Wayne Russell Wilson, 69, Whitewater, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at his home.

Wayne was born on August 22, 1949 in Wisconsin Rapids to Russell and Lynette (Zuege) Wilson. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids in 1967. After high school Wayne attended barber training at Madison Area Technical College. Wayne married Karleen Ironside in Wisconsin Rapids on August 3, 1968. They moved to Whitewater where Wayne owned and operated Wayne’s Hair Emporium and worked for 20 years for Hawthorne Melody. He and Karleen enjoyed making maple syrup for many years with their family. He also enjoyed golfing, camping and fishing.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years Karleen; children Shane (Ericka) Wilson, Gays Mills, WI, Amy Wilson, Goose Creek, SC; grandchildren Trevor (T’Naya) Wilson, Brody, Carter and Paige Wilson; great-grandchildren Trevor Jr. and Troy Wilson; sister Judy Nelson, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Graveside Services will be held in the spring of 2019 at the Forest Hills Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

Linda L. Boehning, age 73, of LaGrange, Wisconsin, entered into eternal peace December 23, 2018 at Delavan Health Services in Delavan, Wisconsin.

She was born December 19, 1945 in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

On August 15, 1972, she was united in marriage to James Boehning at the First English Lutheran Church in Whitewater.

Linda was a bookkeeper for Home Lumber Company, Schroeder Moving Systems, and later at Nasco in Fort Atkinson. She is a member of the First English Lutheran Church of Whitewater and the Milton VFW.

She enjoyed trapshooting, bowling, and ceramics in earlier years and putting together puzzles in her most recent years.

She is survived by her husband James Boehning, her children Scott (Melba) Garlock of Clinton, Wisconsin, Rob (Lisa) Garlock of Williams Bay, Wisconsin, Jamie (Stephanie) Boehning of Whitewater, Wisconsin and Mindy (Scott) Walker of Helenville, Wisconsin. She is further survived by her grandchildren Cody, Austin, Brooklyn, Brody, Madison, Scott, Kayla, Nathan, Jonathan, and Tristan and a great granddaughter Mae. She is survived by her sister Carol Knox of Cuba City, Wisconsin and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents Al and Frances Stotmeister, Clinton Watters, and mother and father-in-law Pete and Helen Boehning.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00pm on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at the Nitardy Funeral Home, 550 North Newcomb Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin, with burial to follow at Hillside Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Saturday at the Nitardy Funeral Home from 10:00 am until the time of service.

Memorials can be made to First English Lutheran Church of Whitewater.

Nitardy Funeral Home is serving the family. www.nitardyfuneralhome.com

WHS Girls Basketball team drops game to Bigfoot

From Coach Lippens:

It was a hard fought battle, but unfortunately we were unable to pull out the win against Big Foot. We turned the ball over too much and our shooting percentage hurt us the most. We had plenty of open shots, they just wouldn’t fall. Defensively, we communicated well and hustled. Jaden Henneman had 6 steals, Cassidy Laue led our scoring with 11, followed by Abby Grosinske and Kacie Carollo both with 8.

Wisconsin Makers presents “Geek Week”

All Geeks Unite for Geek Week!

We are geeking out at Wisconsin Makers, December 26-28, 10am-5pm, Saturday, December 29, Showcase Day, 9am-2pm. This is a family event being held during the Holiday break. So, if your kids, grandkids and their friends are looking for something to do bring them down to the MakerSpace.

  • Featured Equipment
  • Mass Spectrometer
  • Harmonograph
  • Portable Electromagnetic Monitor
  • Holograph Booth
  • Magnetic Tape Drive (early 1990’s)
  • 2nd Generation Digital Camera (early 1990’s)
  • Cardboard City – Make Fest

We have something for everyone during Geek Week. Get those creative juices flowing. On Saturday, Showcase Day, we will be exhibiting your projects as well as projects from other makerspaces. Come down and make something with your friends and show it off on Saturday.

WHS swimmers earn 2 wins


Antonio Aranda (Photo by Bob Mischka)

Whitewater 126 vs PSC Aquatics 32

Whitewater 111 vs Delavan-Darien 55

Delavan-Darien 83 vs PSC Aquatics 53

From Coach Foucault:

Just like that the Whippets surge to 2-1 in the Southern Lakes Conference with two wins, beating both Delavan-Darien and PSC Aquatics. The Whippets were able to win 8 out of 11 races and posted 16 best times. Posting Top 10 times for All Time were Devin Bazeley in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke and Young Liang in the 100 Freestyle. We had several swimmers try some new races with great success. Zach Tomomitsu swam the 200 Freestyle, Jon Chan swam the 200 Individual Medley, Wesley Salverson swam the 100 Butterfly, Shawn Chan and Antonio Aranda took on the long race of the night swimming the 500 Freestyle and Jonathan Manriquez tried out the 100 Breaststroke. It is important with a small team to have all the athletes be capable of swimming any event at any time. We are getting closer to that with every meet.

Winning events for the team were:

200 Medley Relay – Aidan Coburn, Young Liang, Devin Bazeley, Michael Kuhl

200 Freestyle – Jack Mayer

200 Individual Medley – Young Liang

50 Freestyle – Jack Mayer

100 Freestyle – Young Liang

500 Freestyle – Michael Kuhl

200 Freestyle Relay – Shawn Chan, Jonathan Manriquez, Antonio Aranda, Jack Mayer

100 Backstroke – Michael Kuhl

Swimming best times for the Whippets were:

Zach Tomomitsu and Jack Mayer, 200 Freestyle

Jon Chan and Wesley Salverson, 200 Individual Medley

Jon Zheng, 50 Freestyle

Wesley Salverson, Devin Bazeley and Jovany Manriquez, 100 Butterfly

Young Liang and Aidan Coburn, 100 Freestyle

Shawn Chan, Michael Kuhl and Antonio Aranda, 500 Freestyle

Michael Kuhl, 100 Backstroke

Jonathan Manriquez and Devin Bazeley, 100 Breaststroke

The swimmers are doing a great job competing on the relays, especially good splits or racing came from the following swimmers at this meet: Jonathan Manriquez in the 50 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle, Antonio Aranda in the 50 Freestyle and Zach Tomomitsu in the 50 Freestyle.

The Whippets won’t be back in action until Thursday, January 3rd at home starting at 6pm!