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If it's 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, it's time for this week in Wakishaw

I'm your host downtown Donnie Brown coming to you live and local from the office of former alderman Don Paul Brown

Here in the W.A. UK studios in downtown

Right around the corner from the Adora Yalman's Park where we are proud to honor our suffragette here atage

Here in the Shah and this morning's guest

Definitely do honor to that suffragette here atage and

We'll get to them in a second, but here's my agenda for today. I have a new segment. I'll be introducing

To the show called acting locally thinking globally and it all started this week with some some shrimp and some things going on in India

That relate back here to Wakishaw

Second, we're gonna reintroduce or bring back the Carol minute

We got some exciting news about a member of the woman's basketball team and if there is a favorite child

In Wakishaw athletics, you got to give props to Carol University's women's basketball team. We'll talk more about that later

Local news including some small business bullying that's left a really bad taste in my mouth and it should in yours

We can do better and so we're gonna spend some time on that and again one of our guests a

Business owner for over 40 years. I think it's speak to that as well

We should be getting a farmer's market report. I don't know who's

Manning that. Oh

Awesome. We've got Jane Matt near

One of the icons of Milwaukee area radio who show Matt near and air ears every morning

Monday through Friday from 10 to 12 with Wakishaw's own Greg Bach

In a guest or a co-host or assistant host capacity and a speaking of co-host and assistant host

I'm also joined by my good friend Johnny Watermelon who's also a very good friend of our

Our first chair if you will among the guests and

Yes, so

We could go you may recall some big news

We could go last Friday and it was announced in the news a big conviction on a sexual assault that took place here in downtown

Wakishaw

involving this morning's guest Stephanie Olson and

This young man was sentenced to 50 years

for this this attack and the judge even said I hope you die in prison

I shouldn't laugh, but I think he echoed a lot of people's sentiments

especially given the fact that a lot of people aren't

Brought a lot of victims and the assailants aren't given the adequate justice

Here in our society. So we're honored to have Stephanie Olson of

Alterations unlimited to get the store name right Stephanie. Yes fantastic. And how are you this morning? I'm great

You are great and

Also Stephanie is joined by one of our downtown alders

One of my favorites Alicia Halbin Slaven, Alicia. How are you? I'm great. Good morning. Good morning

And this has got to be like your fourth or fifth tour of duty here on twight-ups, huh?

I think it's at least the fifth. Yeah. Yeah, so well, we're we're glad that you're here and we're glad for your

enthusiasm and your experience and all that you do for the city

I know Stephanie when I was meeting with Stephanie at her shop last Wednesday

She had a really nice accolade for you Stephanie. Go ahead tell us real quick

I've been at my shop where I am now for 30 years and

I was asking for a sign out in front of my shop for 28 years by a different

What kind of sign a parking sign? Okay, and I was asking the other alderman that was in our district

for 28 years to get a sign out there for parking because people were parking out there for

an hour two hours to go to the social security office, which was in a different location

It wasn't right across the street and

He kept putting me off and putting me off until he passed away and I didn't do it, but anyway

That's one way to get out of a stressful situation, right? And I

Should joke it wasn't funny. Yeah

But anyway

but anyway Alicia

became the older woman and I

Asked her one time if she could look into it and it took her 28 days

which I know

Unbelievable and to get that sign and I couldn't believe it it was great and it was a loading zone

15-minute parking and it's been great. It helped my business so much because people could you know come park

Get their things leave and it's the only park in place. I have for my business and that's how city government should work

Yeah, oh, it was still there was deliberate speed and cooperation and

You know nothing to do with patronage running like that just good service that a local business owner that a local citizen should expect

Yeah, I will add to we didn't fundamentally change anything about the way that that space was meant to be used

It was always meant to be a short-term parking space, but the signage wasn't

It's obvious so there were people who were using the Social Security Office or other things

So we just updated the signage. That was all that was needed. It was pretty simple things

Okay, and speaking of obvious. I mean an obvious mistake and that introducing my man on the boards here the mighty max

Martinson and Max has finally got the street got the Streamyard link here. I saw it. So I just got a click on that

Whoops hang on

Which one do I click on let's see here

Either one of these is fine, right?

Well the lower one, okay, thank you. So that way you can see my face for radio on the Streamyard on Facebook

So I've got a hat on so I'm covering my bald head. So yeah, you know, I think I'm looking okay

So bear with me. We'll make these technical fixes

Excellent excellent excellent. Thanks Max for taking care of that the mighty max martinson that they have you on the show

So returning to our guest of honor

Stephanie as you know as many of us know and when someone is

Assaulted as you were and you could say especially a woman that a lot of times they don't come forward because of

Fear or guilt or the perception that's placed upon them and

Did you have where any at some of those emotions had be running through your mind in your response to what had happened correct

This took place in February of 2023 by the way

Yes, I'm almost a year and a half ago sure

Right when he while when he came in I just didn't know I was after hours and

He had come in and asked for money and I said no and then he came back and asked for

To use my phone and I said okay because he had just gotten out of jail

That should have been a red flag and I let him use it

But he was so cowardly. He waited till I turned my back and jumped on me and

And then of course I was afraid but he kept that threatening me and

All this was going through my head

You know what could happen?

So they act happened but then he stayed a half hour

Afterwards, but it was a good thing. I don't know if he was short on friends or what but he wanted to do a Q&A with me so

This was after the attack right yeah tell me okay, but yeah

But it was a good thing because I got a good description of him and he told me some things that I just was

You know adding up in my head and descriptions looking at everything he touched, but anyway

It took away all that those things I was thinking about took away from the fear but

All the time I was thinking I'm gonna go to the police go to the hospital go to the hospital go to the police

I never doubted I was gonna do that and

And

Went going through court. I'm going ahead of myself, but that's okay. They were telling me that how odd it was that

Stranger rapes are very

seldomly reported and I thought why is that and then I thought well, I guess I guess you well of course you who would you say did it?

If you don't know who it was and that

You know when people know they're rapists. That's even rarer because who's gonna believe you if it's somebody you know

Right and but I tell people

You have to go you have to go to the police. You have to go to the hospital

Because otherwise these little creeps are gonna get away with it again and again and again

So I never has a tated to go I wouldn't even think of it. I wouldn't tell anybody not to go

Sure. Yeah, I mean, it's amazing because I'd hold I'd been told and correct me from wrong

When they were doing the vetting the jurors that whole process that happens before the trial

That the what the many that were excused were either victims of a sexual assault themselves or knew somebody close to them

And and just about all those cases. Well, it was either they didn't come forward or

They did and there was very little response from the local authorities and that was not I mean

I'm not talking about walkshows wherever these people live in Milakia, Waksha County or wherever you know

Wherever the jerk wherever the pool was that they didn't they weren't really satisfied with the response or the support

But that was not the case with you in terms of how

The police responded here in Waksha, right? All right, the police were great the police

Captain Bowman and um and the hospital Waksha Memorial

freighter

And the police really took care of me the detectives

They were amazing. I mean didn't they didn't hesitate and I just gave them the description everything was so consistent

Um, they stayed with me this happened at seven o'clock at night. Um, they stayed with me till three o'clock in the morning

Um, they came with pictures at six o'clock in the morning. They caught him by ten o'clock in the morning. Wow

So in Milwaukee, yeah, so it was it ran so smoothly

You didn't have like the same shirt on or something like that or same jacket that he had when he assaulted you or something like that

That was just a dead giveaway

Well, what happened was he was arrested in January

With this outfit on and then when you get arrested they take the clothes and you stay in jail

They give you the clothes back

When he came in my shop it was a day before

Uh, he did this. He got out of jail. He had those clothes. Oh, that's what it was. Yeah

And so he denied it because he took the shirt off when they caught him

He had the shirt on underneath that he threw that shirt away. Yeah, okay

But the police police woman that pulled him off the bus in January

Had a video of him getting off the bus in that outfit. Wow

He pretty much hung himself

Well, that was the other thing

And I know this conversation will continue and that's when we have more time talk about is that

