Hilldale Mall Events:
Winter Farmer’s Market
Saturdays 8:30am - 2:00pm
Visit your favorite summer market vendors on winter
Saturdays in the former Pucci’s Gallery in the north
end of the mall.
Every Wednesday is Senior Discount Day at
UW Health Pharmay Services.
Smart Salads at Metcalfe’s Market
January 22-23, 11am - 3pm
Sample healthy and delicious salad ideas for the New
Year.
Metcalfe’s Battle of the Salsas
February 5-6, 11am - 3pm
Piano Play-a-thon
Saturday, February 12, 8:30am until finished
Youth Art Month Display, February 13-20
One Free cup of Ancorra coffee with the
purchase of two cupcakes at Gigi’s in January.
Be sure to thank Chris Schmidt, our local alder
person, for all the fabulous work he is doing
to make our neighborhood a fantastic place to
live: 238-7494 or [email protected]
THANKS Chris for all your hard work!!!
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Edition 1: January 12
Edition 2: April 13
Edition 3: July 13
Edition 4: October 12
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Sunset Village Voice
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
Plant Watering and Pet Sitting
For cats, birds and fish. Sorry, no dogs or reptiles. Responsible
8 year old with references. Call 819-1176.
Your Neighborhood Newsletter
Winter 2011
Handyman
We at Capital City Church have a handyman willing to asset
Sunset Village Commuinty with leaf racking and any other
home repair that you may need. An expert at honey do lists.
Call Brad at 608-239-7162.
Childcare
New Family Day Care in the neighborhood. State
Licensed, certified, degreed provider with 28 yrs. experience
working in the Madison community with children & families.
A variety of daily age appropriate activities. Nutritious meals
pet and parent friendly! Call 225-2656.
Babysitter/mother’s helper
Responsible, creative 14-year-old girl available for weekend
babysitting, day or night. Red Cross certified. Experience
with all ages. Call Caroline at 238-8866.
Childcare
Responsible West High School Junior available for childcare
on weekends and evenings. Babysitting training from Red
Cross. Neighborhood references available. --Emma Minkoff
Call: 231-2275 or E-mail: [email protected]
Tutoring
West High School Junior available for tutoring in Maths,
Chemistry, English and Spanish. She is currently a member
of the Peer Mentoring program at West High. Contact Juliette
Bentolila at [email protected]
Book Club
Meet your neighbors, enjoy great conversation, and discuss
a wide range of books. For more information, contact Linda
Fahy at [email protected]
A special thanks to Rachel Barnes, the previous
newsletter editor! I think everyone would agree
with me that I have big shoes to fill!!! Rachel is
stepping down from her position to make time to
make more time for her baby that she is expecting.
Rachel did a fabulous job with the newsletter, and
your neighbors in Sunset Village appreciate and
recognize the time and effort you took to solicit
copy, edit, print, and distribute this publication on
a quarterly basis. I would like to, on the behalf of
everyone living in the Sunset Village Neighborhood,
wish you the best with your pregnancy.
Next SVCA neighborhood meeting:
Thursday, February 24th at 6:30pm
at The Sequoya Library
Come and mingle with your neighbors and learn about
what’s happening in the Sunset Village Community.
Happy New Year!
It’s starting off to be a busy year for the Sunset Village Community Association - at least for the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Association Planning Committee. This group comprised of
representatives from Sunset Village and other nearby neighborhood associations is moving forward with a neighborhood plan for
our area. A Project Grant Intent Form was recently submitted to
the City of Madison for a grant request to help fund this project.
Jean McCubbin and Jason Valerius are Co-Chairs of this committee. Please give them an “atta girl/boy” when you see them for all
their hard work.
To find out more about the neighborhood plan and other SVCA
business, please plan to attend the next Sunset Village Community
Association meeting, February 24, 6:30 pm at Sequoya Library.
We will be discussing, among other things, the recent neighborhood survey regarding our member “wish list” for neighborhood
activities. See Brian Andersen’s Treasurer’s report for more details. I hope you will make getting involved in SVCA one of your
New Year’s resolutions.
Finally, speaking of neighborhood meetings, I’d like to mention
what a wonderful presentation we had at the last meeting. It was
given by Karen Johannsen of Johannsen’s Greenhouse. She provided tips on winterizing gardens and answered general gardening
questions. Please keep this family-owned, local business in mind
for your spring gardening needs. Spring will be here before we
know it, I hope.
