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Whippets Compete at Elkhorn Invite

It was another great meet for the Whippets at the 9 team Elkhorn Invite on Saturday, September 7. We earned 17 medals in seven different events and five out of six relays scored points today. This is a tough Invite with five Division 1 schools.

200 Medley Relay, 2nd place – Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers, Brianna Zimdars, Sophia Fanshaw
200 Medley Relay, 14th place – Amber Krebs, Hailey Murphy, Lexi Hackney, Ellie Treder
200 Freestyle – Mina Truesdale dropped 19 seconds
200 Individual Medley, 2nd place – Ella Houwers
200 Individual Medley, 11th place – Amber Krebs
50 Freestyle – Karime Velazquez dropped 2 seconds
100 Butterfly, 3rd place – Brianna Zimdars
100 Butterfly, 7th place – Grace Foucault
400 Freestyle, 1st place – Brianna Zimdars
400 Freestyle, 6th place – Sophia Fanshaw
400 Freestyle, 7th place – Amber Krebs
200 Freestyle Relay, 11th place – Ellie Treder, Lexi Hackney, Brooke Bazeley, Sophia Fanshaw
200 Freestyle Relay, 16th place – Hailey Murphy, Raquel Ortiz, Lucy Amos, Mina Truesdale
100 Backstroke, 3rd place – Grace Foucault
100 Backstroke, 6th place – Sophia Fanshaw
100 Backstroke, Lucy Amos dropped 9 seconds
100 Breaststroke, 2nd place – Ella Houwers
400 Freestyle Relay, 3rd place – Brianna Zimdars, Amber Krebs, Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers

A big highlight was Brianna Zimdars winning the 400 Freestyle race after swimming a very smart, controlled race and in the last 25 yards rallied more strength to touch her competitor out by .09 seconds and on her birthday, too! Very proud of all the girls who raced today, way to go Whippets!

Brianna Zimdars

Article submitted by Coach Gina Foucault

Whitewater Historical Society “Then and Now” – September 15, 1-3 p.m.

The Whitewater Historical Society begins its new season (2019-2020) of meetings and programs with a look at Whitewater’s Downtown—then and now.  Carol Cartwright of the historical society will present a program showing photographs of selected downtown buildings that are seen in both historic and modern views.  The meeting and program will be held on Sunday, September 15 from 1:00-3:00 at the Cravath Lakefront Community Building at 341 S. Fremont Street. 

This program is a continuation of a look at the historic photographs in the Whitewater Historical Society’s collections and how they can be interpreted and used by the public.  The historical society is currently re-organizing and digitizing all of its historic photographs at the depot museum and preparing an index for ease of use. The depot museum’s 2019-2020 temporary exhibit is a selection of the society’s historic photographs and can be viewed at the museum on Fridays, 10-1, Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4, and Tuesdays 4-7 during the City Market.

September’s program will concentrate on Whitewater’s downtown with a special emphasis on the location of historic grocery stores.  This will tie in with the society’s November program, “Whitewater Recollects,” which will focus on recollections of small grocery stores in downtown Whitewater. 

The Whitewater Historical Society holds meetings and programs quarterly except for the summer.  This year, the society’s meetings and programs will be held on September 15, November 17, January 19, and May 17.  In March, the society presents its annual “Whitewater Collects”  antiques and collectibles show.

Philanthropic Women Who CARE Announces Fall Social Event

Women Who CARE (WWC), a premier women’s networking group supported by Fort HealthCare, is hosting a social and networking dinner event at Casual Joe’s BBQ in Whitewater on Thursday, September 19 from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored in part by PremierBank. Casual Joe’s is located at 319 West James Street in downtown Whitewater. An RSVP is requested by Monday, September 16 by calling the Fort Memorial Hospital Foundation office at (920) 568-5404 or by email to womenwhocare@forthc.com.