They'd also found in a bag that he had her backpack. There was a list

And it was like 20 categories of women

That he was looking to

Assault sexually. Yes

And so we're going to talk more about that as well as

We are going to be acting locally thinking globally

And um

The Carol minutes and also in the next uh uh

We'll also be announcing

I have another special guest another woman of courage like Stephanie and like Alicia who will be joining me next week

and so be um

This is uh the first lagging or vindication tour the first media outlet will be talking to her so

Looking forward to making that special announcement here on this week and walk shan w a u k

540 am 101.1 fm

We are taking your calls on the civic media app so if you don't have it downloaded already

It's super easy. You can take it anywhere you go and um this week and walk shan continues

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And um if you're traveling like see down to Chicago and or even northern indiana

You tune into 540 am has such a strong reception

It follows you just about everywhere if you're in walk ashaw

Listen to 101.1 fm because the sound is so much clear

And uh it's lovely but

The best case scenario is the civic media app because then you don't need to be in your car

You don't need to i know most of us don't have radios in our kitchens anymore or living rooms and uh

Download the civic media app and we are taking your calls

From the app and um one thing i forgot to mention too is where obviously this is very sensitive material talking about what

What's Stephanie had endured and so if you do have small children in the room or

Wherever you know, this is just kind of a precaution

But i think we're kind of past talking about the actual

Event right we're talking more about how you handled it and how you um plan on being an advocate for other

Victims yes, and uh so i think i just talked closer to the mic. Sorry

So project that loud lovely voice ears

So but cherry but real quick i want to get into

Actually locally thinking globally

So if i seem kind of punch drunk and i'm not drunk, but

I may seem like it the last two nights

starting at like 10 o'clock

I was a virtual host for a trade event in chanai, india 10 and a half hours ahead of us called

trim sum at 2024

It is the second annual offering of the center for responsible seafood t-c-i-r-s

Whose mission is to promote sustainable seafood practices throughout the world

And for a number of reasons

There's an abundance of seafood

That can make a profound difference for a lot of communities around the world and even here locally

It's a great way to develop local economies and now that we have lake michigan water and wakasha

I would love to see some entrepreneurs or other people with experience and fisheries explore aquaculture opportunities here

Again and we know fish and seafood is a fantastic source

A healthy probably the healthiest of proteins if you will among the flesh proteins

And it's a it's a wonderful mission

world wide and

It was a lot of fun because I was connecting with there are like over 500 delegates

in about

Just over 300 or virtual which again for this for this niche kind of offering for a fairly young trade organization

That's a very impressive turnout so I got to connect with a lot of passionate professionals

people that are generations old you know like in artisanal and

aquaculture fisheries and the majority of the seafood and shrimp

Comes from Asia

And so these are these are gigantic these are big economies in these countries and they're very basic to these economies

But again here in the us regionally and locally

I think we just barely scratch the surface when it comes to aquaculture when I used to run restaurants in Chicago

We will get catfish and rainbow trout beautiful fish delicious fish that was farm raised in Idaho

And so I encourage

People to learn more about aquaculture used to have kind of a bad name

But it's they've improved their practices so much in terms of sustainability

That it really is a great option and again now that

We're using great lakes water that we're cleaning and we're sending it back cleaner than we got it

And with some of the empty warehouse space we have it would be neat to see walk a Shaw

Become part of a global seafood movement where we're

Basically making a healthier planet with healthier humans

So that is my

Opening segment of acting globally thinking locally and actually be acting locally thinking globally

But hey, you know really both things and when I was working and thanks for the collapse of Maxi

But when I was working in Dublin, Ireland

My ancestral homeland

I would tell people that I live in walk a Shaw Wisconsin

And

They would say oh yeah, well that's Paul. That's so cool. Can you bring me something back? That's

You know less Paul like a postcard or some little nickname and

I was glad to do it and I think that's another opportunity with the less Paul heritage

Here to really put walk a Shaw in the world map

One of my visions is to have a guitar town

Festival akin to the woolly Clancy festival and my grandmother's hometown in Ireland that that draws people from all over the world

That are passionate about traditional Irish music. I believe we can have a guitar town

Less Paul guitar town festival here in walk a Shaw that would draw people from all over the world that are passionate about

Different genres of guitar playing and you know not just rock and roll and I love rock and roll

But there's classical there's all different you know jazz

All different blues of course all different types of a guitar genres and we could really have some fun with that too

And I'm gaining some interest slowly but surely but uh that that's what that's kind of my little pipe dream for for walk a Shaw

So but returning to

My guest

And Alicia Halbenslavin you know we have we have we've only given you a chance to talk once but

You know you're obviously that you're the downtown alder when this happened like how did you react when you first heard the news about Stephanie?

I mean, I think the the first

Reaction anyone would have is is shock um right downtown is

Is a relatively safe place right? I I walk around downtown without thinking a second thought

You know, I've lived in a variety of places and I don't think I've ever felt safer than when I have lived in walk a Shaw

So to have something and and not just something that was

so

Insane right, but that it was random too right that it was that it was a stranger that it wasn't somebody that someone knew

Um that doesn't make it you know better or worse. It's just it seems so shocking

Um, and so yeah, I I was definitely shocked um, but then I was um

I don't I don't want to say happy, but I was um encouraged by the fact that we did apprehend him so quickly by the time that I had heard about it

Because it did happen you know in the evening that time I had heard about it. They had already apprehended this gentleman. So

Thankfully, uh, you know, there was such a great police response and I was encouraged to know

That the police that I know here in Wakasha acted exactly the way that I would expect them to they kicked butt

Yeah, exactly

And I think that our police department does such a great job

On so many levels and this is just further evidence of their capabilities and how how great they can be

Well said well said thanks for that Alicia and how are we doing on time here Max? Okay, so two minutes

So we started you to talk about like what's what's next to and by the way when I I met with Stephanie at her shot

Where'd all happen and she was very unfa- I mean, I shouldn't say but she just very she

She does not fear anything or anyone she just it's formidable is not a good way to describe you

I'd be just or even fearless

Tenacious as Johnny says yeah, tenacious D

Well, um, I can't allow that I can't let that person

Um take over my life. I'm not gonna allow it

Sure, and you've also you you in your public about this you also sought the help that you need in terms of the healing

Your act is that safe to say oh, yes, yeah definitely

And that's another people whether they go to the authorities or not they keep this inside

Well, it's got a damaging effect. I would think well and excuse me

No, but um, I didn't in the beginning go for therapy and my step-man works for me at my shop and um after about a month

She said um, you know, maybe you should go for some therapy and I said for what and she said well, you have a little anger

So what do you mean by that?

Anyway, so I did seek some help and I have a great therapist. She's she's great

So after I won the case um, I went back to her and I said I'm fixed. I don't need to see you anymore

Um, you know, I feel great and she said um, I don't know. I think you need more help

Maybe not even for this you just need help and

But I told her um, well, at least you can take your hand off the door knob and take your run and shoes off and

But I'm gonna keep going to see her because um, this might be an ongoing thing that I need help and I will but okay

We're gonna continue this conversation with Stephanie Olsen

Including especially the the healing process here in this week and walk a shot and we're taking your calls on the civic media app

So download it if you haven't already

Is waiting for the sunrise every little

And my heart is calling for you

Oh

Do you want to hear this song Stephanie?

