Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Whitewater Unites Lives.
Whitewater is hosting its first, free International Children’s Day event on Saturday, April 30 from noon to 4 p.m., and all children are welcome at the Starin Park Community Building and grounds. Events will include face-painting, arts and crafts, healthy snack activities, balloon art, chalk art and more. St. Patrick Church will offer food for purchase, and there will be music from 1 p.m., featuring Lincoln School’s 5th Grade World Drumming Ensemble, 12-year-old Alondra Valadez, and Marco Wence. Sponsors of the Children’s International Day include the City of Whitewater, The Health Promoters, Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club, Rock River Community Clinic, The Tree House Child and Family Center, UW-Whitewater Spanish Club, Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services, Whitewater Unified School District, Whitewater Unites Lives, and Working for Whitewater’s Wellness – W3.
Miguel Aranda, Chair of the Children’s International Day, said, “We are so pleased to work together in our community to encourage children of all backgrounds to engage and play together.”
Free Parking is available on University Parking Lots 4 and 14, which are located near the intersection of West Starin Road and North Prairie Street. University Parking Lot 20 is also available, which is located near the intersection of North Fremont Street and East Lauderdale Drive; enter East Lauderdale Drive to enter Lot 20. Near the same intersection, entering from North Fremont Street, there are a few parking stalls.
In 1925, International Children’s Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. The represented countries recognized that “mankind owes to the Child the best that it has to give.” Specific goals focused on increasing childhood access to quality education, decreasing unethical child labor practices, and lifting children out of poverty. International Children’s Day is celebrated on different days depending on the country – some dates include June 1st or November 20th. In many Latin American countries, the special day is celebrated on April 30th.
Children’s Day is celebrated similar to Mother’s or Father’s Day. In some countries, teachers suspend lessons and it becomes a day for children to have fun with activities during school and afterwards with their parents. A day the community, from businesses to governments, comes together to advocate for and champion the rights of children and to celebrate the joy they bring to the world.
Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Whitewater Unified School District.
The community is invited to the WUSD Art Walk on Saturday, April 9 to celebrate Whitewater’s talented students! Community members will start at the Art Alliance building where there will be food and door prizes.
Students will be performing musical pieces throughout the 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. time frame:
1:00 – Lincoln performs
1:40 – Washington performs
2:00 – Lakeview performs
2:30 – High School performs
3:00 – WUSD Intermediate String Students perform
People can take a stroll down Main St. to view WUSD students’ artwork displayed at The Hamilton House, First Citizens State Bank, The Book Teller, Dale’s Bootery, State Farm with Jennifer Visser, ARANDA-Be Unique, The Chamber of Commerce, Rosa’s Pizza, and Jessica’s Family Restaurant. WUSD is excited to display our students’ talents! Contact Molly Fuller at mfuller@wwusd.org with any questions.
Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Gwynne Sahyun, from Whitewater, was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Honors List for the 2022 Winter Quarter. Sahyun is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Undergraduate students who have earned a GPA of 3.20 or higher (out of 4.0) for this quarter are on the Honors List.
Milwaukee School of Engineering (www.msoe.edu) is the university of choice for those seeking an inclusive community of experiential learners driven to solve the complex challenges of today and tomorrow. The independent, non-profit university has about 2,700 students and was founded in 1903. MSOE offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, business and nursing. Faculty are student-focused experts who bring real-world experience into the classroom. This approach to learning makes students ready now as well as prepared for the future. Longstanding partnerships with business and industry leaders enable students to learn alongside professional mentors, and challenge them to go beyond what’s possible. MSOE graduates are leaders of character, responsible professionals, passionate learners and value creators.
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s College of Arts and Communication, Department of Music.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Department of Music presents the final concert of the 21/22 Music Mosaics series with the Whitewater Brass Quintet on Sunday, April 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the Light Recital Hall. Ticket prices are $14 for the general public, $12 for over 65, $7 for individuals under 18 and free for all UW-Whitewater students with their Hawkcard. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online at tickets.uww.edu or by calling (262) 472-2222. Masks are strongly suggested for anyone attending events in the Greenhill Center of the Arts and each performance in the Light Recital Hall will have a social distance seating option. Do not come to campus if you are ill. For the most up to date campus safety information, visit the Warhawks are Back webpage at the link below. uww.edu/warhawks-are-back.
Closing out the Mosaics concert series, this concert includes music of Anthony DiLorenzo, Luca Marenzio, Jan Koetsier and more. Faculty performers, Dafydd Bevil, horn, Mike Dugan, trombone, Chris Ramaekers, trumpet, and John Tuinstra, tuba welcome Dr. Matthew Onstad, assistant professor of trumpet at UW-Whitewater.
Works performed include “Go!” by DiLorenzo, “Ecco l’aurora con l’aurato fronte” by Marenzino (arranged by Tuinstra), “Suite Americana No.1” by Enrique Crespo, “Mini Overture” by Witold Lutoslawski, “Giá torna a rallegrar” by Marenzio (arranged by John Tuinstra), and “Brass Quintet” by Koetsier.