Stay warm!
Janice Antoniewicz-Werner, SVCA President
Make sure to visit our updated Sunset Village Website!!!
www.sunsetvillagecommunity.org (Special thanks to Brad
Nordeng on his time and hard work putting the site together)
The Sunset Village Community is located about 4 1/2 miles west of the Capitol
Square. Approximately 1000 households
comprise the neighborhood. The Sunset
Village is a popular, cozy, neighborhood
nestled on tree lined streets with rolling
hills and panoramic views. The predominately single-family housing was built in
the 1940s. Cape Code, Ranch, Split Level
Ranch are typical housing styles. Singlefamily houses are generally modest with
two to three bedrooms. Revitalization
of Hilldale Mall area has brought new
shopping venues into the neighborhood.
The neighborhood is close to University
of Wisconsin Hospital, Veteran Hospital,
and the University Avenue corridor.
Your neighborhood officers:
President: Janice Antoniewicz
231-2916, [email protected]
Secretary: Andrew Bernhardt
345-7970, [email protected]
Treasurer: Brian Andersen
236-9488, [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: Liz Vowles
[email protected]
Neighborhood Website:
www.sunsetvillagecommunity.org
Online Message Board:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
sunsetvillagecommunityassociation
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5635, Madison, WI 53705
District 11 Alder: Chris Schmidt
238-7494, [email protected]
4210 Odana Rd, Madison, WI 53711
A Big Thank You from Brian, our Treasurer!!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Sunset Village Annual Membership Drive. A
total of 70 households contributed through donations ranging from $15 - $50. A grand
total of $1073 was raised. The survey participation and contributions are a 50% increase
over the 2010 membership drive, so a big THANK YOU for your support!
29 neighbors chose to purchase a Bucky Book for $35 ($12 which went to SVCA; and
$23 to the Bucky Book people). These funds raised will be used to help support the
annual events such as:
Plastic Bag Recycling Information
The City of Madison now offers plastic bag recycling; however, not all plastic bags are recyclable. To recycle plastic
bags, citizens must take bags to drop off sites, which are at
participating stores or city sites. It is important that the bags be
empty, clean, and dry.
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The annual neighborhood rummage sale, traditionally in late July
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The October Halloween Parade at Sunset Park
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The August Ice Cream Social & Cookout at Lucia Crest Park
Cross-Country Skiing in Madison City Parks
Madison Parks has groomed cross-country ski trails at Elver Park, Odana Hills
Golf Course, Monona Golf Course, Olin-Turville Woods, Owen Conservation
Park and South Cherokee Marsh. A ski pass is valid in City of Madison Parks
and Dane County Parks. If you don’t own skis, you can rent them at Elver Park
and Odana Hills Golf Course. You will need a Cross-Country trail pass at Elver
Park, Odana Hills Golf Course and at all groomed Dane County Park trails.
Please remember that Mother Nature (not the Madison Parks) decides when the
cross-country ski trails can open. To groom the ski trails, the city needs at least
4 inches of snow. Call (608) 266-4711 for more information.
In addition to the six city parks, there are five Dane County parks that also have
cross-country skiing: Cam-Rock Park in Cambridge, Indian Lake Park in Cross
Plains, Lake Farm Park/E-way in Madison, Stewart Park in Mt. Horeb, and
Token Creek Park in Burke.
Looking to get involved?
The Sunset Strip
The easiest way to get involved in the neighborhood is to
show up at the next SVCA meeting. If that isn’t possible
for you, feel free to call or e-mail the neighborhood
officers. Or post something to the yahoo newsgroup to
get a discussion going http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
sunsetvillagecommunityassociation/
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Grocery, Retail, and Drug
Store Bags
Newspaper Delivery Bags
Dry Cleaning Bags
Softener Salt Bags
Ice Cube Bags
All Clean Bags Labeled #2
and #4
Plastic film wrapping from
plastic water and beverage
bottle casing
Large pillow packing bubbles
Food Wrap
Food Packaging (meat wrap,
prepackaged / produce bags, etc.)
Dark Green or Black Trash Bags
Bubble Wrap
Drawstring Bags Note:
Drawstring bags can be recycled
if the drawstrings are removed.
