Dustin Reichwald

From Coach Chenoweth:

The Whitewater Boys Soccer team had a busy week participating in 5 games over 6 days. First up for the Whippets was an away game at Division 1 Janesville Parker. The Whippets scored five goals in the first half and added one more in the second. Shawn Chan finished with 3 goals with Cody Rupke, Christian Reyes, and Juan Cuellar each picking up one of their own. Our defensive back line and mid-field did well controlling the game and keeper Slate Spear denied all shots for the shutout.

On Thursday, the Whippets hosted conference opponent East Troy-Palmyra. For the past two years, the Trojans have not had many players, but have still managed to put together quality games and finish strong in the conference. The Whippets started the game with some fairly sloppy play and mistakes all across the pitch. Those mistakes found us down 1-0 at the half. We saw some slight improvement in the second half, but still not enough energy to compete as we need to against conference teams. East Troy managed another goal in the second half. In the past 20 minutes or so, the Whippets stepped it up and put in the type of performance and focus that we are going to need the rest of the season, but it was too late for the game and did not manage to get us a goal.

This weekend the Whippets played in a tournament in Milton. The Whippets faced Middleton Reserves, Milwaukee Lutheran, and Kaneland, IL. The Whippets picked up a tie, a win and a loss. We saw some good play across all three games and worked on a new formation that we hope will suit us well the rest of the season.

This week we face Evansville at home on Monday and then Edgerton away on Thursday.

Janesville Parker 0     Whitewater 6

Janesville Parker 0 0
Whitewater 5 1

Whitewater 0      East Troy-Palmyra 2

Whitewater 0 0
East Troy-Palmyra 1 1

Wednesday, September 19th, 6:30 pm, The Packers Century

Help us celebrate the Packers 100th Anniversary with Jim Rice, author and Packer historian. Jim will share his program, The Packers’ Century, which revisits the history of the NFL’s most successful franchise. Jim’s presentation traces the team’s history through hundreds of photos, old football cards, newspapers, magazines, and other media. All the great games, players and special moments are included! This program is free and open to everyone.

Thursday, September 20th, 6:00 pm, author Howard G. Olson, will be speaking about his book, The Last Dog

During his thirty-five-year career at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Olson wrote a textbook, and many articles that were published in professional journals. At the same time, he was also writing stories about his annual canoe trips into the Canadian wilderness and traditional week-long bow-hunting trips to northern Wisconsin with his father and friends. While at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Olson won the all-college excellence in teaching award four times. His teaching style was to create interest and action and drama by telling stories instead of always lecturing. The students became the characters and played parts in the stories. His style and philosophy of teaching were “outside the box.” His book, The Last Dog, is a culmination of a lifetime of teaching, living in the woods, seeking Spirit, telling and writing stories, and loving dogs. As the author explains, “the crazier my life gets, the more time I spend in the woods with my dogs.” Join us for stories based on real-life experiences. Howard will have his books available for sale. All profits from the book sales are donated to charitable organizations dedicated to preserving our natural environment and to the well-being of dogs. This program is free and open to everyone.

Lakeview Elementary would like to thank Dupont Pioneer for providing Lakeview Elementary PTA with a $500 grant for Lakeview Loves.

Lakeview Loves is a weekend food in a backpack program that provides any Lakeview student who signs up with a bag of food to consume over the weekend.  This grant was used to purchase food for the month of September to provide 30 students with weekend food bags.  The goal of Lakeview Loves is to keep our students fed and ready to learn.

For more information contact smarkham@wwusd.org.

The husband of the UW-Whitewater chancellor is banned from the school’s campuses and events after an investigation found he sexually harassed female employees.

Chancellor Beverly Kopper announced Friday the UW System ended in June the unpaid appointment of her husband, Alan “Pete” Hill, to the university.

For complete story at the Janesville Gazette, 

All Photos by Tom Ganser

The Whitewater Landmarks Commission has designated the historic Oak Grove Cemetery as a Local Landmark.  During the September 6 public hearing, the commission voted unanimously to make the site Whitewater’s 24^th Local Landmark.

Oak Grove Cemetery has an interesting history.   In the spring of 1842 a committee of three men to include Judge Jarvis Pike, Asaph Pratt, and Asad Williams was organized to look for land for a cemetery in Whitewater.  Prior to the establishment of the committee, interments were made on land located between Church Street and Franklin Street which had been reserved for churches and a burial ground.   The first burial in Whitewater at this site was on September 19, 1839, when Jotham Newton Baker was interred.  Realizing that this area was not a good selection for the cemetery because it was too near the village, the committee was charged with finding a more appropriate place.  They contacted Dr. James Trippe and he indicated that “if they did not consider the present location the best place, they could select a spot on any land he owned, but stipulated that it should “ forever be out of the way”.  The committee located what was described as a beautiful knoll east of the village.  This knoll would meet the qualification of a “modest rural” cemetery outside of the village proper.

Dr. James Trippe, father of Whitewater’s first industry (a grist mill) was credited with donating one acre of land in 1844 for use as Grove Cemetery.   Jothan Newton Baker was re-interred at Grove Cemetry and became the first recorded burial at the site in 1844.  Dr. James Trippe was the second burial at the Grove cemetery.

On November 20, 1848, the Cemetery Association was formed.  Prior to the formation of the Cemetery Association, the ground of Grove Cemetery had been owned by the town of Whitewater and was under control of the Board of Supervisors who did not consider it was their duty to provide fencing and beautification to the site.

During the spring of 1858 when burial plots were no longer available, the Cemetery Association enlarged the grounds with the purchase of two additional acres.  In addition, Leander Birge volunteered to purchase the fencing needed to surround the cemetery.   Volunteers set to work clearing the grounds and erecting the board fencing.

In 1884, George Esterly had the cast iron gate with a stile for visitors to enter the cemetery, made in his foundry and assembled on the cemetery grounds.  Up until this time, the cemetery had been known as Grove Cemetery.  With the installation of the gate donated by Esterly, the cemetery was then referred to as Oak Grove Cemetery.

There are over 800 recorded burials at this cemetery.  Noted among the burials are two Revolutionary War soldiers, Eli Pierce of Vermont and Israel Ferris of New York.  It is unusual to find two soldiers of this war buried at the same site.  This cemetery is one of a few in Wisconsin that can claim this.  In addition, there are three soldiers from the War of 1812 and approximately 40 soldiers from the Civil War, one being William Quals of the 29^th U.S. Colored Regiment, Co. I.  The pioneer settlers and founders of Whitewater are buried here.  Familiar families such as the Trippes, Cravaths, Prince, Mead, Pratt, Kinney and Cole are interred here.      In 1976 a community effort lead by the Tri-County Marine Corps League began restoration of the Oak Grove Cemetery.  The effort was prompted by the extensive damage that had occurred at the site.  Community businesses, banks, and individuals donated both time and financial resources to accomplish this ongoing restoration.

Concerns regarding the safety and preservation of this historic property have resulted in it being gated and locked.  Access to the cemetery requires contacting the sexton whose information is posted near the entrance to Oak Grove along with informational signage regarding burials at the cemetery.  A complete listing of all burials at Oak Grove Cemetery can be found at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library located at 431 W. Center Street.