Let those phones in

Something like some big family so I grew up with older brothers sisters that exposed me to so much great music from the 50s and 60s and

This is a three-dog night

With Shambala

Oh great band

On this beautiful day and I forgot to mention you know when Les Paul when I bring him on that second song is very forward

The world is waiting for the sun to rise and then the sun came out

Right towards the end there. It's it's hit back in the clouds

But I'm sure I've been told anyway

That that lazy saint in the sky will be making its way out soon

It's gonna be a beautiful day

So and it's a beautiful day already because I've got two fantastic women here

In studio in the office of former alderman down Paul Brown along with one of my closest advisors and dearest friends

Johnny watermelon

And Mary Jane Sanchez won't be joining us today because she's um got like a girl's

Doing some glamping up at the family cottage up north there near near the rapids

Which he said she might be calling in from the civic media app

So we'll be looking for looking for janey very good friend us with both here and

And Johnny's also great friends with Stephanie and that's why I invited Johnny to come along

You know Johnny's really been one of the great ambassadors for w a uk and civic media in walk a Shaw

And um really delighted to have him here and

And maybe even now he's contributed a little bit bad. We might have to give him a mic and a set ahead

He's got the headphones already so he knows

I'm not talking any smack about him

So and again can't forget the mighty max on the board max martinson here w a uk

We're really delighted to have him and his experience

For his uh as as a young college student

And very passionate about the work. So we're glad to hear max experience is a little debatable

I'm in the tv field rather than the still radio field

It's probably a lot easier for you to you know to to figure this out

This is much easier. Yes. I have a client that I have to figure hub spot out now. I know wordpress pretty well like

um

You know an idiot like me can figure out how to do graphic arts on

um

Wordpress and I shouldn't be anywhere near graphic art, but I mean dropping photos

But hub spots uh not as intuitive. It's designed by crm programmers. And so there's a bit more to learn and so

um

I said I admire people like you that know your way around a studio so if you if you ever get the chance

You should check out our op-stay project that we did we had some insanely cool graphics for that project

Yeah, definitely. Yep. So show me that show me that path. Hey and speaking of path

All my shows uh sit on a podcast page

and w-a-k radio so you can catch uh

previous shows you can catch last week's show

That had uh Alicia's colleague smoke and Joe Piper for district alderman and we had um

police

Retired policemen and writer and podcast host himself Daniel O'Connell has become a good friend

And then we also had

Congressional candidate for the democratic primary in the fifth district Ben Steinhoff

And so it it was a that's a great uh great one to catch if you haven't already

Um, we've also had we had a punk rock band a high schoolers called the nunchucks two weeks of prior to that and it when Dan came on a week later

And it was great to hear this from a Milwaukee police officer where that he loves punk rock and he he actually played some of the nunchucks songs

And learned about them and was rather impressed so that that's neat how we you know the mission here on this weekend

Waka Shah as it is with civic media is to build more connected communities at a local level and we learn that there's so much more

That unites us so and now back with Stephanie

One of the big heroes here in waka Shah my hero

And the way that she'd overcome a really tragic situation and and

Literally turned it on its head bringing a victim to justice where he

Um, this victim will be gone going away for the next 50 years and I mentioned earlier that they found a list

And um, it was a list of categories like I guess it was like maybe 20 different types of women

He planned on the salty did can you speak to that Stephanie?

Yes, it was a surprise to me

They brought out at the trial

A list and they put it on a big screen of women he didn't put names

But there are women and different businesses that he was going to go get and I can't say what he called it

Um, but they were women that he was going to go get and do something too

And it was so shocking and um, just looking at the expressions of the jury

And everybody else in there and I was told not to have an expression just

Right and I couldn't I'm you know couldn't help myself but he certainly did us a favor

Hey, he basically wrote his own ticket to a long long journey in the behind bars. Yeah, like I said

Yeah, I said it wasn't difficult. He wasn't uh the jury wasn't out very long

Well, we and we did mention there was a defense strategy. I think they were trying to

Pose you as somebody you'll maybe not an upright sit or tell me about that what the defense strategy was

And if you're comfortable talking about it. Oh, yeah, they told me ahead of time that this uh defense attorney was gonna try to

Intimitate me and bring up my past and um, you know

They told me ahead of time that this guy was really tough and he went after the victim and he was so not intimidating

He never got up from the table. Um, I think I intimidate him more

Yeah, and he said I don't want to intimidate. I mean, I don't want to embarrass you and I said you won't and

And then you know, he asked me my age. I'm like, yeah, 69 and a half

And um, he asked me a question. I was told yes or no yes or no

Well, then I had to like, you know, it was not a yes or no question. Yeah, but um anyway, he was not intimidating

But he didn't have much to work with it's fair to say that other women or other victims

Be the male a female could be intimidated on the stand like that when they start talking about your past or whatever

I mean because we all have a past. Oh, sure

Yeah, and I think um, and I thought what does this have to do with anything?

But you know, I I just said

He asked me a question about my past and I was honest and

So I don't know what that had to do with anything when they asked him

Yeah, you know 14 convictions and yeah

Um, and he's at age 25. Yeah, 25 and four of them were in prison

He had already been arrested. That's like one per year since becoming a tween ever since you know, all right

Yeah, so but hey, we've got Mary Jane Sanchez on the way. She was at the cabin. There were some issues with the Wi-Fi

Where's but she there's no cell, but she figured out a way. Janie, are you there?

Hello, Janie. Can we can you hear me?

There you are speak up speak up child

Well

Well, I'm sitting in the fire corner of the cabin because they barely have a signal

But I was able to get through so yay. That's great. Mary Jane's a very good friend of Stephanie Olson's as

Good friend of many of us here in Waakishah

And uh, well, I have to say that right now two of my heroes both you and Stephanie are together there and

Thank you. You were both you both really are a big part of the community in Waakishah as I am

because we love our city

And and Stephanie just a shout out to you. I'm so glad that you're coming forward to the community know about your experience and that we all need to

You know push and move together to make changes or stand up for our rights within the city. Thank you for being on the show today

so but

Yes, I'm up in

Big slacks Wisconsin and

My father built a cabin up here in the nice

Middle to late 70s and so I have a girl's weekend every year

So I've got a couple of friends up here today. That's good. Yeah, you have some more friends here too

Alicia Helben Slavin 11 district alder and Johnny watermelon

nicest guy in town. Oh

Wonderful. We'll just have to have a big Waakishah party up here

Yeah, I'm gonna say

So well, thank we appreciate the calling Mary Jane. You'll appreciate this. I I've been getting a lot of tickets

Talks about box. I like boxing as a kid. I don't care for MMA or some of that other stuff

I think it's bucks but barbaric but boxing the sweet science. There is a strategy to it and

I came across this quote from George Foreman a heavyweight champion

In fact, whether you like boxing or not, you got to see the the movie when we are kings and it was a story of that

iconic

Fight between Ali and Foreman and in

In Zaire in the what was once the Belgian Congo is arguably in the greatest upsets in sports

But anyway, George Foreman says when I was the boxer in the 1970s

I was punched in the face by Joe Frazier knacked out by Muhammad Ali and knacked down a few times by Ron Lyle before I got up and won

All the fights had one thing in common when they were over. I couldn't I could not remember the pain

I forgot about my weak knees the cuts the blood in my eyes

Without the films of my fights. I would have completely taken them out of my mind

It's the same thing when you're going through tough times. Don't let pain and disappointment lodge inside

And I saw this like the day I after I met you Stephanie at your store and I was like this is Stephanie Olsen here to a tee

You're like George Foreman

Of alteration

Oh, thank you

Yeah, so I think of another movie called sleepers, which is about young boys that were assaulted in a juvenile prison

And they they came back and it was based on the Count of Monte Cristo and they came back and avenged each one of those prison guards that had attacked them and

One of the ways was they went after a guy that was thick with the mayor's office or something like that and

Played by like it's Justin Henry Justin Patrick

Or

Anyway, he's given this

policeman this internal affairs guy this whole dossier on this because this guy became a cop after leaving the juvenile prison

And the policeman says to uh says that joss he says Justin Patrick says hey, uh, do me a favor

If I ever piss me piss you off

Let me know give me a chance to apologize and that's kind of I was Stephanie, you know

I'm gonna say you give me a chance definitely you don't mess with Stephanie Olsen that uh

You did us all a favor and I know other people said this

You did you did the community a favor by putting this guy

Away by standing up and being courageous and when when most people would not blame you for for not coming forward given

Um, how brutal that circumstance was

Thank you. So thank you

Thank you, Janie. Well, we're really glad you called it. I guess Janie while you're on the line

I can make this big announcement another woman of courage of great courage another woman of walka Shah

