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Congratulations to Whitewater High School junior Brooke Bazeley and senior Guin Yeager, who have been selected as 2022 NCWIT-Wisconsin Affiliate Honorable Mention Awardees of the NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing for their outstanding leadership, exceptional academic history, and forward-thinking ability.

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NCWIT is the National Center for Women and Information Technology which operates the Aspirations in Computer Award program to create a community of young women with a common passion for technology, providing scholarship and networking opportunities.

Brooke is currently studying Android App Programming in Java and Web Page Design and is a member of the Ferradermis FIRST Robotics Programming Team.

Guin is currently studying Game Design using Unity as well as Digital Electronics and has previously taken AP Computer Science. She also serves as captain of the Aerospace Jam Drone Team, which is preparing to compete at Fiserv Forum in April. 

Brooke and Guin will be honored at the Aspirations Award Ceremony to be held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Sunday, May 1, 2022.

Article and Photos Submitted by Laura Masbruch
Whitewater High School Computer Science Teacher and Banner Volunteer
lmasbruch@wwusd.org

Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Kaia Fowler of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Announcing a free online group for women! Come together with other women and practicum counselor Kaia Fowler to share experiences, knowledge, and encouragement.

Eight online group sessions
MONDAYS 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
February 21 to April 18
No session March 18 due to Spring Break

Learn about concepts related to flourishing as we age
Participate in conversations about those concepts and our personal experiences with aging

Each week, group facilitator Kaia Fowler will introduce knowledge from the bestselling book WOMEN ROWING NORTH: NAVIGATING LIFE’S CURRENTS & FLOURISHING AS WE AGE! by Mary Pipher. Then, a group conversation will explore group member experiences, thoughts, and feelings. Share as much or as little as you want to. Participate at your comfort level!

The Flourishing Together group will meet online Monday mornings from 9 to 9:45 am starting February 21 and ending April 18, with no session March 18 due to Spring Break.

Registration is required. Please contact group facilitator Kaia Fowler, a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater graduate student and practicum counselor at fowlerk@uww.edu for more information.

Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Whitewater Unified School District.

The Whitewater Unified School District has teamed up with the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Early Childhood Education Program to create free family/child enrichment sessions. These sessions will be offered on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00- 9:45 a.m. for 0-2 year olds and Tuesday and Thursday from 10:15- 11:15 a.m. for 3-5 year olds. There will be three, three-week sessions.

The sessions will be:
Session 1: January 25 – February 10
Session 2: February 22 – March 10
Session 3: March 29 – April 14

Sessions will be available for sign up two weeks prior to their start date. All sessions will be offered in English and Spanish.

You can sign up by going to wwusd.org and clicking on the Partners in Play link at the top of the page. Children from surrounding towns are welcome to join! Contact WUSD Family/Community Engagement Coordinator, Molly Fuller at mfuller@wwusd.org if you have any questions.

Spots are limited so sign up today!!

*parents/guardians must stay with children for the duration of the session

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension-Walworth County

UW-Madison Division of Extension Horticulture Program is offering FREE educational mini webinars to help you be more successful in your own yards, gardens, containers – anywhere you grow plants! 

The first in our FREE mini-webinar series kicks off this winter with Planning for a Fruitful Season. These engaging mini-webinars are 20 minutes each followed by Q&A. Registration is required for each mini webinar. Participants can attend only one or all three! This series is open to the public. All webinars will be recorded and made available on the Extension Horticulture website. 

Go to https://bit.ly/3rZez9V to find out more and to register!

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Planning for a Fruitful Season Mini Webinars 

Pruning Apple Trees to Maximize Healthy Fruit Production 

Late winter is an excellent time to prune your backyard apple trees and proper pruning helps your trees to produce high-quality apples! Join us and learn about proper pruning techniques and how the structure of your apple tree supports healthy fruit production. 

Presented by: Amaya Atucha, Associate Professor/Fruit Crop Specialist, UW-Madison
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 23, 12:00 p.m. 

Identification, Management, and Control of Major Apple Pests 

Be prepared to combat common pests on your backyard apple trees! Join us to learn about the major insect and fungal pests that can cause damage to your apples and the timing of different management strategies to help you be successful this season! 

Presented by: Diana Alfuth, Horticulture Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Division of Extension
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 2, 12:00 p.m. 

Growing Strawberries in Containers 

Did you know that you can grow your own fresh strawberries in containers? Join us to learn how! We will talk about what you need to know to successfully grow strawberries in containers, including selecting the right variety, soil, watering, and fertilizer, and how to overwinter them.

Presented by: Darrin Kimbler, Agriculture Educator, UW-Madison Division of Extension Iron County
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 9, 12:00 p.m. 

Go to https://bit.ly/3rZez9V to find out more and to register! 

These mini webinars are hosted by UW-Madison, Division of Extension, Horticulture. For upcoming events and learning opportunities, see https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/events/ 

Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Knight Public Affairs.

The Greater Whitewater Committee (GWC) will be hosting its annual meeting to celebrate its accomplishments from 2021 and discuss its goals for 2022. This year’s program will feature a presentation from Assistant Deputy Secretary Joel Nilsestuen and the Division of Transport Investment Management Administrator Joe Nestler from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

This event will take place on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at 6 p.m. at 841 Brewhouse and the whole community is cordially invited. 

One of the GWC’s initiatives is to widen Highway 12 to four lanes, and this event will provide an excellent opportunity to hear more information about the process moving forward. The GWC is very excited to be hosting these speakers, and for the chance to interact with members of the community as it plans for another year of success.

The meeting is open to the public and acts as a formal networking opportunity for members of the Greater Whitewater Committee and local organizations. There will be a social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. where guests have the opportunity to connect with members of the community prior to the presentation.

“Interacting with the Whitewater community at the annual GWC meeting is something I look forward to every year,” said GWC President Jeff Knight. “We are so thrilled to hear more about the Highway 12 project and celebrate our recent accomplishments.”

While an RSVP is not required to attend, we encourage anyone planning to come to contact us at research@knightpublicaffairs.com. 

For further details, please contact Jeffery Knight at 920.728.0662 or jpk@knightpublicaffairs.com. 

The GWC is an action-oriented group committed to working with citizens, elected officials, and policy makers to identify, craft, and implement a pro-business agenda. The agenda advances the economic, education, and social policies required to energize and secure the Whitewater area’s economic future, as well as protect Whitewater’s quality of life.

Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by the Whitewater Arts Alliance.

For the month of February Whitewater Arts Alliance is hosting two free virtual presentations! Our first will be Combining Art and Science: Learn More About Story Mapping, Wednesday February 9th from 7pm – 8pm, presented by UW-W professor Juk Bhattacharyya. In this presentation, you can learn about how sciences such as geology can be communicated through story.

To attend, register here: https://www.whitewaterarts.org/-registration

It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society.

Winter sports have always been popular in Wisconsin. This last winter image from the Scholl glass plate negative collection from around 1900 shows a little-known (at least to me) winter sport. It appears to be the set-up for horse racing on ice on Cravath Lake. Ice racing with horses? Who knew?

Apparently, this was a popular activity in northern climates during the turn of the 20th century years. A search in old Whitewater Register newspapers only uncovered a couple of references to this activity, but an internet search yielded several entries about this sport. In fact, at the Hennepin History Museum in Minneapolis this month, there was a program on ice racing on the lakes around Minneapolis at this time. And, it appears ice racing still takes place in some locations in the United States and Europe.

Join us next week for more from the collections of the Whitewater Historical Society.

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