Dustin Reichwald

***Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will be postponed to a future date. An announcement will be made on the Banner when the event is rescheduled.***

The Whitewater Community Foundation helps thoughtful people like you make our community a better place to live, learn and thrive. Please be our guest for a presentation by local financial advisors, Michael Harenza and Kent Hutchins, and Attorney Michael Grubb to learn about creating an estate plan and how the Whitewater Community Foundation can be a part of your legacy. We hope to see you there!

When: To Be Scheduled for a Future Date

Where: 841 Brewhouse, 841 W. Milwaukee St., Whitewater, Wisconsin

R.S.V.P.: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2HJDKDP

Email: info@whitewatercommunityfoundation.org

Phone: 262-458-4008

From Coach Bullis:

The Whitewater Whippets opened conference play with a huge win against Jefferson. The Whippets fell behind 2 games to none but rebounded and took the next three sets. Senior Maddie Brown sparked Whitewater with great serving and led the team with 11 aces. Other statistical leaders were: Senior Anna Riemer with 12 kills, Sophomore Cora Linos with 19 assists and Sophomore Emme Bullis with 9 digs. Set scores for Whitewater were: 20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-15 & 15-10.

The players and coaches would like to thank all who attended, especially the youth who played before the start of the varsity match. The loud home crowd was really electrifying!

Thursday night the Whippets travel to Beloit Turner to face their second conference opponent of the season

The Whitewater Office of Emergency Management along with Jefferson County Emergency Management is attempting to gauge the level of damages received to private properties in the City of Whitewater and surrounding area.

Wisconsin Emergency Management is attempting to determine if individual assistance will be authorized for Jefferson County for damage occurring between 8/17 and 9/5, 2018.

The chart below should help you determine if your property may qualify for assistance.

City residents should contact Whitewater’s Office of Emergency Management office at 262-473-0570 by Thursday 9/13 and leave a message including your name, address and call-back number if you have incurred any damage which may be considered.  Residents living in Jefferson County should contact the Jefferson County Emergency Management Office at 920-674-7450.

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From Coach Nelson:

The schedule led to Whitewater facing Edgerton in back to back matches. After playing Edgerton in the last match of the day this past Saturday at the Edgerton Quad, Edgerton visited Whitewater for a conference match Tuesday night.

After a 7-0 victory on Saturday, the Whippets came out a little flat to start Tuesday’s match. For the most part, Whitewater picked up their game as the evening went along and they turned in another 7-0 win.

Whitewater finishes the conference dual portion of their season, this Thursday at home against McFarland.

Match Results

1S Sydney Treder  beat Kelsey Lien, 6-2,6-2

2S Hannah Delaney beat Johanna Rusch, 6-4,6-0

3S Cassidy Laue beat Kylee Houfe, 6-3,7-6(4)

4S Katelyn Partoll beat Lily Gaylor, 6-0,6-0

1D Odessa Sonn/Sophie Olson beat Cameron Gould/Maddie Laskowski, 6-1,6-2

2D Melanie Reyes/Mariana Cano beat Elizabeth Oetzel/Jordan Bauer, 6-2,6-0

3D Marissa Mueller/Tessa Papcke beat Isabella Gilmour/Karlye Smrecek, 6-3,6-1

 

 

The principal, Mike Lovenberg, of Whitewater High School announced today that Zachary Brantmeier and Nicholas Kuzoff have been named Semi-Finalist Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.

Zach and Nick will continue in the 2018 competition for the National Merit Scholarship awards. Nick and Zach are 2 of 16,000 Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million dollars that will be offered next spring.

Picture (l-r): Gio Anello, Trenten Zahn, Nicole Tomomitsu, Aidan Coburn

From Coach Carstens:

On Tuesday the Whippet Harriers took to the grass at McCarthy Park near Cottage Grove in a 12 team invitational.  Both programs took a nice step forward after a solid training block away from racing.  Leading the way for both teams were Trenten Zahn and Nicole Tomomitsu.  Both earned medals with Trenten in 4^th (16:56) overall and Nicole in 9^th (20:39).  Both looked really strong in their pursuit to the finish.  Aidan Coburn and Gio Anello battled their way to finish with Aidan getting Gio by a few tenths and took home the 12^th place medal and Gio with the 13^th.  They covered the 5000m course in 17:51 and 17:52. Dan Trost also had a big race finishing with a lifetime personal best of 19:19.  The boys’ varsity finished in 4^th overall and the JV squad was 6^th.  On the girls’ side, the varsity finished 7^th and the JV finished in 5^th place.