Much of the same milk as Stephanie Olsen is my guest's next week's show and uh, we're proud that this week in walka

She'll be the first media outlet anywhere

To interview this woman in her first leg of the vindication tour and I'm talking about

former alder my former colleague in the city council and former county legislator

Kathleen Cummings who went through a vicious criminal trial was arrested for election fraud and a lot of these

uh

Is just a vicious couple of years and

I think she said 30 months

30 months

And over $80,000 in legal fees and public humiliation and embarrassment and uh, she came out on tap recently

A lesson a month ago

She was acquitted of all charges and major victory and as this relates to Stephanie and we're talking about this is

Kathleen's attorney had told her

Because she kept getting bullied by the prosecution to take

A lower plea or to take to take a deal and it seemed like in each offer there was a she had to commit to never running for office again

Which we learned later could be unconstitutional

But more to the point was that her attorney told her that

Evolved the criminal trials and this was a criminal trial in the United States of the thousands of them

It's like 3% end up in an acquittal

So the odds are very much against her and and one of the reasons for that is because

A majority of these cases try to get plead out

These prosecutors office these DEAs office they want to kind of move the docket

get get to the uh

Get all that inventory off and and they make deals and so

And the opposite side or at least in a different scenario for

Stephanie and for victims of sexual assault

There is a big stack of these criminal in a lot of times

They just try to move the the

The wheels of justice in a way that maybe real justice isn't um

Executed

Go ahead Stephanie. No, right um

But my my team the DA's office they were not they were relentless

They were not going to give them any leeway they were not going to negotiate period

Yeah

And they knew they had a slam dunk

When I doubted it you know and sure I just didn't know because I had no proof

I thought I had no proof no cameras. I mean if I could

When this case then people that have cameras. I mean

There's people should just go for help. They have to I mean if I could I had no

No proof. I thought I had no proof and and I won so you have to go for help. Yeah

Can I make a quick point on that? Sure one of the things I like to

Bring to people's attention about walk a shot is that we do have a system of cameras right

I have a camera on my doorbell

Um, and you can actually register that with the city on the city's website

So there's something thank you for sharing that Alicia. Yeah, so we can get that evidence

So let's put a pin in that and I want I want to hear more from Alicia Helenslay went about that as well

It's the rest of what was going on with Stephanie's trial as this week and watch I continues plus more local news including some small business bullying

In the halls of

Tell me how

Ariana we all want to say thank you to you for being so strong and so wonderful and uh

You've been singing a lot for us. So I think we in Britain want to sing for you

This is called dogma back in anger and this is from us to you

You

Let's go

You know you're my

Better place to play

You said she'd never been all the things that you've seen

This started fade away

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So I saw the revolution from my back

Because you said the brains I have went to my hand

Step outside the summer time to move

Stand up beside the fireplace and take that look from your face

Because you ain't ever go to burn my heart out

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You're listening

You're listening to this week and walk ashaw and w-e-k with your host downtown downie brown here in the office of former alderman

Don Paul Brown and w-e-k studio's and uh that was cold play alive performance of

What was named the song again maxi?

Don't look back in anger. Don't look back in anger originally by oasis and it was oh yeah

That's right. It was and I think one of the oasis brothers one of the Gallagher's was on the stage

They're singing with cold play, but it was um are you on a grand a

You know around that time had given a concert in uk where i guess an explosion took place or a shooting or just a violent act and

That had traumatized her and filled her with guilt even though she was you know clearly not responsible

But they um they brought her back and it's this concert they they she was on the stage with them

They played that song as a tribute and you're very similar to the theme of what

Was experienced here in downtown hawkishah

in february of 2023 and then the recent result

You can say the vindication that the justice for Stephanie Olson and for for a lot of us

Especially if we've known somebody that was victimized or we're victimized ourselves

And the sun's uh fighting its way back out. So great great stuff

But we were talking and Alicia made an excellent point about

Cameras everywhere

And that's why I asked Mary Jane of go ahead continue Alicia

Yeah, um, you know

During the break Stephanie was talking about how um they really work cameras all over downtown

And that's that kind of helped with the case um and you know another

Unfortunate incident that happened downtown the purpose is prayed. Yep. Yeah, the assailant was caught

Yeah, we we knew exactly what his movements were because so many people do have those cameras

And I know that some people might say oh we live in a surveillance state, but

Honestly, if you know for me I it's nice even if it's just a package arriving at home on how I know okay, it's there

But what it can be helpful for is when there is something really unfortunate that happens

We have clear evidence of what's going on where that person was what they did

And we can use that to to help out the DA's office and make sure that they have a solid case

And ask Mary Jane to stay on the phone because when I was in the council

I served on the IT board with Mary Jane

She was a citizen member of the IT board and had some great and

when we were there was um

I'm a IT director Chris Pofall talked about how

There are cameras throughout the city

Set up by the IT department

That give them a great view of what's going on here. Mary Jane

Did I lose her I see her name on the board here so but um there was a

You know the gas station there on white rock and that crazy intersection there

White rock in 18

Uh, the gas station the owner that gas station was murdered

And same thing using those cameras. They were able to follow that guy in his car

The assailant and we're able to catch him and I think too because he didn't know his way around walk a shot

I was somebody from out of town that made it easier to catch them

But having that video surveillance was a huge factor in that's a flock camera right

Yes, so we have a variety of different types of cameras including the flock cameras um which have been instrumental in helping to

Locate stolen vehicles as well. So my van was stolen in december on the side of my

And they watched the camera and watched it go away

Sure, but they caught it. They found it in manamony falls by using the flock camera right yeah

What's a flock camera? Yeah

Um, so I can I can speak to that a little bit. Yeah, so the flock cameras um they're specifically meant to

Identify license plates um of you know

Okay, this particular vehicle was involved in a crime or it was stolen

And then they are looking specifically for the license plate

So it's not that they're just tracking everyone's movements all the time that's definitely not the purpose

It is we have a license plate number. We know this is what happened with that vehicle

This is what we're trying to do to find them. So it's not the police just accessing anyone's license plate for any reason

They have to have a specific reason to track that vehicle

It can be very helpful obviously. Yeah

Sure, and I think again, there's that issue of

Is it too much infringement on your personal freedoms

Versus are we are we feeling safer now that we have

You know, you hate to say big brother

But knowing that we've got that extra coverage. Yeah, especially a small business owners

Now it's telling stuff. Stephanie's had been a business here for over 40 years and downtown walkish on

That should really be the theme of that's why we should have Stephanie on this to celebrate

Someone that's been a small business owner for that long

Has survived the test of time and continues to thrive

And uh, it's a it's beneficial for for people like you for so many of us in our small business community

Um, I mean that certainly makes you feel more

I hate to say safer more assured that we can

Uh, and if people know this too, then maybe they're not as inclined to commit these types of atrocities or crimes

Right, and I've been very lucky that I've had such a great business. I mean from day one

I was I'm grand in college in 1983. That's when I opened up. Oh wow, and then I bought my building

30 years ago and

It's been great ever since yeah, sure. I've never had a slow time

Wow, and that's not you know again in your type of but you could say it's kind of a niche business

And people are more inclined to buy a new pair of pants or should first instead of getting it altered or fixed

But they still they when there's still a market out there for that. I think that's terrific. Right

So fantastic

Well, we've got another great hour of this morning this week in wakasha on this beautiful Saturday morning and

Stephanie will stay with Alicia help and slave and will stay with us

We'll talk about some downtown business news including some uh some bullying among local businesses that um

I find rather distasteful and we want to do a deeper dive in that plus jane man here

We'll be calling in from the wakasha farmers market at the beginning of this next hour giving us an update

And then she'll be calling back again at the second point and then we're gonna do the carol minute

honoring one of their stars

Who received national recognition for her three-point shooting and so much more

Here on this week in wakasha on this beautiful Saturday morning

It's watching me

June

24 if it's eight o'clock on Saturday morning. It's still time for this week in wakasha

hour number two. I'm your host downtown downie brown coming to you live in local from the office of former alderman downpaul brown

Here in the wak studios in downtown right around the corner from the adora yalman's park

What we are proud to honor our suffragette here atage here in the shaw

I'm joined by the mighty max martinson on the board and my two got guests in body that suffragette

Spirit that the odora yalman's unleashed here in wakasha more than a hundred years ago and

Speaking of other great suffragette and woman we have the immortal jane matinee at the wakasha farmers market

Tending the booth for us this morning jane. Can you hear us?

