The Whitewater volleyball team played in the Kettle Moraine Invitational this past weekend where they achieved many small victories on their half of the court. The Whippets played scrappy defense by reading their hitters and blockers more effectively. From the serving line Whitewater was able to serve aggressively and hit specific zones which often kept their opponents from running a fast offense. Unfortunately these small victories didn’t equate to any match victories, but nonetheless the weekend helped provide strong competition which prepares them for this upcoming week where the Whippets will see two more conference opponents.
Whitewater will be looking to improve to 3-3 in conference play on Tuesday, Oct. 1st as they host Edgerton, which is also 2-3 in the Rock Valley. This will be the “Play for Trey” night as they honor Treyton Kilar. The event will not only honor Trey but be a way to continue to think about making good decisions in all aspects of life. The High School SADD group and VB team will have some fun events planned. Be sure to wear Blue and Gold- both the Brewer colors and Treyton’s Field of Dreams colors! Game time- JV at 4:45 and Varsity at 6:30!
Thursday, Oct. 3rd the Whippets travel to Brodhead to take on the Cardinals who are sitting at 4-1 in conference play. With the opportunity to win these next two conference matches, the Whippets could move into the top tier teams of the conference. This year there is a lot of parity in the conference, so picking up two more wins this week would really help with seeding for the conference tournament. Weekend Stat LeadersAces: Cora Linos – 9Kills: Kacie Carollo – 19Assists: Cora Linos – 30Digs: Kacie Carollo – 22 Thanks,
There is never a dull moment in the UW-Whitewater Department of Music and October is filled with faculty and guest artists concerts. The performances will be held in the Light Recital Hall, and will feature guest artists Mary Stolper, flutist; ~Nois, saxophone quartet, with the faculty concerts by UW-Whitewater Piano Trio, Carol Rosing, bassoon, Whitewater Symphony & Chamber Orchestras. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling 262-472-2222, going online to tickets.uww.edu, by visiting the Greenhill Center Box Office or Information Services Desk in the University Center.
Guest artist, Mary Stolper, flute, will perform in Light Recital Hall on October 3 at 7:30 pm. Mary Stolper, Principal Flutist of the Grant Park Symphony, and MyungHee Chung, pianist, perform the 19th-20th Century favorites from flute repertoire. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.
UW-Whitewater Piano Trio performs in Light Recital Hall October 6 at 7:30 pm. The Piano Trio includes: Leanne League, violin, Benjamin Whitcomb, cello and MyungHee Chung, piano performing beautiful romantic masterpieces: the famous Felix Medelssohn Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op. 49 and the lush and rhythmic Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 by Bedřich Smetana. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.
Faculty Concert of Carol Rosing, bassoon with MyungHee Chung, piano will be held on October 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Light Recital Hall. Enjoy an evening of easy listening as you are serenaded by the warm and luscious sounds of the bassoon. Bassoonist Carol Rosing and pianist MyungHee Chung will perform some of the most romantic and enjoyable music in the bassoon repertoire: Oleg Miroshnikov’s Scherzo, Impromptu by Reinhold Gliere, Gustave Schreck’s Sonate, Romance by Edward Elgar, and
Ferdinand David’s Concertino in Bb Major. For an added treat, you will be entertained with anarrangement of two Joplin rags, which will be performed on an instrument rarely seen or heard, the contrabassoon. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.
Whitewater Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra will perform in Young Auditorium on October 18 at 7:30 pm. The Whitewater Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra in their first concert will feature Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. The Whitewater Symphony conducted by Christopher Ramaekers is the flagship orchestra at UW-Whitewater. The WSO is a full orchestra and includes woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings. The WSO performs 2-3 concerts each semester and tours semi-annually. Repertoire selections focus on standard symphonic masterworks, but include a variety of works from the classical period to modern day. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.
SONICT presents Guest artist, ~Nois, saxophone quartet will perform in Light Recital Hall on October 22 at 7:30 pm. ~Nois is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet that defies categorization by working between the boundary of contemporary classical music and experimental improvisation. Founded in 2016 by graduate students at Northwestern University, ~Nois (pronounced “noise”) has quickly emerged as one of the premier young ensembles dedicated to innovative and engaging performances. Known for their “masterclass-level demonstrations of precise articulations and glowing legatos” (I Care if You Listen), “truly innovative musicianship,” and “raw creativity” (Cacophony Magazine), ~Nois has been awarded prizes at prestigious chamber music competitions including the Second Prize in the Open Division of the 2018 M-Prize International Chamber Arts Competition, the Silver Medal at the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Second Prize at the 2018 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition, and First Prize at the 2016 Chicago Woodwind Ensemble Competition. ~Nois was invited to be an Ensemble Fellow to the 2018 Blackbird Creative Lab, where they worked closely with fellow Chicago-based ensemble, Eighth Blackbird. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.
Tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling 262-472-2222, going online to tickets.uww.edu or by visiting the Greenhill Center Box Office Monday – Friday from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm.
The Friends of the Library will be having their semi-annual book sale, Monday, September 30 through Friday, October 4. There will be books, music CDs and DVDs for sale.
Paul H. Zimmerman was born in Nebraska on April 27, 1926 to Rev. Walter and Helena (nee Rich) Zimmerman. He joined sister Ruth (Ewoldt), brother Kenneth and they were soon to welcome baby sister Betty Lou. Having lived in several Methodist parsonages as a child, Paul told stories of crawling under the pews to the back of the church to escape worship services as his father preached and his mother accompanied hymns on the piano. He was, however, generally a dutiful son and, with sister Betty Lou, would hurry home to set the type for newsletter publications of his father’s sermons, thoughts, and musings.
Walter bought one of the first automobiles in their county in Nebraska, which may have inspired Paul’s lifelong love of cars. He worked on cars as a teen, and after his time in WWII in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, he met and married Clarice Benn of Ord, Nebraska. They moved to Michigan where Paul worked as a mechanic at a Massey-Harris tractor plant.
Tragedy struck the family as Paul’s mother, father, younger sister as well as a foster child died in a private plane crash in Kansas. Paul, Clarice, and their first born child Marsha returned to Nebraska where they lived and farmed the rental farm belonging to Clarice’s parents Henry and Julia Benn. After their son Ron, daughters Laurel and Colleen were born, they moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where Paul began his career working in sales. After a transfer by Freeman Shoe Company to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (T.E. Aherns) and then to Dubuque, Iowa (Roshek Department Store), daughter Rhonda was born. By that time, Paul was a housing inspector for the city of Dubuque. After retirement, the family moved to Epworth, Iowa where Paul found it difficult to stay retired, so he worked as a security guard at Kennedy Mall in Dubuque. Later years found them in Whitewater, Wisconsin and a few years after Clarice died in 2007, Paul moved to the Wisconsin Veteran’s Home in King, Wisconsin.
Over the years, Paul enjoyed playing on a bowling team, golfing, working on cars and watching the Green Bay Packers. He kept things organized, clean and consistent in his car, his garage and in his home. He passed along some of those interests to his children and grandchildren.
At the age of ninety-three, Paul passed on to the next great adventure when he died on August 29, 2019. Many thanks to the staff at King for their loving care throughout his time there, and to those who participated in the Red, White, and Blue ceremony at the time of his passing. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, brother and sisters, his wife Clarice and son-in-law James Rooks. Mourning his loss and celebrating his life are his children Marsha (Tony) Starcevic, Ronald (Donna) Zimmerman, Laurel Rooks, Colleen (Peter) Kwong, Rhonda (Daryl) Pollock, ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
A Graveside Service of Remembrance will be at King Veteran Cemetery, Waupaca, WI at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 21, 2019.
Brianna Zimdars record holder, Sara Foucault, former record holder
9/24/19 Whitewater vs Jefferson/Cambridge 94-73; JV 37-63
Brianna Zimdars breaks the 100 Backstroke School Record: 1:02.59!
The Whippets were able to rack up a win against Jefferson/Cambridge with a bunch of best times and fast swimming. Brianna Zimdars not only set the School Record in the 100 Backstroke, but also posted the third fastest time all time in the 100 Butterfly. Grace Foucault continues to swim well adding two times to the Top 10 All Time list. Grace is sixth all-time in the 200 Individual Medley and eighth all-time in the 100 Freestyle.
It was a winning kind of night with the team posting 9 out of 11 first place finishes in varsity competition and 3 wins in junior varsity competition:
Bruce Cohen directs this tale of life in the Lodz Ghetto
(WHITEWATER, WIS.)— UW- Whitewater Theatre/Dance Department begins the 19-20 Season with Resort 76 by Shimon Wincelberg based on A Cat in the Ghetto by Rachmil Bryks. The play takes us to a forced labor textile mill in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland during World War II. The play focuses on a motley and compelling crew of characters who both live and work in this industrial “resort” and struggle to survive and find hope in the face of darkness. Resort 76 runs from October 7-12 at 7:30 pm and October 13 & 14 at 2:00 pm in the Hicklin Studio Theatre in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, 950 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. Tickets are available by calling 262-472-2222 or online at tickets.uwwe.edu
Bruce Cohen is directing Resort 76 in the style of immersive theatre. Immersive theatre removes the stage and places the audience within the production itself allowing the actors to break the fourth wall. This type of performance eliminates the boundaries between the real world and the world created in the play to stimulate all five senses, allowing for a more emotional experience for the actors and audience. It removes the audience from their comfort zones, causing their reactions to the events in the play to be more instinctual and creating a more real experience. To do that in a play about the Holocaust will create an empathy and visceral experience for all attending. Bruce Cohen has this to say about the play, “The story that Resort 76 tells is uncomfortable and compelling. The people it portrays are, at once, disturbing and laudable. Most importantly, this human story is deeply dimensional and does not seek to spare any polite sensibilities. It is certainly a justifiably difficult evening.”