The coaching staff was pleased to see great improvement and the runners showing more grit as the fifth week of the season is now underway.   The next race will be the Angel Invitational hosted by Racine St. Catherine’s at UW-Parkside on Saturday.  This will be the program’s 40^th year participating in this meet.

UW-Whitewater has transformed lives and our region since its founding in 1868 and begins a new chapter with its new campus in Rock County this year. The Fairhaven Lecture Series will celebrate UW-Whitewater’s sesquicentennial year throughout the fall.  From the Galápagos Islands to Germany, from the wonders of nature to the Milky Way Galaxy, these 11 lectures help tell UW-Whitewater’s 150-year history through its talented faculty.

Lectures with the theme “Inspire. Engage. Transform” will feature presentations by some of the more than 500 faculty and instructional staff members from the Whitewater and Rock County campuses who inspire our students with their teaching and mentoring, engage the state through their service and outreach, and transform our communities with their research and expertise.

The dates, titles, and presenters of the lectures for the fall 2018 series, which are held at 3 pm at Fairhaven Senior Services at 435 W. Starin Road in Whitewater, are

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Monday, September 17 

Two Years that Changed the Milky Way Galaxy: 1951 and 2018

Presented by Robert Benjamin, Professor, Physics

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Monday, September 24 

How Times Have Changed: Today’s UW-Whitewater / Germany Connection

Presented by Carol Scovotti, Professor, Marketing

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Monday, October 1      

Generations United: Connecting and Involving Generations – Is That a Good Idea?   

Presented by Simone DeVore, Professor, Special Education

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Monday, October 8   

Forgotten Wisconsin Authors and the Need to Revive Them  

Presented by John Pruitt, Associate Professor, English

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Monday, October 15     

Love and Literature: What Young Adult Books Teach about Gender and Romance    

Presented by Tricia Clasen, Professor, Communications – Theatre Arts

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Monday, October 22    

How the Boy Next Door Becomes a Latin King: A Christian Boy’s Unlikely Experience

Presented by Elizabeth King, Associate Professor, Educational Foundations

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Monday, October 29   

Learning Communities: More than Textbooks   

Presented by Ozalle Toms, Associate Professor, Special Education

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Monday, November 5  

Education for Sustainability in the Public Schools of the Galápagos Islands

Presented by Susan Huss-Lederman, Professor, Languages and Literatures

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Monday, November 12 

Splendor Without Diminishment and the Wonders of Nature 

Presented by Bob McCallister, Professor, Geography – Geology

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Monday, November 19 

The Diversity and Inclusion Imperative: Strategies for Student Success

Presented by LaVar Charleston, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Diversity, Engagement and Success

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For nearly 35 years, UW-Whitewater faculty and staff and community and business leaders have offered free presentations to thousands of people on topics ranging from art and current events to history and literature.

All lectures are free and open to the public and are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. Street parking is adjacent to the building.

Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven.

If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.

Community Feedback Instrumental to November Referendum

By Kelly Davis, Vice President

Whitewater Unified School District Board

November 6, residents of the Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) will have an opportunity to vote on a referendum question that will appear on the regular election ballot. The question will ask residents to vote yes or no on a measure to replace a previously passed referendum that’s set to expire in June 2019.

As a parent of three children who attend elementary school in the District and a homeowner in the District, I think it is important to share with readers how the referendum came to be, how passing the referendum will impact the District, and the tax implications of the referendum. This editorial is intended to speak to these points.

How the referendum came to be: The input of the Whitewater community, including our parents, staff, business and civic leaders and local residents, has been an integral part of this effort.

Thanks in large part to the community engagement we’ve seen, the board has been able to develop a strong potential solution that would allow the school district to maintain the quality programs and services currently available to students. We also believe this solution makes the best possible use of the funds local taxpayers invest in Whitewater schools.

The process of placing this question on the ballot has been inclusive from the start. In addition to numerous community engagement sessions and presentations, we have received valuable guidance and feedback from our Citizen Finance Advisory Committee, a group of community and business leaders from throughout the Whitewater area. The individuals who comprise this group have leveraged their experience and expertise to provide key input as the board looked at the options in front of us.