Good morning down

It is finally stopped raining down here at the wakasha farmers market and it is going to be a fantastic day

If you need fresh vegetables if you are looking for fresh flowers you can get fresh bread

If you're looking for a snack, there's all kinds of food you can try out

This is a wonderful wonderful farmer's market if you've never been down here

We're right along the river in downtown wakasha. We will be here until noon today

It's going to be a little warm today

So if you're thinking about coming out you may want to come out a little bit early and avoid the hot pot heat

If you stop by the civic media booth not only can you register to win this fantastic bicycle

But we have candy for the kids. We have milk bones for your furry kids

We would love to see you stop by and say hello and come and fill up

Everything you are looking for you can even get your knives sharpened and as I always say

There is a maple and bacon scone

That you absolutely have to try out

Those are it's saying but probably won't change the course of your entire life

From the wakasha farmers market for w-a-u-k

This is Jane neton air on civic media back of you done

Thank you so much Jane and yes you must catch man air on air

Monday through Fridays 10 to 12

Jane and Greg back and

Jane one of the legends of the civic media family has been in radio for has had quite a prosperous career

And we're so grateful to have her here at w-a-k

That show is a was a fun show and it talks about all things uh Wisconsin

politics new sports

Culture and uh and Greg's arrived great Greg and Jane make a great great team with that show

And um, I love jane's you met me here

I thought she should like buy the rights to that because I

I had a friend. He's a professional musher humedaf. He's been he's finished in the top 25 in the

I did a ride for many years

He won the Yukon trail at one point in his career

competed in other

tournaments, but he grew up in Chicago land and um

He used to take me to mat nays to movies in the daytime in the summer because he was more of a cold weather guy

And he said uh, and I was amazed at how crowded it was at these movie theaters

During the day when you got this beautiful sunshine outside

He said to a lot of the lower income families come go to the mat nays because it's you know a couple bucks

It's a lot less to get in

But it's also its air condition and a lot of um, you know, we're living homes that aren't you know

multi-unit homes that aren't air conditioned and uh

Siley site like matinee or that'd be a great name for a group of people for a whole like uh a cult following or

So jane should buy the rights to her surname is because and her show is kind of a matinee

It's that mid-morning or you know, it breaks into the early day following uh pack quite low and early ingram

Two other like quality shows up north news in the early ingram show

So it's a really great um

It's great to have the civic media dial on your app or on your radio at work

Uh or at home in the mornings and so uh, it's always great having jane at the farmer's market

So that's her her second leg uh running the booth there and uh grateful for all that she does

So especially you know with uh Johnny used to have to run the farmer's market all the time and the poor guy

We've been wearing him out. So we're glad to have him in studio here with his good friend Stephanie Olson and with

11th district alder Alicia Helben Slaven

Who uh, I know we have to let go early. Where are you going to today Alicia?

Uh, I am kicking off a canvas

Uh, it is it's election season. It sure is it sure is

So and that's uh that reminds me if there's candidates that you want to hear from

For different offices. Let me know we'd love to have them on the show as long as you understand that

We also have to invite their opponents out of fairness and so

Uh, yeah, let us know if there's someone you'd like to have on that's a running for local office in this uh

Very exciting campaign season. So but I'm very excited to have Stephanie Olson on an Alicia together

Uh, two stalwarts in downtown

Wakesha and you know, Stephanie was here to talk about this traumatic experience and to be a champion for victims rights and to let

Let women in any victim of sexual assault

Really encourage them to have the you know to to come forward and and help others and and know that you're not alone

That's fair to say rights and you even offered to that if

someone if someone you knew or if they knew you or even if they didn't

Especially here in Wakesha if something like that were to happen to them they could call you you would drive them to the hospital

I think is what you said, right? Absolutely. Yeah, so it doesn't matter what time

They what if I'm in town, which I normally am just call me if they're afraid or

Have doubt just call me and I'll direct them or take them whatever they need go to the police

Hospital whatever they want to do I will I will definitely take them sure

And what's amazing to me was that you've been here over 40 years

And you remember a time especially like in the 80s when you started

When downtown wasn't so

Didn't feel so safe as it does now is that fair to say?

Um, well, it was safe when I first got here, but just the last couple years

I don't know what's happened

But I mean I

I felt safe for earlier when I first got here. Yeah, okay, because I again, I wasn't living here then but I knew that

A lot of bands like like the Bodines other musicians that came out of Wakesha could get some really cheap studio space because there were a lot of

Closures in downtown a lot of boarded up buildings where they could go and like where

What's it called now pilots or copilot the where roots used to be our mountaintop coffee

I

Yeah, I'd heard that that's where um the Bodines had cut what like many of their great albums was right there in Main Street

So I I just assumed knowing um because then back then it was also Brookfield Square that really hurt downtown Wakesha

Well Main Street that's a whole different story than the side streets. I'm on the side street and I don't think there's enough coverage

Again, like I said the police were perfect. They were great with me

But I don't think there's enough coverage on the side streets. I mean

Main Street. There's not a lot of crime going on because it's very busy

There's a lot of the side streets feel very dark at night. Oh, yeah

So and I'm one of the very few that are there after dark and I I work late. That's my own choice. I work late at night sure sure my lights around but

The side streets need more coverage. I believe and

The Main Street, you know, that's that's safe. I always feel safe on Main Street

Okay, thank you for that. Speak of Main Street. I wanted to share some

Some good news and then also discuss some unfortunate news and

I learned this from the framing yesterday that the city of Wakshaw has received funds

From a 2024 raise all caps raise a grant worth over a million dollars to design

Pedestrian and bicycle bridges

Alicia, can you speak to that?

Yeah, um, you know, one of the things that I think

Will actually help keep Wakshaw safe and make Wakshaw safer is to have more people walking around

Or on bicycles

Because the more kind of foot traffic that there is the less likely people will feel like they can get away with something

I think that says something about side streets

So I love the idea that we're going to be encouraging more

Pedestrians and bike traffic

If I never had to drive I would be perfectly happy. I walked here to get away because I only lived two blocks away

And I'll be walking over to my next appointment and then walking home because if I don't need a car

I don't want to use one. Hey, I love this idea. One of the first people I thought of when I read this in addition a lot of my bicycle friends was

um

Longtime Wakshaw Denizen and legendary cross-country coach at Wakshaw North High School Jamie

Mosley whose son Noah played baseball with my son Evan

I think it was like in seventh grade youth baseball and he when I was still in the council

In Jamie it's said that he thought it'd be great to have

More pedestrian bridges in Wakshaw, especially for those runners that they'd have some nicer

So I'm sure he's smiling ear to ear and I remember

There were people in my when when I was district one was my district before that uh unspeakable outrage in 2021

That there were people that were living closer to

What is still district one over on springdale that they led like to ride their bikes lap

But you've got you know, you're surrounded by major roads everywhere and it would be neat to have

Clear path or bicyclists to especially get to our lovely downtown here and in different parts of the city

Well, right when you live you know half a mile away from somewhere

But you have to cross to major highways or something to get there

It doesn't feel like it's half a mile anymore

So to have these things that are connecting communities making them more walkable more bicycle friendly

Takes cars off the road creates less of a parking issue that I get to hear about

So I think that yeah, if we're able to connect communities and and really make those

You know actually community-focused neighborhood focus. That's that's the best way to go about things

Agreed agreed and sweet enough connectivity

In fortunate news is we we caught this on social media my wife did actually

About a certain downtown walk a shop business and Stephanie your friends of the owner who decided to move her store to Burlington