The Musicians
A Wisconsin native, Dr. Onstad serves on the faculty of UW-Whitewater where he teaches applied trumpet, coaches chamber music, performs with the Whitewater Brass Quintet, and teaches World of the Arts. He has been Principal Trumpet with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra since 2016. While earning his DMA and MM degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Onstad served the Mead Witter School of Music as a Project Assistant performing with the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, a faculty ensemble-in-residence. He holds the rank of Sergeant in the 132nd Wisconsin Army National Guard Band and has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and the Isthmus Brass. Onstad has previously taught trumpet at St. Ambrose University, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He has served as a master clinician with the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, the 132nd Army Band, and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra throughout the Midwest. Onstad received his BM from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. His teachers include John Aley, Alex Noppe, Jean Laurenz, Marty Robinson, and Robert Levy. Onstad is an Edwards Artist and Clinician.
Dr. Onstad
Dr. Ramaekers is currently Director of Orchestras at UW-Whitewater, Music Director of the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Davis Theater Concert Series for Access Contemporary Music, and Associate Conductor of the Chicago Composers Orchestra. During the 2018-2019 season he was Interim Assistant Conductor of the Quad-City Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Quad-City Youth Orchestras. He has been Music Director of the Orchestra of St. Vincent’s and the Hyde Park Youth Symphony, Principal Conductor of the Ravenswood Community Orchestra, and spent nine summers as Director of Orchestras at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine. As a guest conductor, he has appeared with the Kalamazoo Symphony, Skokie Valley Symphony, Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra, Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, Ensemble Dal Niente, and the Chicago Opera Vanguard. Ramaekers has held fellowships with the Allentown (PA) Symphony Orchestra and the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, WI. He was winner of the 2011 American Prize in Orchestral Conducting and holds degrees from Western Michigan University and Northwestern University.
Dr. Ramaekers
Bevil is an active freelance hornist living in Madison, Wisconsin. He is currently completing the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the UW-Madison and is the Associate Lecturer of Horn at UW-Whitewater where he teaches applied horn and performs with the Whitewater Brass Quintet. Additionally, he is the brass section coach of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra and is an active performer with orchestras throughout the region. Prior to his current position as a doctoral candidate, Dafydd completed degrees from Louisiana State University and Roosevelt University where he studied with Seth Orgel and Dale Clevenger. Bevil has performed in a wide range of settings with groups around the country including the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Madison Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, La Crosse Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, and the Ohio Light Opera. Dafydd also enjoys performing as a chamber musician and can often be found performing with top tier ensembles throughout the Madison area. Recent appearances have been with the Isthmus Brass, Con Vivo, and the Oakwood Chamber Players. He is currently recording his debut solo album and completing his final doctoral project.
Dafydd Bevil
Associate Professor, Dr. Dugan, a native of St. Charles, Illinois, joined the music faculty at the UW-Whitewater in 2009. He currently serves as the Music Department Chair, teaches applied trombone, directs the Trombone Ensemble, and plays in the Whitewater Brass Quintet. In addition to his teaching duties, Dugan is an active freelance artist in the Upper Midwest. He is currently a member of the critically acclaimed Isthmus Bass Ensemble and is the per-service principal trombone of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Other recent engagements include the Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as many fine regional orchestras throughout Wisconsin and Iowa. Dugan has performed and been of faculty at the American Trombone Workshop, International Trombone Festival, Big 12 Trombone Conference, and the Upper Midwest Trombone Summit. From 2001-2005, he was a member of the United States Air Force Band of Liberty. During his tenure with the Band of Liberty, he was the featured trombone soloist with the Concert Band, and the Colonial Brass Quintet. His other performance assignments included the Band of Liberty Jazz Ambassadors and Ceremonial Band. Dugan’s formal education includes a DMA from the University of Minnesota, where he also holds a Master of Music degree. Prior to his study with Tom Ashworth at the University of Minnesota, Dugan received his undergraduate degree from DePaul University in Chicago, where he studied with Mark Fisher, Charles Vernon and Edward Kocher. Other pedagogical influences include Ed Zadrozny, Kari Sundstrom and Doug Wright.
Dr. Dugan
Dr. Tuinstra holds BM and MM degrees in Music Education and a DMA in Tuba Performance from UW-Madison with minors in Music Education and Conducting. He began his association with UW-Whitewater Department of Music in 1984 and currently serves as Assistant Director of Bands and instructor of euphonium and tuba. Since joining the faculty at UW-Whitewater, he has taught courses in music education, music appreciation, interdisciplinary arts appreciation and brass pedagogy. He is Principal Tuba with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and The Wisconsin Wind Orchestra, and is a member of the Willson Tuba Quartet. He performs with various orchestras including the Madison, Beloit-Janesville, Rockford and Dubuque Symphonies.
Editor’s Note: The following was provided by Terry Boydston.
Several years ago, the St. John’s Masonic Lodge of Whitewater/Palmyra donated “Masons Care Bears” to the police and fire departments to distribute to local children. This program was funded by lodge member, the late Brother David L. Kachel. In honor and memory of the generosity of our late brother, the lodge is once again donating several of these bears to the Whitewater Police and Fire Departments.