The evening is highlighted by a cooking demonstration of fall soups hosted by Chef Tyler Sailsbery. In addition to the cooking demonstration, the event will include sampling dishes prepared from The Black Sheep and Casual Joe’s restaurants, both located in Whitewater. A silent auction and 50/50 raffle will also round out the fall social. Attendees are encouraged to network and converse with women from the communities served by Fort HealthCare. Current paid members of WWC may attend at no cost with guests and supporters asked to pay a $25.00 fee to help cover costs and donate to WWC’s ongoing projects.

The fall social event is also a fundraiser for the group’s ongoing project to provide education for Fort HealthCare’s school nurses. Fort HealthCare school nurses serve nine area school districts. They are considered a lifeline for thousands of families with children in the area who need assistance and care during school hours. In addition to the everyday aches and pains that arise, school nurses spend most of their days helping students with chronic and intensive needs for care during school hours. From insulin management, to specialized feeding, to medication administration, school nurses are responsible for coordinating with parents and school staff to make it possible for students to remain engaged in their classes and activities.

WWC is a membership organization with a current focus on improving the health and well-being of youth in our area. The group seeks to build on the simple understanding that the health and well-being of our community is tied to our connections with each other. Gathering for a shared purpose, members build and enhance personal and professional relationships with one another. Together they learn about the health challenges in the region and seek out ways to help our loved ones and neighbors live healthier lives.

Community members interested in learning more about WWC can attend the fall social and all attendees are encouraged to bring a friend or two. To learn more about WWC, please visit www.forthealthcare.com/wwc.

Whitewater Girls’ Tennis Falls to East Troy

While Whitewater still fell 7-0 to defending conference champion East Troy, the match was much more competitive with several matches much closer than the match played between the two earlier in the year.

We still need to make major improvements in our aggressiveness and our footwork. I was pleased with progress that we have made. Our number two doubles team of Melanie Reyes and Mariana Cano showed a huge step forward from the first time these two teams played. In the earlier match the duo lost 6-2, 6-2 and in tonight’s matchup they closed it to a 6-4, 7-5 loss. We have to continue to work on improving these areas that make the difference in matches as we get ready for our next conference match.

This Monday the Whippets face Jefferson at 4pm at WHS.

Results:

1S Cassidy Laue lost Lauren Lindow 0-6, 0-6

2S Kaitlyn Partoll lost Syd Raddeman 2-6, 2-6

3S Tessa Papcke lost Jessica Tess 1-6, 0-6

4S Josie Hintz lost Izzy Galluzzo 4-6, 4-6

1D Odessa Sonn lost S.Rondeau/K.Metcalf 4-6, 4-6

Sophie Olson

2D Melanie Reyes lost O.Fitch/E.Scurek 4-6, 5-7

Mariana Cano

3D Katelyn Lashley lost O.Egle/E.Stern 3-6, 5-7

Emily Scherer

September Brings Guest Artists and Faculty Concerts to UWW

Throughout the month of September, the UW-Whitewater Department of Music will present faculty and guest artists concerts. The performances will be held in the Light Recital Hall, and will feature guest artists Project Trio; Illinois Chamber Music Festival, SONICT presents Acromusical, and Gi Yeon Koh with the faculty concert of Cristina Ballatori, flute. 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 artists, Project Trio will perform in Light Recital Hall on Thurs., September 12 at 7:30 pm. Blending their classical training with an eclectic taste in musical styles, Project Trio has made an impact on audiences of all ages. Bursting onto the stage with their landmark videos, right out of the internet generation, Project Trio is a musical experience defining a new level of entertainment. Project Trio is a musical experience not to be missed… they are Peter Seymour, double bass, Greg Pattillo, flute and, Eric Stephenson, cello. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.

Illinois Chamber Festival Concert in Light Recital Hall Sunday, September 22 at 7:30 pm.  Faculty from the festival will perform the intensely beautiful, yet rarely heard, Piano Quintet by Frank Martin, Dvorak’s gorgeous Terzetto, and a cello/piano duo will complete the program. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.

Guest Artist, Gi Yeon Koh, viola/violin will perform on Tues., September 24 at 7:30 pm in Light Recital Hall. A soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player, she received her Master of Music in viola and Artist Diploma for a double degree in violin and viola at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory. Koh also received her Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.