Because of some bullying she was experiencing from another downtown neighbor and I won't reveal that name

Because I like shopping there and it's it's unfortunate. I'm kind of just dealing with it, but

Uh, can you give us share some more specifics on that Stephanie or Alicia that is part of what you know

Um, actually I went to the ladies shop yesterday as a matter of fact and she told me she was moving and I was really surprised and

Um, she told me the reason that she had been bullied by another shop owner right downtown on the same street

And I thought that's so unfortunate because we should all be supporting each other, you know

Even if you're direct competitors, right? Yeah, and I mean I have competition and but I'm not gonna bash her

Um, you always want your competition to do well

Right, it brings more people to the downtown it brings more people to your business district if you're not downtown

Exactly, and um, oh, I was it was just such a shame and I mean she here she has to travel to open her business someplace else

And did you live in a walk a shop? Um, yes, she does yeah, that's even more her commute to Burlington

Yeah, and she's the center of the gas bill for the

Oh, yeah, and uh, and it's one store downtown that's

Causing her to leave and and one store that should know better given the store owners involvement in downtown walk shot with Friday live and with the business the downtown business association and

Um, we're going to continue this conversation as well as um

Talk about the Carol minute

Um, and so much more local news here in this weekend walk asha with my guest Stephanie Olson

And older Alicia Helben Slaven and my good friend Johnny watermelon and we're taking your calls in the civic media app on this beautiful Saturday morning June 29th

You lie like

We can't pretend there's nothing wrong

Who'll be pressed to say

That's the thrill

And we'll never get it back

Hey, let's look at this week in walk a shot with your host downtown Danny Brown

Somebody you live in local from the office of former alderman down Paul Brown and you're listening to one of my favorite bands the water boys

live and

Uh, is a glass tambourier gas tambourier. It's like one of the great music festivals that takes place in the in the UK

And uh, it was a it was uh, the thrill is gone

And the healing has begun a cover of the great van morrison song and if you ever get a chance to listen that

It's from an album called the live adventures of the water boys and it was from that gas tambourier festival that's on my bucket list by the way

There's always great uh bands that they have playing there in the summer

So but i thought the healing has begun and it certainly has with our good friend

Stephanie Olson who's overcome so much, but is also

fought back figuratively in a way that

A valent criminal was brought to justice and is spending what is

Very believably the rest of his life

In jail at least the next 50 years and so

And we can't thank you enough for that

But we are talking about some other victimization going on a local business owner that has to leave

Uh, the city because of uh, bullying she received from another business neighbor

Which i think is unconscionable

But Stephanie you're saying when you talk to her that she was also dealing with a landlord that was very non-responsive

Right she said she can't get a hold of him

Or them um

The things go wrong with the building she's called they don't return the call is right there in main street

The same building is oh chocolate. Yeah next door. It's the same building and i have no problem calling these these people out because that's

That's also unconscionable you're in downtown wakasha

And our downtown is so important to our way of life here

It's the center. I mean Friday night live really was a big

Factor and revitalizing our downtown. That's fair to say

And so I I believe it's the same building. I don't know if it's separate. I thought it yeah

I thought it if it's yeah if it's not connected. It's like right next door for sure. Yeah, but um

It's right. I've bought gifts for there like for my wife or her birthday or mother's day is cute

You know trinkets and yeah, and I always try to shop downtown wakasha

Even though my you know choices are limited versus when I hate going to malls

I will say the corners is very well designed and has a lot of new urbanism elements in that that downtown's like wakasha could

Model after the the I mean the street parking is good in wakasha like it is at the corners

But that that ramp in the corners is so well lit

I remember someone said it was like a tanning salon and you have the entrance ascetics walking there, which is brilliant

And I I know I ramp here wakasha is very well lit, but you said to the cameras are not working

There are no cameras except the entrance and the exit interesting and I had made a complaint about that and

The the question or the answer was well, we'll have to have a meeting about that and it was a matter of

The cost of cameras sure and I hadn't made a comment that oh the cost well

I'll pay for him and then there was pure silence after I had suggested that when alderman piper was on the show last week

He had mentioned that they are working on the new plan and maybe that's that's something that

Do you think that would be a fair point to bring up Alicia to see where we could find funding for something like that because

I know that people's perceptions especially women's perceptions are the reality and a lot of people

Out of women don't like parking and ramps because of that safety issue that stigma

That ramps are known for and the lighting is important, but I think also having cameras if they're cost effective

Yeah, absolutely um, this is definitely something

Improvements on on both ramps. So the one that's right here across the street as well as the one at the transit center

It's a high priority to make sure that those are safe and that we're doing what we can

Obviously, there are all kinds of budget constraints. Then you know that

Joe Piper will could probably talk

At more length than I could

But yeah, we're always we're always trying to find the balance of of making sure that we're providing the best possible service to the community

While also maintaining a balanced budget and you know, not to completely go off the rails here with a different subject

But you know a lot of that comes back to things like shared revenue and levy limits that are really holding us back

And it's not something that has to do with the city, but actually the state legislature

So you know, it all kind of comes full circle and and really being aware of

You know who you're voting for and what they stand for and whether they're not they're actually standing up for the community

And and making sure that they're doing a good job

But it is a conversation that I have been having

And I know that it's a top priority to make sure that we are making those improvements

So that people will feel like they should use the ramps and can use the ramps in a safe way

Uh, go ahead, Stephanie. Okay. I know this on self-centered, but when my van was stolen that was December and I got my van back

and the same the like and

and

A detective actually told me that my van was safer

Parking on the side of my building where it was stolen than parking in the ramp that was in December

And I had parked my van in the ramp. I turned around and there was a car with flat tires all four

And I

Thought well, okay, there's no way to found find out who did that because there's no cameras

That was in December. Okay, and I just thought what

Why aren't their cameras? I just thought okay if there's cameras at the beginning of the building and the end the exit

um

What's the point in that they need to be on each floor and

I mean, maybe all the businesses should kick in and pay for them. I mean, I would kick in

I would voluntarily kick in sure, but we need

You'd be worth seeing a costing out a class analysis and what it would cost each business

And the value, especially if we have that new hotel and the steakhouse coming in. Yeah, they're gonna need parking

Right, yeah, they will have parking there. Yeah, um, that was part of the

Oh, so with the ramp, right? Okay, great. We'll have parking spaces. That's great news

So hey, I want to cut real quick to the Carol minute

And I want to acknowledge Emily Wisner a member of the 23 24

Carol University women's basketball team that took the world by fire winning the CCIW conference and the conference tournament

Congratulations to them. They were a first seed in the NCAA

Tournament and Emily was recently recognized by the NCAA within a ward

Acknowledging her with having the highest three point percentage in NCAA division three women's basketball

That's a huge accomplishment

Congrats Emily on this accomplishment and

You owe it to yourselves. I know there's a growing interest in women's basketball and I celebrate that

I do enjoy I like the WMBA now better than the NBA

I tried watching one of the finals and I had to turn it off after five minutes

It's such a selfish brand of basketball

The woman's game to me still has a lot of that geometry those design plays and that's what I enjoy most and so

You want to see some great local college basketball be sure to check out coach Lindsey Schultz's

Pioneers woman's basketball team

They've got a lot of great players coming back for the 24 25 campaign and they're right here in town

the

The fieldhouse they play at is

Easily the hardest

Fieldhouse to play at for a women's basketball. They have a high winning percentage

I think they've only lost like

three or four

Games in the last like four or five years so but the conversation continues

I want to thank Alder Alicia Helben Slaven who has to go canvassing canvassing

This morning and the sun's come out so it's great that to be able to ring doors and have the sun shining on you

and so much more a Stephanie Olsen of

alterations unlimited and

James Centella's just entered the office of former aldermen down Paul Brown

So so much more going on here and this weekend walk a shot

You

Hey, listen to this week in walkershaw, I'm W-A-U-K,

540 AM 101.1 FM, that's right, this week in walk shun, I'm your host down

brown, coming to you live in local from the office of former Alderman,

Don Paul Brown, here in the W-A-K studios, I've got mighty max on the studio

and on the board, excuse me, we're all in the studio, and we've also been graced

with the visit from our legal, one of our closest legal advisors, James Santel,

here in the office of former Alderman, Don Paul Brown, and he has graced us again

with these delicious pastries, bakery, as we like to call it in the Moac area,

from Gloriosos on Brady Street, and can't thank Jim enough for all that he does,

for civic media and for W-A-U-K, and our beloved city walkershaw.