Some of the locations closest to Sunset Village:
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Copps Food Store: 3650 University Avenue
Kohl’s Department Store: 7401 West Towne Way
Metcalfe’s Market (Sentry): 726 N. Midvale Blvd
Trader Joe’s: 1810 Monroe Street
Whole Foods Market: 3313 University Avenue
For a full list of locations visit:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/streets/recycling/plasticBag.cfm
SNOW PLOWING FAQs
Q: Why don’t we plow and salt all the streets in the city, specifically secondary and residential streets?
A: The City of Madison limits the amount of salt that is applied to its streets as an effort to protect its groundwater
and the quality of the lakes. Only main arterials, thoroughfares, main connector streets, Madison Metro bus
routes, streets surrounding hospitals and schools and major hills and curves are salted. All other City of Madison
streets receive sand to act as an abrasive on hills, intersections and curves.
Q: What happens if there are less than 3 inches of snow on the streets?
A: All salt routes are plowed and salted during every measurable snow event regardless of the accumulation.
Residential streets that are not salted are only plowed when snow accumulations reach the 3” level and the snow
event has ended or has just about concluded. If the residential streets are not plowed, sand is applied at hills,
intersections and curves to act as an abrasive to assist in braking.
Joint Neighborhood Plan
Sunset Village is working with adjacent neighborhoods to
develop a neighborhood plan. We would love to get your
input! Visit http://groups.google.com/group/hoytareaplan
Q: What happens if there are 3 or more inches of snow on the roads?
A: When the snow accumulation reaches 3” or more, we evaluate and, if necessary, declare a “Snow Emergency”
and convert from a spreading operation to an all out plowing operation. (During a Snow Emergency” declaration,
alternate side-parking restrictions go into effect in the Snow Emergency Zone and remain in effect throughout the
remainder of the City. The Snow Emergency lasts for a minimum of 2 consecutive nights.)
Interested in Tool Sharing?
There was expressed an interest in a Sunset Village
Neighborhood Tool Sharing Program. If you’d like to
participate or help get this program started, please contact,
Andrew Bernhardt at 345-7970 or [email protected]
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Please, do NOT Recycle:
A.G. Ohm 2011
Q: How long will it take to finish plowing all the streets?
A: Once a general, full scale plowing of all 1708 lane miles of streets begins, it usually takes between 10-12 hours
to complete the plowing effort.
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
Madison Parks seeks public input for Park and Open Space Plan
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) works to empower those
affected by domestic violence and advocate for social change through
support, education and outreach. Our vision is a non-violent community
that actively promotes safety, peace, justice and hope. We have been in
Dane County for over 26 years working to make our community a safer,
more just, more equitable place for people who have experienced domestic
violence, their children, and the people who love them.
We offer many support services, and volunteers are essential in providing these services to our clients and are involved in every
aspect of the work we do. Our volunteer program increases support services to victims by two-thirds of what staff alone can do.
The following are ongoing DAIS Volunteer Opportunities:
• Crisis Line Advocate
• Crisis Response Advocate
• Shelter Advocate
• Children’s Advocate
• Marketing and Media Advocate
• CAPE (Community Awareness and Prevention Education) Advocate
• One-Time Service Projects
• Donations
Kira Young
Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
[email protected]
251-1237
http://www.abuseintervention.org
Public Meeting Dates and Locations:
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City of Madison email updates
Want to know about snow emergencies and when the snowplows
will come through, what ice rinks and sledding hills are open, news
from the Western District police officers, road construction schedules, recycling news, Metro detours, beach updates, much more?
You can sign up for regular updates from the city of Madison.
Go to https://my.cityofmadison.com/ to create an account and then
follow the Email Lists link to choose your updates.
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Over 25 years of keeping the
neighborhood looking great!
3738 Speedway Rd. • Madison, Wi 53705 • 608 -238-7576
Target store to open in early March
small hands
workshop
The Target store at Hilldale will open March 6. It will be
150,000 square feet of retail space on the second floor with
460 spaces of parking on the surface floor. Besides general
merchandise it will have fresh produce and meat. The store
will hire 150 to 250 employees and jobs can be viewed at
www.target.com/careers.
Fun art classes for kids
in the instructor’s home.
5 sessions: $75 (materials provided)
Mondays & Wednesdays
For enrollment info, email or call Susan White:
[email protected], 608-238-1687
One Meal at a Time
Contact Sue at 276-7598, [email protected] or
view our web site: homehealthunited.org.
