Whitewater FFA is taking its annual Fruit, Cheese & Sausage Sale online this year! You can use the link below to place your order. Orders are scheduled to be delivered to the high school on Wednesday, December 16. We will pick up and coordinate contactless delivery to you (within 30 minutes of Whitewater)! Online ordering is available through November 15. You must pay online with your credit card.
In a press release issued by Dwight Foster Library in Fort Atkinson:
“Journaling can boost happiness and resilience and create more focus in your life,” says Judith Joy, author, and dream creation guide and journaling coach. “Daily journaling provides insight into your behavior and feelings. It’s an especially important way to lift your spirits during turbulent times.”
The ups and downs from living with a pandemic have seeped into every corner of our lives. So, are you just coping instead of thriving? Have you thought about journaling your thoughts? Yes, using paper and pen, that type ofjournaling. Research suggests journaling has immense benefits. What’s more, you can reap these benefits even when your journaling is fast.
“Journaling is a mirror, a way to express yourself in the moment,” says Judith Joy, author of Dear Future Love –Bring Your Book Boyfriend to Life (yeswithjoy.com) which describes her journey to find love through journaling. Research has found that writing your thoughts on paper when the world around you is in a state of flux, can reduce depression and anxiety, build resilience and boost happiness.
It’s easy to focus on negatives when the world is in an ever-changing flux. But, Joy says, “Have you noticed, if you focus on what isn’t working for you, that’s what you get. Conversely, if you focus on what is working for you, you’re apt to get more of that.”
This presentation will be offered on Wednesday, November 11 at 7 pm and on Thursday, November 12 at 12:15. Both programs will be presented on Zoom as well as Facebook Live. To participate in the Zoom program you will need to register. You can get the registration information here: fortlibrary.org/journaling. Contact Amy Lutzke at (920) 563-7790 for additional information.
It’s time for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society!
This week is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Homecoming, so here is a football photo from the past in lieu of this year’s homecoming game. Taken sometime in the early twentieth century, these students are probably playing some sort of pick-up game or scrimmage match. Behind them towers Old Main, the east wing of which still stands today as Hyer Hall. Did you know that, beginning in the 1920s, the Warhawks were originally known as the Quakers? In 1958, the University held a contest to select an official mascot and the Warhawk name was born. What are some of your favorite UWW Homecoming memories?
Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society collections!
(2094P, Whitewater Historical Society)
Flashback Friday photos are posted to the Facebook account for the Whitewater Historical Society. These images and captions will be posted to the Whitewater Banner the following Saturday morning for members of our audience who do not use social media.
The Whitewater Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Whitewater and the surrounding area. Be sure to join us next week for more from the Society’s collections. Please “like” us on Facebook and check out our website at www.whitewaterhistoricalsociety.org!
“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”(Family/Comedy/Fantasy) Tuesday, October 27 – 10 AM or 1 PM Rated PG (2018)1 hour, 45 minutes
Our annual Halloween film offering is a fun blend of fantasy, horror, humor and whimsy. A young orphan boy aids his weird and wacky uncle (Jack Black), who’s not only a mad magician, but also a warlock, in locating a magical clock that is counting down to Doomsday, within the walls of his haunted house. Also stars Cate Blanchett.
Preregistration is required, please contact Seniors in the Park to reserve your space today! Registration is conveniently available online.
This week’s #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society features a member of one of the area’s prominent families of the past: Miss Ella Hamilton.
Born on the family’s homestead just west of Whitewater in 1857, Ella attended Whitewater schools and graduated from the Normal School as part of the class of 1878. She briefly taught at Whitewater High School before teaching for several years at missionary schools in both Tennessee and Georgia. Returning to Whitewater in about 1898, she became a librarian and attended UW-Madison’s Library School. Appointed as the city’s head librarian in 1900, she notably was the first librarian in the then-brand new White Library. Her brother, Herbert Hamilton, was a prominent attorney and judge for which the Hamilton House on Main Street is named after. Ella resided at the Hamilton House with her brother’s family until her death in March 1934 at the age of 77.
Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society collections!
(1917STU, Whitewater Historical Society)
Flashback Friday photos are posted to the Facebook account for the Whitewater Historical Society. These images and captions will be posted to the Whitewater Banner the following Saturday morning for members of our audience who do not use social media.
The Whitewater Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Whitewater and the surrounding area. Be sure to join us next week for more from the Society’s collections. Please “like” us on Facebook and check out our website at www.whitewaterhistoricalsociety.org!
As noted in the University of Wisconsin Whitewater Continuing Educations Events newsletter:
Check out all of the events at both Rock County and Whitewater campuses and online.
Fall is here, and with it comes a wide variety of events from athletics to academics, for youth and adults, to keep everyone learning and having fun. Registration is now open!
Take and Make: This will be a free (sign up required) event. Sign up is offered on our website, and there is a no contact pick up the morning of 10/10. Bags will contain AWESOME science fun like a DIY catapult and slime, as well as some fun arts and crafts and SWAG. Bags are limited to the first 150 registrants.