This work has also involved the school district’s financial advisor, which has enabled us to conduct accurate forecasts and find the best ways to protect our students, our schools and our community.

Considering that enrollment is one of the main drivers of our finances, we have also focused on creating robust enrollment projections. This, too, has informed our decision-making process, as we can see data on how many students we can expect to attend WUSD schools over the next several years.

How passing the referendum will impact the District: If passed, the referendum would allow the district to maintain and in some cases strengthen the district in a variety of ways: targeted class sizes, instructional and co-curricular programs, technology and facilities infrastructure, student support, safety efforts and mental health services.

The tax implications of the referendum: The referendum would have no tax impact in the first year, and then $30 per every $100,000 of assessed property value in each of the next three years.

In the weeks ahead of the November 6 referendum, the district will hold more community engagement sessions and continue to seek the feedback of our local residents. If you have questions about the referendum I urge you to visit: www.wwusd.org/referendum or contact any member of the Whitewater School Board.

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Comentarios de la Comunidad Instrumental para el Referéndum de Noviembre

Por Kelly Davis, Vicepresidente

Consejo del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Whitewater

El 6 de noviembre, los residentes del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Whitewater (WUSD) tendrán la oportunidad de votar sobre una pregunta de referéndum que aparecerá en la boleta de las elecciones regulares. La pregunta pedirá a los residentes que voten sí o no sobre una medida para reemplazar un referéndum previamente aprobado que expira en junio de 2019.

Como padre de tres niños que asisten a la escuela primaria en el Distrito y una dueña de casa en el Distrito, creo que es importante compartir con los lectores cómo se llevó a cabo el referéndum, cómo afectará el referéndum al Distrito y las implicaciones fiscales del referéndum. Este editorial pretende hablar de estos puntos.

Cómo surgió el referéndum: La contribución de la comunidad de Whitewater, incluidos nuestros padres, el personal, los líderes cívicos y empresariales y los residentes locales, han sido una parte integral de este esfuerzo.

Gracias en gran parte a la participación de la comunidad que hemos visto, el consejo ha podido desarrollar una fuerte solución potencial que le permitiría al distrito escolar mantener los programas y servicios de calidad actualmente disponibles para los estudiantes. También creemos que esta solución hace el mejor uso posible de los fondos que los contribuyentes locales invierten en las escuelas de Whitewater.

El proceso de colocar esta pregunta en la boleta electoral ha sido inclusivo desde el comienzo. Además de numerosas sesiones y presentaciones de participación comunitaria, hemos recibido valiosas recomendaciones y comentarios de nuestro Comité Asesor de Finanzas Ciudadanas, un grupo de líderes comunitarios y empresariales de toda el área de Whitewater. Los individuos que son parte de este grupo han aprovechado su experiencia y conocimientos para proporcionar información clave mientras el consejo miro las opciones frente a nosotros.

Este trabajo también ha involucrado al asesor financiero del distrito escolar, que nos ha permitido realizar pronósticos precisos y encontrar las mejores formas de proteger a nuestros estudiantes, nuestras escuelas y nuestra comunidad.

Teniendo en cuenta que las matriculas son uno de los principales impulsores de nuestras finanzas, también nos hemos centrado en la creación de robustas proyecciones de matriculación. Esto también ha informado nuestro proceso de toma de decisiones, ya que podemos ver datos sobre cuántos estudiantes esperaríamos que asistan a las escuelas de WUSD durante los próximos años.

Cómo impactará al Distrito si pasa el referéndum: si se aprueba, el referéndum permitiría al distrito mantener y en algunos casos fortalecer el distrito en una variedad de formas: el número de estudiantes por clase, programas educativos y co-curriculares, infraestructura de tecnología e instalaciones, apoyo para los estudiantes, esfuerzos de seguridad y servicios de salud mental.

Implicaciones fiscales del referéndum: el referéndum no tendría impacto impositivo en el primer año, y luego $30 por cada $100,000 del valor de propiedad evaluado en cada uno de los próximos tres años.

En las semanas previas al referéndum del 6 de noviembre, el distrito realizará más sesiones de participación comunitaria y continuará buscando la retroalimentación de nuestros residentes locales. Si tiene preguntas sobre el referéndum, lo invito a visitar: www.wwusd.org/referendum o contactar a cualquier miembro del Consejo de Whitewater.