Dustin Reichwald

High School Student Art Show: Calling all artists!

As part of its mission, the Whitewater Main St. Festival is to support the arts and one of those ways is through a special high school student show during the event on September 15, 2018. It is open to all high school students in the state.

Committee member, Lisa Dawsey, states, “It’s important that we support our creative youth with this type of encouragement through a show of their work. The Festival will be selecting a Best of Show and a cash award will be given from funds raised as part of the Festival’s mission.” “The Festival is an arts-infused event with music, art & craft booths, food, painting on the street and other hands-on activities for visitors”

The Festival is organized by Downtown Whitewater, Studio 84, Whitewater Chamber, and the Whitewater Arts Alliance.

It is free to enter up to two pieces; images of each piece must be submitted. From these images, one piece will be selected by a juror and guaranteed in the show. It will be in the running for the Best of Show award. Depending on the total number of entries received and if space is available the second piece submitted will also be on display also. Artists will be notified via email or phone which piece/s they should deliver.

Deadline for submission of entries is June 15th. Art needs to be delivered to Studio 84’s gallery, the host of the show, by August 1. Awards will be announced during the Festival @ 2 pm on Sept. 15.

Details and entry form are available at www.wwmsfestival.blogspot.com.

Matthias, Klotz Pace Warhawks to Super Regional Win

The No. 25 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and withstood a late rally Friday afternoon on its way to a 1-0 victory over 24th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan in the first game of the best-of-three NCAA Super Regional.

With the game tied at 0-0 entering the seventh, freshman right fielder Kaiden Jackson laced a double to left center and stole third with nobody out.

Senior left fielder Mallory Klotz stepped up as the next hitter and drove a pitch back up the middle to give the Warhawks (29-11-1) a one-run lead and collect her 231st career hit to break the program’s all-time record.

With six shutout innings under her belt, sophomore pitcher Bella Matthias came back out for the seventh.

The Titans (34-11-1) started the frame with back-to-back hits, but Matthias recovered to strike out the side, getting the final hitter on a 3-2 count to secure the win and put UW-Whitewater one win away from next week’s NCAA Championship in Oklahoma City.

For complete story and stats at UWWSports.com,  

UW-Whitewater Commencement set for May 19

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will celebrate the achievements of its graduates Saturday, May 19, 2018, as proud families gather for spring commencement ceremonies.

A total of 1,644 graduates will cross the stage to receive their degrees. The morning ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m., recognizes 739 undergraduate students and 98 graduate students from the College of Arts and Communication and the College of Business and Economics. The afternoon ceremony begins at 3 p.m. and recognizes 694 undergraduate students and 113 graduate students from the College of Education and Professional Studies and the College of Letters and Sciences. Both ceremonies will be held in the Kachel Fieldhouse.

The commencement speaker for both ceremonies is Timothy Hyland, a 1982 accounting graduate of UW-Whitewater who has specialized in public utilities, real estate, and healthcare. From 1989 to 2004 he worked at the Phoenix-based healthcare management and consulting firm Schaller Anderson, Inc., beginning as its sixth employee and retiring as senior vice president and CFO. Hyland and his wife Natalie formed Hyland Real Estate Investment Group, LLC, which owns and operates residential investment properties nationwide, and he is the naming donor of Timothy J. Hyland Hall, the home of the College of Business and Economics on campus that opened in 2009.

Brandon Fong, an entrepreneurship and marketing double major from Brookfield, Wisconsin, will be the student speaker for the morning ceremony. Elected president of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Association his freshman year, Fong is also an avid blogger who wrote a book for college students that became a category bestseller on Amazon. He is one of the many UW-Whitewater students hired before graduation, currently serving as head of customer experience at California-based SuperHuman Enterprises, LLC.

Rajhon White, who is receiving his Master of Science in Education in professional development, will be the student speaker for the afternoon ceremony. A native of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, White has worked as a graduate assistant in University Housing and in the First Year Experience office, helping students with the transition to college. Also hired before graduation, on July 1 he will start his new job in Colorado as a resident director at the University of Denver.

The ceremonies will include 71 students who are veterans, 25 international students and 207 nontraditional undergraduate students, defined as undergraduate students who are 25 years of age or older. In addition, 115 self-identified students with disabilities will receive degrees.

Commencement will be broadcast live online by UWW-TV, the university television station.

For more information: http://www.uww.edu/commencement

Whippets complete rare sweep of season series with Jefferson

WHS 8   Jefferson 0

By Nate Parrish

The Whitewater High School baseball team completed a season sweep over Jefferson for the first time in over 10 years with an 8-0 win on Thursday night. The Whippet bats got off to a great start as James Dedrick led the bottom of the first off with a walk, Dylan Pease would sac bunt him over to second and Bryce Parrish would homer to left for a 2-0 lead. Whitewater would strike again in the 2nd inning as Cooper Pease would walk, Danny Harnack would move him over with a ground ball and Chris Dedrick would reach on an infield hit. After a balk was called on the Jefferson pitcher, James Dedrick would single driving in both runners and a 4-0 lead after 2 innings. In the bottom of the 4th inning Whitewater would add some insurance runs as Alex Fero would get things started with a one-out single, James Dedrick would follow with a line drive single and Bryce Parrish would also single to load the bases. Jimmy Duval would single to center scoring two to make it 6-0. After a Jefferson error, a fly ball would drop in by Cooper Pease for two more runs and a final score of 8-0. The hitting attack was led by Bryce Parrish 3×3, a home run and 2 RBI’s, James Dedrick 2×3 and 2 RBI’s, Chris Dedrick 2×3, Jimmy Duval and Cooper Pease had 2 RBI’s.