Super Science Saturday – Virtual edition: Attendees can sign up via our website and Tuesday before the event, Webex links will be sent to all registrants for the virtual rooms they can visit and what awaits!!
Online Gardening Workshops with Mark Dwyer(each workshop is worth .5 Master Gardener CEUs): Ornamental Grasses and Late Season Perennials: 9/19 Bulbs in the Garden: 10/3 Winter Landscape and Late Season Clean Up : 10/24
A Chocolate Affair is Studio 84’s 2nd annual fundraising event to support their programming and it is going curbside. Pick up of cupcakes are Saturday, October 3 from 12-2 at Studio 84 located at 121 W Center St. Whitewater, WI. Director, Deborah Blackwell, states: “We hated to lose this event due to the restrictions, so we reinvented it and made it curbside. Event ticket holders will be able to drive up and be handed their dozen cupcakes to take home or sit at the First St. Parklet in front of our building. Instructions will be given for the online voting process for ticket holders to vote on the best decorated and the best tasting cupcake.” There is also a raffle for a great “Death by Chocolate” basket, hint: it contains a lot of chocolate! Your raffle tickets will have your name on them and when you arrive to pick up your cupcakes you will watch as your tickets are put into the ticket container. Drawing will occur at end of event and winners will be notified. Don’t worry if you are unavailable to get cupcakes, you can still support the event by purchasing a raffle ticket, you do not need to be present to win. “No worries if there is only 1 or 2 in the household. Tasting and voting for the best is easily achieved with the following instructions”, Blackwell said. 1. Open container and enjoy the beauty of them and make your vote for the best decorated one before taste testing. 2. Start with cupcake one, take a fork full, wave it under your nose and note its aroma, put in mouth and savor it, taking note of its texture and chocolate goodness, creaminess of frosting etc. 3. Repeat with each remaining cupcakes 4. Make your vote for the best tasting cupcake. 5. In case of tie, take another bite of those in question only. 6. Close the lid and save the rest for another day.
Our goal is to have 12 bakers and sell only 48 tickets. At this time we have 8 bakers and have only 39 tickets left. If you are interested in entering as a baker, purchasing a cupcake ticket and/or raffle tickets follow the links at www.studio84inc.org.
My name is Addison, I’m a freshman in high school and I love to bake. I started in the kitchen with my mom when I was in second grade, and I grew to love it so much I started baking on my own in third grade. From then on my passion for baking grew so much I started bringing treats into school monthly. Such as brownies, cupcakes, cookies, and on more than one occasion a whole cake. This is my second baking competition I’ve ever been in. The first competition I was in was a pie competition where I made a family recipe. I’m super excited and I can’t wait to see where my baking skills take me in the future.
Jasmine Haag: “I am currently a student at UW Whitewater graduating this coming spring. During the week, I work at Panera Bread in Janesville and on the weekends, I work for a great catering company in the Milwaukee area called Charlie’s Catering. In my free time I love to hang out with my boyfriend and our dog and also help my best friend and future business partner grow her new Instagram baking page @bakedbyivyli”
Hello fellow chocolate lovers! My name is Jeanne Jonely. I live in Whitewater and was a baker in last year’s cake war. I enjoy baking and making surprise cakes for friends and family. I challenge myself with new techniques and really enjoy making my cakes with a lot of frosting, decorations, and candy. I’m looking forward to this year’s cupcake challenge.
Katie Krueger is a UW-Whitewater alumnus (class of 2016!) and just started the university’s MBA program. By day, she works for the Boelter Companies, a supplier and designer for the food and beverage industry. By night, she runs, volunteers with local community theatres, and bakes a lot of boozy cupcakes. She was a finalist in the 2020 Sporkies: Fairgoer Edition for her “Welcome to Wisconsin” cupcakes.
Lacey Rebarchek: I am a home baker who just loves to make cupcakes for my family and friends! Having made cupcakes for them over the years, they have given me the title of their “Cupcake Lady.” My chocolate cupcake recipe is one I’ve been using for years and think it’s just amazing. I hope anyone who eats one feels the same way!
My name is Meredith Campbell, I am a self-taught amateur baker. I discovered my love for baking when I started making birthday cakes for my son. I bake for pleasure, fun and family. Entering a baking contest is completely outside of my comfort zone, but this fundraiser has a personal meaning for me, so I am more than willing to give it a go! My son has special needs and has participated in some of Studio 84’s programs. He very much enjoyed his time there and can’t wait to go again. That alone is a gift beyond measure. And as I am also a devoted chocoholic this opportunity was hard to pass up! I am excited to participate and help raise money for this amazing place.
I’m Sarah Hoots, a professional baker and co-owner of Hoots Fruits & Vegetables. We sell local produce and home baked goods at the Whitewater City Market (currently on hiatus, hope to return soon!) I was featured in the 2018 WE Energies Cookie Book and the 2019 WISN “A Season to Celebrate” holiday program. I’m most well known for my pies, bread, and cookies but love to bake with chocolate and am so excited for the cupcake war!