And my guest is again, it's Stephanie Olson, who survived a brutal

assault in February of 2023, and played a big role in helping

apprehend the assailant within 24 hours of the attack, and then just recently last week,

bringing ultimate justice up a 50-year sentence with the likelihood that he may never get out of

prison alive with that kind of sentence, and so where she is a champion now for victims' rights,

and has offered herself up to help any victims. And real quick, in the Carol Minute,

I'd mentioned Emily Wisner, for being recognized for having the highest three-point

shooting percentage in Division III nationally, and my predecessor in the City Council,

who does some work for Kelly University, Terry Theemy, also a county supervisor,

Senator Elaine Nice Taxi said, I'm glad you brought that up about Carol down there,

such a wonderful group of young ladies, and I could not agree more Coach Lindsey Schultz and her team,

a lot of character, and it was really fun watching them, and I missed, I got to broadcast a few

of the games, including a major upset over a number 19 in the country. It was one of their,

Oh, Millican, who was ranked number 9th in the country at the time, and it was a really exciting game.

So thank you for that, Terry, and we are talking about the ramps and the safety of them,

and Alicia had sent offline that she is working with Jeff Forton from planning

about improving the safety of the parking garage, the ramps, if you will, and maybe bringing

in some cameras, hopefully. And Mary Jane, who had called earlier, Mary Jane Sanchez,

also texted, because she uses that ramp a lot. If you're talking about the Waukesha south,

she means like south of downtown parking ramp, the elevator has not been working for at least three

to four months. She had called that in that there was smoke coming from that elevator, and it hasn't

ever, hasn't worked since. So we appreciate you sharing that, and we'll make sure that Alicia knows

that and other people in the city. So, and it's really how a great city works is if we've got

active residents call in, and you'll find a pretty proactive city in many cases. And

speaking of proactive, Jane, Matt, near has been extremely patient from the Waukesha farmers

mark with an update that the sun has come out, and smiling on Jane and our Wauk booth there. Jane,

what's going on? As you said down, the sun has come out. It is going to be a beautiful, beautiful day

down here at the Waukesha farmers market. You got to stop by and say hello. We are here until

noon today, and I'm telling you what done. This is one stop shopping here at the Waukesha farmers

market. There's a booth that is selling grass fed beef. Every vegetable you can possibly imagine

from little potatoes, new mushrooms to the most gorgeous onions I've ever seen,

fresh garlic. There's honey. Of course, there's all kinds of bakery down here. Wonderful,

wonderful food. If you're looking for a snack, I personally am going to check out the empanadas

at the Benins Whalen food truck, because those look pretty tasty. Like I said, bakery, fresh flowers.

You can get your knives sharpened. You can get treats for your dog. You can get just about anything

you need for a fabulous dinner tonight, right down here at the Waukesha farmers market.

If you stop down, make sure you stop by the Civic Media booth. David and I are there. You can

register to win this really, really nice bicycle. Pick up some stickers. Stop by, say hello. We

would love to meet you. We will be here until noon today, and I hope to see you before then.

This is Jane Matt Mayer for WAUK coming to you across the Civic Media Radio Network. Thanks,

Hey, thanks so much, Jane. It's a pity. I wouldn't believe that any member of the WAUK team

would be eligible for that bicycle, because that sounds like a real winner. I'm in the market for

a new bike. I do encourage everybody to stop by and say hi to Jane and put your name in for that

that bicycle. Be sure to catch Jane Monday through Friday, 10 to 12 Matt Mayer on air. Jane is

joined by Greg Bach, one of our producer extraordiners. Greg's got a full morning because he produces

up north news with Pat Critello here out of WAUK and Pat's up there, and I believe in old Claire.

And then he joins Jane a couple hours later after Earl Ingram's show, and they really,

those two have a lot of fun together and I highly encourage you to listen that. And download

the Civic Media app so you don't have to be rolling the dials around so you can catch all the great

Civic Media programming anywhere you go. So and I mentioned we have a, so you know, Jane gives us

the farmer's market report and other people that that man our booth that run our booth, excuse me,

every week, but we do have an authentic farmer or crop report on Civic Media. And it's every,

I guess like five in the morning, Pam Yankee with I forget the name of the organization out of

Madison. It's like a farmer's bureau, but she has a life of experience and trench grew up in a

farm family. And it's fun to listen to. And you learn a lot about how agriculture is still

driving force for our economy, and especially Wisconsin agriculture and it's worthwhile checking

it out. And I'm going to have to have Pam call in one of these Saturdays and educate us a little

more on that. So so grateful for everything going on here. So we were continuing the conversation with

Stephanie. We were talking about parking rams, but I think you wanted to switch gears a set. There

was about an article that you'd read recently about downtown Wakashan, some of the misperceptions

of safety or I think it was regarding the homeless maybe. Oh right. Well several months ago, there

was an article saying and it was about that there the crime downtown was attributed to the homeless

and mentally ill and I have to disagree with that. The problem are the little thugs that are

let out of jail and they're dumped off downtown with their backpacks with little switch blades in

them. That they're just out of jail and they just are dumped off downtown. And I in 40 years,

I have never had a mentally ill person or a homeless person come in my shop and ask me for

anything. And I swear that that's never happened. But I've had somebody like this guy that came in my

shop, you know, asked me for money and asked me to use my phone, but never ever. So that is a misconception

that that happens. And I've never, you know, after dark, there are homeless people downtown,

but they're looking for cover. You know, they're not out harassing people. They're not asking for

anything. And I really was offended by that that this person that said that gives a conception

that there's such a problem like that. I disagreed with that. That's not the problem.

Well, and again, being a downtown business owner, especially since you're kind of off the beaten

path a little bit where you think homeless people are would venture towards that you have an

experience that. And this is on the side, side streets, right? That's I mean, yeah, you're not

right on Main Street. And this person that said this in the paper, I don't think they even walk

on Main Street, much less the side streets. So maybe if they walked around more, they would see

that that's not the problem. And after dark, then you would see what's what's going on, you know,

on the side streets. And I wouldn't go out after dark on the side streets. So I just don't think

that's what the problem is. Sure, sure. Yeah. And I just again, I live in a walk shop over 12 years.

Before I lived here, or even when we first moved here, downtown never seemed safe to me at night.

Main Street, yes, but some of those side streets, absolutely not. But in the way that downtown is

developed economically and otherwise in recent years, that I do feel much safer being down here.

And you know, my wife come down here frequently to have dinner when we don't have anything going on

with all the sports and the other activities or kids have going on. It's we don't get downtown

as much as we'd like. And Mary Jane Sanchez just texted and she said, your statement, Stephanie

statement is true. Many of the thugs arrived by bus. And so they're they're getting out of county,

you just up the road, right, the county courthouse where those yeah, and they're they're just coming

to downtown. That seems peculiar to me that they wouldn't be going back to, right, unless they live

in Waukesha or came from here that they'd end up here instead of going back to wherever it was

they were apprehended by the police. Yes, I don't know what the answer is to that, but sure. But

that'd be interesting. It'd be great to talk to somebody made from the county sheriffs and see

like what their process is for when they release people from because it's it's just a holding center.

There's not like a boat like there's not people in that complex that are doing two or three

or stretches. It's just people that are, you know, while they're facing trial or.

Well, this guy went to a high school here in Waukesha. The guy that attacked you. He was a

graduate of one of our high school. Okay. And and everybody thought he was on this poor kid from

Milwaukee. Yeah. Here he went to school out here. So I don't know if he had relatives here. Turns

out he graduated from Waukesha, West and his dad's a cardiologist. I had to get my dig in at last.

