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Whitewater Breakfast Kiwanis Club recognizes student achievement, sponsors transportation for WUSD summer program

The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club awarded donations, scholarship money, and recognition at their meeting held on Tuesday, May 1.

First, the Kiwanis presented $4,000 to the Whitewater Unified School District for transportation needs of the Whitewater Schools’ English Language Learner (ELL) Summer Reading Program.  The funds were raised from the Easter Lily plant sales this year.

Next, initiated by the late Pat Brooks, the Kiwanis presented Academic Excellence Recognition to three Whitewater High School students. Steve Ryan, of the Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club, presented certificates of recognition and $100 to students Jacob Zuehlke, Lydia Wiley-Deal, and Zachary Gross.

Finally, The Whitewater Kiwanis Foundation gave a $100 scholarship to Mariah Sprain to augment the Doris and Alfred S. Kolmos Circle K Kiwanis Scholarship from the UW-Whitewater Foundation.

 

Whitewater to Become an Official Ice Age Trail Community

Whitewater Tourism Council invites the community to an afternoon of activities celebrating the official designation of the city of Whitewater as an Ice Age Trail Community. With 26 miles of the more than 1,000-mile Ice Age Trail located in the Walworth and Jefferson County, this alliance will be mutually beneficial to both those who use the trail and our whole community.

The focus of the event will be a ribbon cutting on Sunday, May 6, at 3 pm at the new city kiosk located at Cravath Lakefront Park (341 S. Fremont Street). The Kiosk will hold trail maps and activities, as well as city and community information. Cameron Clapper (City Manager), Kathleen Fleming (Whitewater Tourism Council President), Andy Whitney (Ice Age Trail Alliance, Chapter Coordinator), and Amy Lord (Outreach and Education Coordinator, The Ice Age Trail Alliance) will participate in the ceremony.

Free children’s nature-related activities will be provided by the Whitewater Park and Rec Department and U.W. Whitewater education students. A family-friendly guided hike will take place at 4 pm, leaving from the Highway 12 Ice Age Trail parking lot, located between County Highways P and O. A state parks parking sticker is required for parking; some shuttle service may be provided.

Additional hikes of varying distances will also take place on the Ice Age Trail between 1 and 2:30 pm offered by UWW Education students and members of the Walworth/Jefferson County chapter of the Ice Age Trail Alliance. If interested meet at the Ice Age Trail tent at Cravath Lakefront.

Complimentary Social Security and Your Retirement Seminar – Wednesday, May 23rd.

Fort Community Credit Union will be holding a complimentary Social Security and Your Retirement seminar with the FCCU Money Management Services* program on Wednesday, May 23rd.

This seminar will be held in the Puerner Room in the FCCU Jefferson Branch located at 100 North Main Street from 6 – 7 pm. Snacks will be provided courtesy of FCCU.

Brennan Scheel of the FCCU Money Management Services program will cover a variety of topics, including:

  • The important rules of the road for receiving Social Security benefits
  • How to evaluate the possible routes you can take to make the most of Social Security
    Benefits
  • Ways to develop a retirement income plan that considers your Social Security
    situation

To reserve your spot, please contact Anna at 920-563-7305 Ext. 117 or at Anna.Hirschfeld@cunamutual.com by May 16th.

Whitewater High Student, Matthew Lucht, earns Ag Scholarship

Matthew Lucht with presenter Warin Behselich.

The Jefferson County Agri-Business Club awarded nine scholarships to area youth pursuing a college education at their recent meeting, including one to Whitewater High student, Matthew Lucht.

Matthew Lucht attends Whitewater High School. He is an FFA officer, was on the Dairy Products and Meats judging team, and was on the Parliamentary Procedure team. He earned his Wisconsin State FFA Degree. He played baseball and basketball in high school, as well as legion baseball the past two years. He has participated in three mission trips with his church group.

He was President of his 4-H club. Matt exhibited market lambs at the Jefferson County Fair as part of his FFA project, and beef, sheep, and goats through 4-H.

Matt has earned money by mowing lawns in the area and working at Pleasant Valley Acres where he picked produce, loaded it, and prepared it for distribution.

Matthew plans to attend UW-Platteville majoring in mechanical/environmental/agricultural engineering.

Applicants must be planning a career in agriculture, be active in FFA and other high school activities, as well as community organizations. They must also show proof of employment, have strong academic marks and express financial need. Scholarship applications are judged by the club’s youth committee.

 

Ferradermis, the WHS Robotics Team, Competes at FIRST Championships

From Tuesday, April 24, through the early morning hours of Sunday, April 29, twenty-six members of the Whitewater High School Robotics Team Ferradermis and seven adult mentors traveled to Detroit for the FIRST Championships. While there, the team competed with and against 405 teams from around the world including France, Poland, Chinese Taipei, the Netherlands, and Canada as part of the high school level FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). The Cobo Center in Detroit simultaneously played host to the middle school FIRST Tech Challenge Championships and the elementary school FIRST Lego League and Lego League Junior Championships.

Altogether, the four events hosted more than 15,000 students from 700 teams and 37 countries. Ferradermis had one practice match and ten qualification matches on Tesla, one of the six competition fields for FRC, with randomly assigned alliances of three robots, finishing with a qualification record of 4-6 and ranked 48th out of 67 teams in the Tesla division. One of the highlights of the qualification matches was playing with the number one overall team in Tesla and helping set a high score for the event.

Ferradermis would like to thank the dozens of businesses, organizations, and community members who came forward to help the team in its fundraising efforts which made the trip possible.

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Michael L. Simon, age 73, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at  Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson WI.

Mike was born June 17th, 1944 in Milwaukee, WI.  He was the son of Donald M. & Mary A. (Dufrane) Simon. Mike attended St. Patrick’s Grade School, grades 1-8, and St. Mary’s Springs Academy & graduated from Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac in 1963.

Mike married Maureen H. Lawrence of Fond du Lac in 1965.  They settled in Southern WI shortly thereafter. Mike worked for the A&P Food Stores before getting his insurance license.

He sold insurance for Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co. before becoming an independent agent and owning his own business, Simon and Associates.

Mike was a proficient pool player in his early years, loved to play sheepshead and had a passion for golf.  He also enjoyed fishing, baking bread, and fermenting foods.

Mike is survived by his wife of 53 years, Maureen.  Sons: Daniel (Virginia) Simon of Fort Atkinson, Patrick Simon of Fort Atkinson, and grandchildren Morgan and Logan Simon of Fort Atkinson.  He is also survived by siblings: Donnie (Barb) Simon from Lomira; Peter (Nury) Simon of Belmont, CA; Louie (Barb) Simon of Paducah, KY; Marcia (Billy) Long of Sevierville, TN; Sharon (Rob) Sharp of Fond du Lac; Rosanne Kowal of Fond du Lac;  Karen (Jim) Gallagher of Menasha, sister-in-law Ronde (John) Zoelle of Fond du Lac; Brother-in-law Michael (Michelle) Lawrence of Omro; Brother-in-law David Lawrence Thailand; as well as many cherished friends, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents, a sister-in-law Dorothy Simon, a brother-in-law Leo Kowal, and a son Steven Michael Simon.

A celebration of life will be at Nitardy Funeral Home, 550 North Newcomb, Whitewater, WI. on Saturday, May 12, 2018, starting at 10 am with a service following at 12 pm.

In lieu of flowers, direct donations to the American Heart Association (http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/) would be greatly appreciated or a charity of one’s choice.

www.nitaryfuneralhome.com