In addition to the performances there are a number of outreach activities associated with Resort 76.
It’s important to note that the dates of the play coincide with Rosh HaShana (the Jewish New Year festival) which starts on September 30 and ends on October 1 and October 9 is Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement and the most important holiday in the Jewish faith.
Speakers forum: October 8 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, Room 30
Guest speakers Dr. Stanislav Vysotsky (UW-Whitewater professor of Sociology and Criminology), Jennifer Gramer (UW-M professor of History), and Dr. Daniel Haumschild (The Milwaukee Jewish Federation- HERC) will join us to discuss themes brought to light through the production of Resort 76 by Shimon Wincelberg. Topics discussed include genocide, memory, and incarceration in how they relate to the play, as well as, in society today.
My Father Rachmil Bryks: October 10 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm in Barnett Theatre in the Greenhill Center of the Arts. A lecture and talk with Bella Bryks-Klein, the daughter of Rachmil Bryks, author of A Cat in the Ghetto (the novel that Resort 76 is adapted from). Mrs. Bryks-Klein will give insight into her father’s life through his writing and biography. Rachmil Bryks wrote other novels “The ‘King’ of the Ghetto”, “ The Paper Crown”, and “Ghetto Resort 76”, upon which the play Resort 76 is based. Mrs. Bryks-Klein will discuss how this traumatic experience in the Lodz Ghetto affected him to the very last day of his life, and is affecting her as a second generation child of a Holocaust survivor.
Apocalypse Now: German Works on Paper, 1920’s-1950’s
Highlighting works from the Fishman Collection at the Crossman Gallery of Art, Apocalypse Now explores mounting tensions in Weimar Germany leading up to WWII, and the utter devastation felt after the war. The exhibit includes prints and drawings made by prominent artists of the German avant-garde, including artists included: George Grosz, Christoph Voll, Fritz Skade, Wilhelm Höpfner, and Rudolf Schlichter.
Dates of the exhibit: September 24 – October 24.
A Cat in the Ghetto Library discussions:
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library: October 3, 2019 at 4:00 pm
Dwight Foster Library: October 10 and 14 at 1:00 pm
Jefferson Public Library: September 23 at 6:00 pm
Please take part in any of the free ancillary activities and join us for the immersive theatre production of Resort 76, October 7-12 at 7:30 pm and, October 13 -14 at 2:00 pm in the Hicklin Studio Theatre in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, 950 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. Tickets are available by calling 226-472-2222 or online at http://tickets.uww.edu or in the Greenhill Center of the Arts box office, hours are M-F 8:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
City Market Co-Manager Lisa Dawsey Smith and Police Captain Adam Vander Steeg
Whitewater, Wis. Sept 23, 2019 – The Whitewater Police Department is honored to receive a donation from the Whitewater City Market.
Proceeds from the Whitewater City Market tent on September 10th, 2019 were donated to the in remembrance of September 11th. Last year, the donation was gifted to the Whitewater Fire Department. City Market Co-Manager, Lisa Dawsey-Smith delivered a check for $400. Police Captain, Adam Vander Steeg accepted the donation on behalf of the Whitewater Crime Prevention Fund to purchase future equipment.
“As we marked another anniversary of 9/11, we were fortunate to have an opportunity due to the generosity of market patrons to recognize and support the first responders in our community who diligently serve our community every single day, said Dawsey-Smith. “We are incredibly thankful for their commitment and professionalism.”
Auction: 10 a.m. – Consignments (15% to church) or donated items wanted. Large donated items can be picked up. Call 608-883-9999 for information. Call or email by Sept. 20th to be listed on the auction bill. Weberauctionser@centurytel.net or 608-868-7136
Bake Sale, Produce, Crafts & Lunch Stand: Open 9 a.m.
Corner of Church Road & County A – 1/4 mile West of Hwy. 89, Richmond Township – South of Whitewater