If you are interested in volunteering with DAIS or for more
information please contact:
Hair Studio Ad 7-10:HS Business Cards 12/01
Would you like to help make a difference “One Meal at a
Time?” Home Health United Meals on Wheels
delivers the noon meal to the elderly and physically disabled
in Madison, Monona and Middleton. A route takes about an
hour and very specific directions are given to each recipients’
home. We will work with any schedule. This is a great family
activity, and we can also help with community service hours,
projects for scouts, churches and school groups!
The Madison Parks Division is updating the Park and Open Space Plan for 2011-2016. Staff is collecting public input
for this plan through an on-line survey and three public input meetings. The purpose of the Park and Open Space Plan
(POSP) is to serve as a long range planning guide for decisions made by City Boards and Commissions, City agencies and
staff. It is a tool used to guide decisions for a variety of Park and Open Space issues such as city policies, park acquisitions, facility development, as well as park funding. The POSP is also a necessary component to be eligible for Federal
and State grants.
All Madison residents are encouraged to participate in this process by filling out the on-line survey or attending one of
the public input presentation meetings. The survey also allows for input concerning current and future park programming
opportunities. Madison Parks is where we play. Our community stays strong when we play together. Staff wants to take
steps to ensure that your Madison Parks programming needs are met.
Please take a few minutes to fill out this online survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/parkandopenspace, and join us
at one of the public meeting presentations. The same survey will be provided at the meeting.
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January 25, 7-9 p.m. Central Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St.
February 3, 7-9 p.m. Alicia Ashman Public Library, 733 N. High Point Rd.
February 10, 7-9 p.m. Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive
Questions or Concerns? Please email the [email protected]
Growing up in Sunset Village When it was a Still a Village
by Marian Bennett Sorensen
Sunset Park Memories from the 1940s and 1950s
Over 70 years ago, my parents, Roderick and Barbara Bennett, walked into the woods to choose a lot to build the house
that I grew up in at 4122 North Sunset Court. The woods
remained at the bottom of Sunset Park where we picked as
many violets and buttercups as our little hands could hold.
There were also shooting stars, jack-in-the-pulpits and May
apples. Once when we returned from a short trip, we found
out that we had been annexed to the city. Then the city
regularly mowed the grass under the trees, and there weren’t
so many wildflowers. The park was the focal point of the
neighborhood, with activities planned throughout the year.
In winter we had a lighted ice rink with benches at the top of
the park; in the summer we took our lawn chairs to the same
area for serial movies every Saturday night; on Halloween
there was a big bonfire that we marched around for the costume and jack-o-lantern judging; and Santa came into houses
that put a blue bulb outside the front door. The slide, baby
swings, big swings, teeter-totter, and sandbox were popular
year-round. When we went down the slide, we sat on wax
paper to make it slipperier. The boulder in the woods was
meant for climbing and playing cowboys and Indians. Kids
liked to crawl through the culvert that went up East Sunset
Court. When water was running after a rainfall, it formed a
stream through the woods at the bottom of the park, before
going into another culvert that led west. We could launch
paper boats in the park and retrieve them down on Owen
Drive. Every day in the summer we raced across the street
when the playground “teachers” arrived. They opened up the
storage shed that held all the craft items, washers, checkers,
tetherball, and lots of other fun stuff. We made lanyards,
bracelets, pins and earrings (for our mothers), out of gimp
(plastic lacing), and we made belts, wallets, and coin purses
out of leather. We had activities with other playgrounds
throughout the city, including chess and washer tournaments
and an annual lantern parade at Tenney Park. A bus would
pick us up at the South end of the park to take us to Vilas
Park or Spring Harbor for swimming, and to Westmorland
Park for rollerskating to music in the shelter with our clampon rollerskates. One Fourth of July in the early 1950s the
Madison Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps performed at the
top of the park and inspired my older brother to join. We’re
still fans of the Madison Scouts.