Faculty Concert of Cristina Ballatori, flute will be held on Thurs., September 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Light Recital Hall. A wide variety of music will be played throughout the evening. Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.

SONICT Arcomusical in Light Recital Hall at 3:00 pm Sun., September 29 in Light Recital Hall. Projecto Arcomusical will perform a new work written by Chicago bassist Matt Ulery, along with other works from the Arcomusical repertoire. Arcomusical is a non-profit organization with the mission to spread the joy of the Afro-Brazilian musical bow known as the berimbau through the development of innovative and excellent musical repertoire.Tickets are $10.50 adults, $8.50 over 65 & under 18, $6.00 UW-W students.

All performances take place in Light Recital Hall. 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.

Photograph exhibit at UW-Whitewater

Ida Wyman: Heart and Mind Photograph exhibit at UW-Whitewater
Crossman Gallery in the Greenhill Center of the Arts

UW-Whitewater plays host to the iconic urban street photographs of Ida Wyman. The photographic exhibit Ida Wyman: Heart and Mind will be in the Crossman Gallery, in the Greenhill Center of the Arts on the UW-Whitewater Campus from September 9 through October 5 , with an opening reception on September 9 from 5-7:30 pm. The Crossman Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10am – 5pm, Monday through Thursday evenings from 6pm – 8pm and Saturdays from 1pm – 4pm.

Ida Wyman was born March 7, 1926 and died July 13, 2019, she grew up in the Bronx, New York and began her photographic career while she was in high school, by taking photographs of her neighborhood. Wyman was a member of New York City’s Photo League and during the 1940’s and 50’s, she shot over 100 assignments for Life Magazine.

The Ida Wyman: Heart and Mind exhibit is the first show of her work since her passing. It is a great honor for UW-Whitewater and the Crossman Gallery to host this important exhibition of her work. There will be approximately 60 large scale photos in the show that resonate with the idea of heart and mind and span her entire archive.

“Ida Wyman’s work is a testament to the vitality of documentary photography as a fundamentally humanist practice. With discernment and empathy, throughout her notable career she persisted in photographing ordinary people in their urban and small-town landscapes, their quiet human dramas and their moments of solitude. The lasting impact of her photographs derives from their aesthetic presence as well as their incisive and compassionate visual recording of these mid-century moments, striking chords of memory. We were here, these images say, and Ida Wyman was paying attention.” – Melanie Herzog, Ida Wyman: Chords of Memory.

Come celebrate the life of this master photographer at the opening reception September 9, 2019 from 5-7:30 pm in the Crossman Gallery, members of Ida Wyman’s family will be in attendance that evening. The Ida Wyman: Heart and Mind exhibit will be in the Crossman Gallery from September 9 – October 5, 2019. The Crossman Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10am – 5pm, Monday through Thursday evenings from 6pm – 8pm and Saturdays from 1pm – 4pm. The Gallery is located at 950 W. Main Street in the Greenhill Center of the Arts.

Upcoming City & Community Meetings: Week of September 9 – 15

Plan & Architectural Review Commission Meeting – Monday, September 9, 2019 at 6:00 PM; Whitewater Municipal Building – More information

Whitewater School Board Meeting – Monday, September 9, 2019 at 7 PM; Central Office of Whitewater Unified School District – More Information

Public Works Committee Meeting – Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 6 PM; Whitewater Municipal Building – More Information

WHS Swimmers Break Two Conference Records

The Whippet Swim Team started their competition portion of the season Thursday night, September 5, with some impressive swims. Despite disqualifying two of the thirteen relays, the Whippets were still able to finish in 5th place overall. This season all swimmers were able to swim at least one relay for the team. The following girls did great in their first meet as Whippets: Brooke Bazeley, Vanessa Falcon, Grace Foucault, Hailey Murphy, Emily Radaj, Josie Treder, Karime Velazquez, and Ashly Xochipa. 