But it is also heartbreaking that you're saying that someone that was born and raised here. That

is one of our own if you should say. I mean, I guess we're all brothers and sisters wherever we live,

but you know, here in Waukesha, it's got to hurt too, you know, that we because we value our schools,

we value our neighborhoods and our communities. And so that makes it even sadder to me in so many ways.

So especially again, since it was a random attack, you know, it's like

my impression was that the young man came from Milwaukee. We're, you know, going up in a big city

like that and maybe in a tougher neighborhood. He felt, he felt really fearless being able to walk

through downtown Waukesha and looking for the right spot and the right situation to strike.

And then kind of learned the hard way that that doesn't happen that easily here.

So, Trevor, so what's in store for you? I mean, I think you made a statement about

you plan on being open for another 40 years. Oh, yeah. And I believe it. So that's, you have a long

way to go before retirement. Well, the judge said, Stephanie won't be around if you ever get out of

prison. And I, and I kind of motion to the DA. You want to tell him that if he ever gets out,

I'll be at the gate waiting for him. And the DA just kind of looked at me with Johnny and some

brass knuckles. And he looked at me like I could tell in his eyes like Stephanie goes sit out and

be quiet. But there's that tenacious part on you stuff. Yeah. So Johnny, he's taken over a

leacious spot here and Johnny's a very dear friend of Stephanie's and he's wanting to introduce me

to Stephanie at the farmer's market a couple of years ago. And you guys had a nice lunch together

yesterday. Yeah. We visited a little bit about what we were going to do today. And I just want to

kind of maybe backtrack a little bit. Stephanie and I met a couple of years ago because she's a great

seamstress and daler. And I needed some work done in a friendship broke out. Okay. And it's been,

it's just been a great relationship to hear what she went through was just horrific. So I'm,

I'm here asking the community to to help in the healing process to to be friends Stephanie and

to embrace her courage that she was so so brave during this traumatic event that she took down all

the details made the made this prosecution go by the numbers and put this guy away for the rest

of his life. Okay. So she was calm under pressure. She did everything right. She was the victim here.

Okay. This guy's gone now, but we still need to rally around Stephanie. So if you've got a piece

of business in the walk a shot area, please come in and say hi to her or drop off a bouquet of flowers

or something and rally around this woman. She has done such a great service for this community

and will continue to do so. She's offering to to be helpful to any other victims as we all should.

So that that is my ask. I love it, Johnny. Thank you. And the conversation continues with Stephanie

Olson and Johnny watermelon, Stephanie Olson of alterations and limited about the future in downtown

walk a shot and so much more. And also I want to report this real quick. How are we doing on time?

They're maxi 30 seconds. Perfect. So the family of a walk shot Olympic athlete Gwen Jorgison will

address attendees at the walk a shot County Historical Society Museum during its next lunch and learn

event on July 9th. And I that begins at 11 a.m. And I encourage all of you to check that out. That

sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day in July or historical society and so much more here in

this week in walk shot.

You're listening this week in walk a shot with your host down brown comedy live and local from the

office of former Alderman down Paul Brown and very fitting song for our guest Stephanie Olson. You

got to be by Desray. Love that song. That's kind of one of my rally songs. And how should I say it's

yeah. I mean you embody that song. That's kind of why I had Johnny here to give witness as a

closer friend that this isn't an actor putting on you really are Teflon stuff. And you don't mess with

you don't mess with Stephanie Olson. Tenacious. Tenacious. Yeah. In addition to all those like

pins and needles she has an alteration shop. There's other ways she can. So I don't met but

no I'm a serious note though. We are we are grateful for your courageous stand against this unspeakable act.

And grateful for the opportunity to celebrate what you did.

Rising above tragedy. And what other precautions are you taking now to be safe in your

your shop there and what what what are some other recommendations you have for other business owners

and residents in downtown Waukesha. Well like I said before I don't know if I was careless or

trusting but in 40 years I never lacked my door at the business. I just always felt safe and

and this this guy I said on Facebook that you know he probably didn't graduate from high school

and probably can't spell his name but he he's an educator no offense to teachers but he taught me

how to be suspicious and yeah and lock my door watch my shoulder while or my shoulder

and just you know be more suspicious careful I guess I don't know if I'm just

careless or trusting but I lock my door now I'm more aware of what's going on around me

and that's the main thing you just have to be aware you have to pay attention

don't put yourself in a position where you could get attacked and I never blamed myself I never

thought it was my fault never felt guilty and that's why I went to the police in the hospital

immediately and in my therapy the therapist said well you know I don't want you to blame yourself

and I said I never blame myself it was situational you know had I had the door locked he couldn't

have got in had I not have had something a rack of clothes in front of the window

somebody could have seen it you know there were certain circumstances it was a perfect storm

but I never ever blamed myself never you know it wasn't my fault I didn't do anything to deserve

that so I didn't have any hesitation to go to for help that's what I'm trying to get through to

people you don't deserve it no matter what if you know the person or not you have to go to go for

help you just have to otherwise these people are going to keep running around and and doing it over

and over again sure and you know I didn't say this in court but he told me he had done it before

and he said I said did you've done this before and he said yeah but I didn't I never got caught

and I said well you're going to this time and he looked real puzzled and I said do you think I'm

not gonna go to the police and he looked puzzled and I said oh yeah I'm going to well that was

gutsy too because he's still there in the store he could have potentially hurt you more but at

that point you were pretty on phase or you're well by that time you were shocked well we were face

to face by then and yeah I knew he couldn't overpower me then he was a coward and waited till I turn

my back sure so I knew he couldn't do it then okay well did you ever had you ever been training

any type of like self defense oh no okay but no and then his attorney asked me well did you scream

and I said no why would I do that when he threatened to kill me and what would be the point

sure and and then I continue to ask that his attorney you know I don't know I'm not a gambler are

you sir I would you gamble annoying that he's just said he had something in his bag to kill me

you may have another career as a professional witness for these other you know like but what I'm

what amazes me is that you're an obvious shock pain but you thought to make a record in your mind

of all the things that the assailant was touching including the doorknob when he left your shop that

after he closed the door behind him you locked the bolt you did not touch the doorknob so that the

police could come in and capture evidence which also made it a slam dunk in terms of the trial

right and that's the other thing his lawyer said but so you took the time to write everything down

and check out his clothing and and then you went to the hospital and I just told him I said yes

I did because when we got to this day is there a playbook for you know when you get assaulted I mean

let's you know like what's the playbook you know tell me you know I this is new for me you know

and I just said I wanted to write everything down and make sure I got everything straight so when

we got to this day this guy would go to prison for the rest of his life and and the the attorney said

no more questions I love that I would love to see a like a tape of that I don't know if those video

I'm sure it was capture a video of the trial but I would love to see that to see the expression

of the lawyer's fate and in that response and then he said I'm sorry but somebody had to do it

at the end sure sure well you did it we thankful in the two minutes we have remaining Stephanie anything

else you want our listeners to know about you this situation and also your your store that we

got to have you on again and talk about alterations unlimited and it's many years of service here in

well I mean beside what happened to me I'm trying to get out there that if something like this

happens whether you know the person or not you just have to go to the hospital go to the police

it doesn't matter what order I mean the first thing I did was go to the hospital and his attorney

was saying well why didn't you go to the police why didn't you call 911 I didn't know if he was

out there or not I didn't know what to expect out there so I went to the hospital I had my

event parked in the ramp fortunately so he didn't know if I was in the building or not but I went

to the hospital it didn't matter if you go to the police or you know terrific Stephanie Olsen

alterations unlimited thank you so much for your courage and for all that you do for our city

and on the behalf of walk show people everywhere thanks again for your courage join us next week

Kathleen Cummings is my guest next is Atticus a lot of you with James Santel please enjoy this

beautiful Saturday I know I'll be at my son's graduation party and remember safety is everyone's

responsibility go and meet them I'll give and see you

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