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By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner staff
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The Whitewater Banner staff has communicated with the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to find out how many of the nearly 1300 people who were tested at Perkins Stadium between May 27-30 tested positive for COVID-19. Unfortunately, according to Carlo Nevicosi, Deputy Director of the DHHS, “We do not and won’t have this number.  With regard to testing sites, the data we get back from the state lab is not “event-specific.”  That means that in the course of a day, we could receive results on 500 cases, but not know where they were tested.  Lots of tests on Walworth County residents are performed in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and even in neighboring counties.” Those tested reside in six different counties.

Of course anyone who was tested should have received a call telling them whether they were positive or negative, and it does help the county and the state to have the compilation of all the tests that were performed in any setting.

As of June 11, 471 residents of Walworth County had tested positive for the virus, and there had been 17 deaths. 66 of those who tested positive, or 14%, reported that they had not experienced symptoms when they were tested. It has been determined that asymptomatic people can transmit the infection; in fact, they may be at their infectious peak at that time. Overall, 7% of those who have been tested had laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Meanwhile, Walworth County is hoping that another testing site may be scheduled in Elkhorn during the last week of June. The Banner will publish any nearby sites that are scheduled.

On June 11, Al Hutchison, President of the UW-W Community Optimist Club (Left) presented a check for $2500 for the Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) Emergency Fund to Lanora Heim, Director of Pupil Services, WUSD.

Al Hutchison, president of the UW-W Community Optimist Club is on the left.  Lanora Heim, Director of Pupil Services, WUSD, is on the right. 

Photo by Marjorie Stoneman, Whitewater Banner staff

With everything going on related to COVID-19, the summer Children’s Ministry Program for Whitewater Area Regional Ministry (WARM) will look a bit different this year. As we don’t want to risk transmitting any germs, there will be no small group or in-person activities. Instead we will have a Storywalk® around the outside of the FUMC church building, 145 S. Prairie St. The story will start on Prairie Street by the parking lot.

This is an outdoor reading experience where a children’s book is deconstructed and the pages of the book are laminated and placed on wooden posts. Every Sunday the story will change. Each story will end with a question or activity suggestion for families. This “WARM Walk” is a free activity and is open to anyone in the larger community.

The first story will go up this Sunday, June 14. It is “Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor, Too” by Jennifer Grant and the story will be available in both English and Spanish translations. Please contact First UMC with any questions, 262-473-2131

FCCU Press Release – (June 4, 2020) – Fort Community Credit Union (FCCU) recently donated $2,000 to the Rock River Community Clinic to aid in their efforts to provide medical care to those in need. The mission of the clinic is to provide access to free health services through health professionals dedicated to caring for uninsured individuals with low income, defined as being at or below 400% of federal poverty level.

“We’re thankful for the opportunity to support the efforts of the clinic, whose mission resonates with the core values of FCCU,” said Sue Johnson, CEO.

The Rock River Community Clinic, formally the Rock River Free Clinic, provides free primary healthcare to those without health insurance who live in Jefferson County, Whitewater and Cambridge, WI. For additional information about the services provided and how to qualify for care visit rockriverfreeclinic.com. See “who qualifies” at the top of the homepage.

MADISON, Wis. (June 11, 2020) – The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.

Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the distinction. Most call the honor “dean’s list,” but some grant the “Dean’s Honor List” and “Dean’s High Honor List.”

To view an online listing, visit http://registrar.wisc.edu/deans_list.htm. For questions or concerns about eligibility, please contact deanslist-registrar@em.wisc.edu

Whitewater, WI

 Jesenia Cuevas, School of Education, Dean’s List
 James Dedrick, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List
 Jaden Henneman, Col of Agricultural & Life Sci, Dean’s List
 Alan Jaime, School of Education, Dean’s List
 Meghan Kehoe, School of Education, Dean’s List
 Ali Ketterhagen, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
 Nick Kuzoff, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
 Jan Maroske, College of Engineering, Dean’s Honor List
 Andrew Marquardt, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
 Noah Miller, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
 Connor Steinke, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
 Huong Vo, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
 Lan Vo, School of Human Ecology, Dean’s Honor List

LA CROSSE, Wis. (June 10, 2020) – The following area students have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the spring semester of the 2019-20 academic year, ending May 2020.

Qualification for the Dean’s List is limited to students who have attained outstanding academic achievement. To be eligible, students must have earned not less than a 3.5 semester grade point average and carried a minimum of 12 credits. 

UW-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of the 13 four-year institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. UWL has more than 10,500 full and part-time students enrolled in 101 undergraduate, 28 graduate and two doctoral academic programs.

UW-La Crosse – www.uwlax.edu – is the state’s top-ranked public or private higher education institution by U.S. News & World Reports for master’s degree institutions and has been ranked among the top four Midwestern public institutions for more than a decade. UW-La Crosse remains one of only two Wisconsin colleges to make Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the top 100 best values nationwide in public colleges. 

Whitewater, WI

 Tom Duval, Public Health and Community Health Education Major
 Josef Gmur, International Business Major
 Andi Markham, Exercise and Sport Science Major: Exercise Science – Pre-professional Track
 Thomas McManaway, Recreation Management Major: Generalist Emphasis
 Jacob Riemer, Public Health and Community Health Education Major
 Haylee Stachow, Psychology Major
 Hayden West, Undeclared Major – CASSH

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (June 9, 2020) – The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored more than 2,660 undergraduate students for attaining high grade point averages during the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.

Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight A) are given the highest honors designation. High honor citations go to those with grade point averages from 3.75 to 3.89 and honor recognition is accorded to those with grade point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.

Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are being sent to those who earned highest honors distinction.

Students who received honors include:

Whitewater, WI

 Sage Babcock, Senior, Highest Honors
 Kathryn Schramm, Post-Bacc, High Honors