City of Whitewater Acting Police Chief Dan Meyer holds one of the bears donated by the St. John’s Masonic Lodge to the Whitewater Police and Fire Departments.
Editor’s Note: The following information is provided by Studio 84.
Studio 84 is inviting the community to join in their annual fundraiser of sweet treats. They need a dozen bakers and 60 cookie eaters! Check out the details here:
Deadline for commitment: April 15, 2022 Dates: Delivery of your goodies: May 27, 2022 Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. Location: 121 W. Center St. Whitewater Ticket holders will pick up their orders on Saturday, May 28, 2022 12-2 p.m.
Bake 60 cookies (5 dozen) any type, flavor, fancy or plain, decorated or not (no nuts or nut products please). To keep a variety please check this link (www.studio84inc.org/sweetfundraiser) to see who is making what. Cookie choice is first come first served basis upon sending in your entry form. We don’t want repeats and have our ticket holders end up with the same Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie for all their cookies! After all as they say, “variety is the spice of life, right?”
Ticket holders will receive a dozen cookies and we will have 60 tickets available for only $15 (that’s $1.25 a cookie). You can help us spread the word of your involvement so tickets get sold!
All bakers will be put into a drawing to win a prize. All ticket holders will be put into a drawing for a chance to win one of several gifts. So lots of winning will be available. But the biggest win will be the sweet things our artists will make happen because our programing has been supported.
Studio 84 is a non profit art studio, gallery and store. They specialize in the creative and vocational development of people with disabilities including those with Autism, Down Syndrome, physical disabilities, cognition delays and mental illness. They believe in creating an environment of inclusion and are open to all ages and all abilities The studio is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin. For more information, check out: info@studio84inc.org or call 262-473-984.
Studio 84 is a 501c3 non profit and all donations are tax deductibleto the full extent of the law.
Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue via the City of Whitewater.
Wisconsin Help for Homeowners (WHH) is a new statewide program that can help with overdue bills like mortgage payments, property taxes, and utilities. The program is available to Wisconsin homeowners with overdue housing-related bills, both with and without a mortgage, who meet income and other eligibility requirements, and have experienced a qualified economic hardship since January 21, 2020.
This $92 million federally funded program provides a maximum of $40,000 in assistance for eligible households.
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by the Special Olympics of Wisconsin.
On Wednesday, March 30, “Day of Giving,” 100 percent of your purchase at any Jersey Mike’s in the state will support the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games and help 65 Team Wisconsin athletesattendthe 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, June 5-12, in Orlando, Fla. At the USA Games, athletes compete in 19 sports including athletics, swimming, softball, bocce, bowling, flag football and many more.
That’s right – on March 30, the passionate teams at 24 Jersey Mike’s Wisconsin locations will give every single dollar in sales, not just the profit, to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games and the state Programs attending the USA Games. It’s all part of Jersey Mike’s nationwide 12th Annual Day of Giving. For the first time ever, the company is donating all proceeds to a single cause on that day when Jersey Mike’s restaurants from every state will support athletes from Special Olympics throughout the country.
All month, generous customers have been making donations at more than 2,000 Jersey Mike’s locations throughout the nation during the 12th Annual “Month of Giving” fundraising campaign for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. On March 30, Day of Giving, it’s our turn to give and we’re giving it all away! Local delegates will be on-site at 3 locations in Wisconsin.
· Athlete Meet & Greet: Come meet local athletes and hear their stories
o Meet Unified Flag Football delegate, Alison Mushett of Madison
o Meet athlete as coach, Travis Stuckart of Manitowoc
o Meet Youth Leadership Experience representatives, Jenni Oeftger, Anabelle Hodges and Alicia Langlois of Neenah High School
o Meet Bowling delegate, Gabe Wells of West Allis
o Meet Unified Bowling Pair and brothers, PJ Lynch and Andrew Lynch of Milwaukee
· Special Olympics USA Games and Jersey Mike’s believe the passion for being great has no boundaries.
· Nationwide Jersey Mike’s hopes to raise enough money to help every qualifying athlete across the country attend the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games.
FAST FACTS
· Every four years, more than 5,500 athletes and coaches from all 50 states unite to compete in one of the most beloved and inspiring sporting events in the US – the Special Olympics USA Games.
· During this year’s Month of Giving in March, Jersey Mike’s hopes to surpass last year’s record-breaking $15 million fundraising total. Proceeds support the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games and help local athletes attend the USA Games.
· Since 2011, Jersey Mike’s Month of Giving has raised more than $47 million for local charities.
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by the City of Whitewater.
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is excited to be part of Remake Learning Days — a week-long, innovative learning festival where youth and families have the chance to explore hands-on educational experiences across southern Wisconsin. Join us on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. for family-friendly STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) activities, maker stations, and see how our 3D printer works!
No registration is required. Drop in anytime between 1:00 – 2:30 pm.