We had four 1st place medal winning performances earned by different combinations of five of our swimmers:

4×100 IM *NEW Southern Lakes Conference Record previously held by a 2012 Whitewater High School relay team, now held by Grace Foucault, Sophia Fanshaw, Brianna Zimdars, and Ella Houwers with a time of 4:16.88. This is over 5 seconds faster than the previous record and 8 seconds faster than any other relay that swam.

1000 Freestyle (100, 200, 300, 400) – Amber Krebs, Grace Foucault, Brianna Zimdars, and Ella Houwers with a time of 10:25.70 which was 12 seconds faster than any other team that swam, and it was 22 seconds faster than our group that finished the same relay in first last year at this meet.

500 Freestyle (50, 100, 150, 200) – Sophia Fanshaw, Grace Foucault, Brianna Zimdars, and Ella Houwers with a time of 4:53.28 which was 18 seconds faster than any other relay that swam.

400 Backstroke – Brianna Zimdars, Sophia Fanshaw, Grace Foucault, and Ella Houwers sprinted to a *NEW Southern Lakes Conference record with a time of 4:10.05, over 5 seconds faster than the previous record and over 7 seconds faster than all relays that swam.

Other highlights include the eight swimmers that swam on our 200 Butterfly relays all went best times. The relay of Raquel Ortiz, Brooke Bazeley, Ellie Treder, and Lexi Hackney went 22 seconds faster than their seedtime. In addition, the relay team of Natalie Amos, Giselle Ramirez, Josie Treder, and Mina Truesdale all dropped time to go 6 seconds under their seedtime.

A few standout splits include Hailey Murphy in the 50 Breaststroke 36.89, Brooke Bazeley in the 50 Freestyle 29.99, and Mina Truesdale in the 50 Butterfly 38.92.

Coach Foucault stated, “I am very proud of our team and cannot wait to see more racing in the next couple of weeks.”

Whitewater Soccer Wraps Up Second Week of Games

The Whitewater Boys’ Soccer team wrapped up their second week of soccer games with a win at home against Fort Atkinson on Thursday night.

Last week we kicked the season off playing up two divisions against two Division 1 teams from the Janesville high schools. Our first game was against Janesville Craig. We knew going in that we were not quite at the fitness level that we needed and we were learning a new formation for the season. We saw some good play from our team and identified some fundamentals to work on improving. While it was close, Craig was the better team and beat us 2-0.

  • Juan Cuellar Meza vs Janesville Craig
  • Sergio Zuniga vs Janesville Craig

Photos Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka

Next up was Janesville Parker. We’ve had good success against Parker in the past few years and this year was no different. The final score was 7-0 with goals coming from Cody Gamble (2), Juan Cuellar (2), Cody Rupke, Ignacio Cuevas, and Rafa Cortez.

Tyler Pavlik battles with Janesville Parker’s Abel Saaka, Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka

This week we played Division 2 Waterford on Tuesday. While we felt like we were definitely playing better soccer than in week 1, and we made it to half time tied up at 1 each, Waterford managed a couple more goals in the end to beat us 3-1.

Thursday, we put in our best overall team performance of the two weeks in a home game against Division 2 Fort Atkinson. Colin Chenoweth notched his first goal of the season to give us the lead at half-time. Fort Atkinson tied it up in the second half, but Juan Cuellar gave us the game winner. Sergio Zuniga in goal made a couple of exceptional saves to close the game out for us.

  • Colin Chenoweth vs Fort Atkinson
  • Juan Cuellar Meza vs Fort Atkinson

Photos Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka

Next week is a busy week for us as we head on the road against Cambridge-Deerfield and then back up that direction for a game against Lake Mills. We close out our early non-conference schedule with a tournament in Milton over the weekend. We are starting to see some solid play from the whole group on our varsity roster and are looking forward to the rest of the season.

Janesville Craig 2, Whitewater 0
Craig 1 1
Whitewater 0 0

Whitewater 7, Janesville Parker 0
Whitewater 3 4
Parker 0 0

Whitewater 1, Waterford Union 3
Whitewater 1 0
Waterford 1 2

Whitewater 2, Fort Atkinson 1
Whitewater 1 1
Fort Atkinson 0 1

Article submitted by Coach John Chenoweth