uwex.edu.
************************************Thanksgiving Dinner
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church members are having their
annual Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, November 28th. It will be a traditional turkey
dinner with all the trimmings. The meal
will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
There is no cost for the dinner and everyone is invited. Good Shepherd is located at the corner of
Raymond Road and Whitney Way.
Thanks to
AnchorBank-Meadowridge for helping to fund the third Orchard Ridge sign. This sign will be located at the corner of
Gilbert and Whitney Way.
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Orchard Ridge Community Club
C/O Ralph Patterson
4921 Marvin Avenue
Madison, WI
53711
Check ORCC on the web at
www.orchardridgemadison.com/orcc
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