Other Memories of Growing Up in Sunset Village in the
1940s and 1950s
On the Fourth of July we decorated our bicycles and tricycles for a parade down Westmorland Boulevard, ending
in the park where activities were planned for the whole day,
including fireworks at night. Before Sunset Village was annexed, Bagley Parkway was blocked off so we could use it
for sledding, and Hoyt Park had a wonderful toboggan slide
that was supervised and open at night. I walked to Dudgeon
School and cut across every empty lot in Westmoreland even
if it took me out of the way. Midvale School wasn’t built
until I was in 5th grade. I remember that each of us wrote
our names on a sheet of paper that was placed in the corner
stone of the new school. Paul Olson, who lived on Mineral
Point Road, just a couple of houses from East Sunset Court,
was our principal.
In the days when most dads went to work and moms stayed
home, every family had only one car. This meant that those
who had products or services to sell often came to the neighborhood. We still have pictures taken on the black and white
pony that a photographer brought down our street. My older
brother remembers vegetables being delivered by horse and
buggy. Farmers also brought eggs and chickens. There were
two dairies that delivered milk—Bowman Farm Dairy and
Bancroft Dairy. The kids used to run after “Jumbo” the milkman to try to get some ice from his truck. And, of course,
we bought our brushes from the Fuller Brush man. We had
grease traps that were a kind of septic tank that had to be
emptied regularly. A man known as Spike came along in his
little black truck to do the smelly job. He walked along with
his bucket on a stick and would ring the doorbell and keep on
walking. If you wanted him to clean your grease trap, you
had to catch him.
Who were some of the early residents? We could always
count on fresh cookies when we rang Mrs. Wissler’s doorbell. Mrs. Narum had a beautiful flower garden. Mrs.
Meyr gave permanents to the women and girls. Mrs. Snell
took care of the few children whose mothers worked. Mr.
Schape owned a car dealership. Miss Clock was the principal of Dudgeon School. Mr. Hughes was a optometrist.
Mrs. Goldschmidt took care of her home and family when
her husband was fighting in World War II. Mr. Peterson, a
Swedish gentleman, was a carpenter who built the additions
on our house. Don McKenna, a realtor who had developed
the neighborhood, lived in the house behind us on Hillcrest
Drive. There was a man who worked for the F.B.I. When I
was in high school, I babysat for the Noth family on West
Sunset Court near the corner of South Sunset Court. Their
son Chris grew up to star on the TV series, Sex in the City.
My brother had a Milwaukee Journal paper route that was
spread throughout Sunset Village. The Sunday papers were
heavy, and he could only fit 12 in his bicycle basket. He
found that the best time to collect from the graduate students
who lived in the trailer park across from where the Hilldale
Mall would be built, was at night when they were having
parties. The Hill Farm animals would sometimes get loose
and wander around. We had a plot in the Victory Garden that
was just to the south of the University Avenue bridge over
Old Middleton Road. It’s now part of the Blackhawk Golf
Course. With no TVs and only one car, we made our own
fun. Our mothers talked over the fences as they hung their
clothes to dry. Whenever we went shopping downtown, we
got dressed up and took the bus. Sunset Village was a great
place to grow up.
Clear Sidewalks equal Safe Sidewalks
Please remember to keep our public sidewalks safe and open for pedestrians this winter by removing snow and
ice in a timely fashion. Clean sidewalks encourage walking. Walking promotes good health.
Snow and ice on public sidewalks abutting your property must be cleared no later than 12:00 noon of the day
after the snow or ice has accumulated. For example, snow that started to fall Friday, January 14, 2011 and continued into Saturday morning should have been removed from the public sidewalks by no later than12:00 noon
on Sunday, January 16, 2011. Sidewalks must be cleaned from edge to edge. Clear curb ramps as well.
Failure to comply with City of Madison Ordinance 10.28 could result in a substantial fine. And even worse, your
neighbor could take a nasty spill.
For those neighbors without sidewalks (and there are many of us), offer to lend a hand to those with more to
shovel. Check to see whether elderly and house-bound neighbors need assistance. Winter can be a great time to
chat over and about the growing mounds of snow. And don’t forget to make
arrangements for removal when you are away from home.
Need sand for that ice on your sidewalk? Free sand is available to Madison
residents at various sites. Nearest location to Sunset Village is in the parking
lot off Speedway Road. See locations and map at: http://www.cityofmadison.
com/residents/winter/Residents/sand.cfm
To read more about keeping our sidewalks safe and accessible in winter, consult the City of Madison Website on snow removal regulations at:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/residents/winter/SnowIce/snowRules.cfm
Submitted by, Ulrike Dieterle