Bryce Parrish picked up the win on the mound by going 6.2 innings allowing 5 hits, no runs, striking out 10, and walking 1. Parrish would leave the game due to pitch count rules and Chris Dedrick needed 1 pitch to induce a ground ball to end the game. Coach Pease said, “it is a goal every year to go out and compete with Jefferson, they have been one of the top teams in the conference for many years and to pick up a couple wins is big for our program but most of all it is great for the kids. Now we need to build on the momentum”.

Next up is a doubleheader with McFarland at home on Friday evening with first pitch at 4:30

The State Baseball seedings were announced and Whitewater received the 1 seed and first-round bye with Jefferson earning the 2 seed. Whitewater will play the winner of Delavan vs East Troy and Jefferson will play the winner of Big Foot vs Clinton.  First tournament game for Whitewater will be Tuesday, May 29 at home with first pitch at 4:45

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Electronics Recycling Event – Saturday, May 19 starting at 9 am

Once a year electronics recycling event: $20 to recycle TVs and $10 for CRT monitors

When: Saturday, May 19. from 9 am – 3 pm or until the dumpster is filled. Arrive early, as the dumpster typically fills quickly.

Where: Parking lot A, across from the Municipal Building

For more info on the city website: 

Allisan Barrett, WHS senior, to play with Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra

 

The musical heritage of the Josh and Carrie Barrett family will be on proud display during the final concert of the 2017-18 Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra season on May 19 at Calvary Community Church in Williams Bay starting at 7:30 p.m.

Allisan Barrett, a senior at Whitewater High School, will play horn with the LGSO in the first (Allegro) movement of Horn Concerto No. 1 by Richard Strauss.

Allisan is the winner of the 2017 Young Artist Concerto Competition sponsored by the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra and the recipient of the Rotary Club of Lake Geneva Neal Heffenan Art Scholarship.

The concert will also showcase the musical talents of Josh Barrett, a long-time member of the LGSO, playing trumpet, and Nathan, a 2015 graduate of Whitewater High School, playing trombone.

Tickets for the May 19 concert will be available for purchase before the concert begins.

The concert will also include performances of Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

The LGSO has performed regularly in Walworth County since 2001. The all-volunteer musicians reside throughout southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

A chamber music concert series is also sponsored by the LGSO.

For more information about the LGSO, visit lakegenevaorchestra.org.

Marilynn Ruth Baxter, Ph.D., 81, of Rockford, IL, formally of Kewanee, IL, died at 4:34 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2018 at her home in Rockford.

Marilynn was born June 28, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of George Byron and Ruth Quinn (Hurd) Baxter. She attended the State University of Iowa in Ames and graduated in 1958; she then did post-graduate work at University of Edinburgh in 1960 and the School of Actors Company in NYC in 1963; She received her MA from University of Wisconsin in 1965 and her PhD in 1973; She did post graduate work at Lee Strosberg and was Director of Actors Workshop 1968; Marilynn was Instructor Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 1964- 1967. She was communications faculty and director at Parkside Players University of Wisconsin at Parkside, Kenosha in 1967. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Dr. Baxter was always a theater buff and she enjoyed acting as well as directing. She did free-lance commercial work in Milwaukee and Chicago areas. Marilynn joined the Daughters of the American Revolution as a junior on April 15, 1967, and was a member for 51 years. She was a member of Kenosha WI Chapter DAR and was Chapter Regent 1974-1977 Dr. Baxter was Past Vice President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) 1990- 1993. She was Wisconsin DAR State Regent 1986-1989. When Marilynn became State Regent, a member of the Kenosha Chapter wrote a song in her honor, “Marilyn Our Marilyn” Her NSDAR services included being a member of the Long Range Planning Commission 1998-2007, Chair of this Commission 2004-2007. In addition, she was Chair of the Wisconsin Room 1989-2001, member of Speakers Staff 2001- 2013, She also served as Vice Chair (VC) American Heritage Committee – Literature and Drama 1998-2001, VC National Defense Committee 1998-2001, VC DAR Scholarship Committee-Mary Elizabeth Lockwood Beneventi-MBA Scholarship, VC North Central Division Historic Preservation 2010-2013. Dr. Baxter was a life member of the National Officers Club, NSDAR. While she was WSDAR Regent she organized a membership survey and printed a membership directory, encouraged all members to utilize computer technology and use videotapes and TV to promote DAR. One of her projects was designing a traveler’s decal which was sold in the NSDAR Store. The English lantern clock is the oldest clock in the DAR Museum’s collection; it dates from 1690 to 1715, coinciding with the reign of William and Mary of Orange, who were Dutch. The Dutch tulip motif appears in the middle of the dial and on the central fret above the face, flanked by the coat of arms of England. Lantern clocks were the first readily available domestic clocks in England. The clock which is on display in the Wisconsin Period Room, DAR Museum, was a gift to the room from Dr. Marilynn Baxter. Dr. Baxter supported Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters serving as chair of the Long Range Planning Commission. In addition, she served on the WSDAR State Board as Chaplain and Curator. Baxter’s ancestors were with the Pilgrims who sailed from England to the colonies in New England. It was from these ancestors she qualified to become a member of Patriotic Organizations including General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Colonial Dames of America, National Society of Magna Charta Dames, Plantagenet Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Marilynn’s commitment to Colonial Dames of America – Wisconsin included being a longstanding board member, Honorary President, and past Region II Museum Property Chair, Lady of Dumbarton, and Chair of Historical Indian Agency House, Portage Wi Committee.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

DAR Service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Schueneman-Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Graveside Services will follow at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee. Pastor Dan Craig will officiate. Memorials may be made to Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters, 1824 State Road 33, Portage, Wisconsin 53901.

Please leave a memory or online condolence for Marilynn’s family and friends at www.schuenemantumblesonfuneralhome.com