When: April 27, 2018, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where: Whitewater Armory, 146 W North St, Whitewater, WI 53190
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“Saving Humankind from Itself: Science, Politics and Human Failure from Lysenko to Flint ” – College of Letters and Sciences Contemporary Issues Lecture Series
Marc Edwards
“Saving Humankind from Itself: Science, Politics and Human Failure from Lysenko to Flint ”
Monday, April 16, 2018
7 p.m. Young Auditorium
Marc Edwards is the Charles Lunsford Professor of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research group’s work laid the groundwork for uncovering the 2001-2004 D.C. Lead Crisis and the 2014-2016 Flint Water Disaster. The White House awarded Professor Edwards a Presidential Faculty Fellowship in 1996 and he won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2007. In 2013 Edwards was only the ninth recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Barus Award for “courageously defending the public interest at great personal risk.” In 2016 he was named amongst TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine, Politico Magazine’s Top 50 visionaries who have transformed American politics, and Foreign Policy Magazine’s 100 World’s Greatest Thinkers.
The event is free and open to the public.
Whitewater Grocery Co. Continues Efforts towards Full Service Grocery Store
A home-grown effort to build a community grocery store in Whitewater took major steps toward realization of their goal with the establishment of a local workspace for project planners and the distribution of results of a feasibility study.
Whitewater Grocery Co., a 350 plus member-owned cooperative business established to fund and build a full-service local grocery shopping option for area residents, has leased office space in the Whitewater Innovation Center. Lacey Reichwald, President of the Whitewater Grocery Co. Board of Directors, explained that local support for the effort has reached the point where its Board of Directors and volunteers need a dedicated workspace. “We are really excited that the Whitewater Innovation Center has agreed to lease us office space as we ramp up our efforts,” said Reichwald. She also announced that they will be sharing the results of a study that supports the Whitewater community’s ability to support a new grocery store at several upcoming community meetings.
“At this point in time we are focused more on the “what” than the “where” of our new venture,” said Reichwald. The organization, which now has more than 350 owners, is in Stage 2a Feasibility and needs to get to 500 owners before moving to the next step of the development process. Individuals are asked to make a one-time payment of $150, or $25 installment payments for six months, to become vested as an owner. Once the store opens, anyone will be able to shop at the store, but owners will receive extra benefits, including special owner sales and discounts. When Whitewater Grocery Co. makes a profit, the Board of Directors may decide to give a dividend, or money back, to its Owners.
“Our study indicates the viability of a full-service grocery store with a roughly 10,000 square foot shopping area, similar to the floor space of the Aldi Food Markets found in many Wisconsin communities,” added Reichwald. She pointed out that getting to the local investment level represented by 500 owners allows Whitewater Grocery Co. to proceed to the next feasibility stage, 2b Planning, where they will finalize the business plan, start researching supplier options and distribution networks in earnest, and begin site analysis.
Individuals interested in joining Whitewater Grocery Co. can find more information at www.whitewatergrocery.co or by emailing contact@whitewatergrocery.co
Whitewater Grocery Co. will host an open house at the new office on Saturday, May 5. The new office location at the Whitewater Innovation Center, in Suite 118, is part of the eastside Whitewater Technology Park.
Student Entrepreneurs Compete in High School and Collegiate Pitch Events at UWW
Timmerman Auditorium in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Timothy J. Hyland Hall hummed with nervous energy during the Midwest High School Pitch and Warhawk Business Plan competitions on April 4, 2018.
For the second year, the evening led off with the high school pitch competition—the only event of its kind in the Midwest where aspiring young entrepreneurs receive feedback from judges and vie for cash prizes. The competition was developed to foster an entrepreneurial mindset in high school students while advancing their business model development and professional presentation skills.
Each student or team had six minutes to present their business idea to the panel of judges, who asked follow up questions, provided feedback, and evaluated the presentations for content and delivery.
Claire Darmstadter from Sun Prairie High School, Mike Henry from Parker High School, and Mathew Hall from the Elkhorn Area High School earned first, second, and third places, respectively. Madeline Eggert and the team of Margaret Mroch and Diamond Orin, all from the Elkhorn Area High School, also presented their plans.
The high school pitch event was followed by the collegiate Warhawk Business Plan competition, which was started in 2007 to help UW-Whitewater student entrepreneurs transform their ideas into startup businesses. The finalists ranked in the top three split $2,250 in prize money to help advance their start-ups.
Entrepreneurship major Sam Lepak and business partner Evan Laird were awarded first place for their start-up Pintful, entrepreneurship major Ben Breitenbucher was awarded second place for Breit Innovations, and communication major Daniel Kry came in third with his pitch for SpecClips.
Sharing the judges’ regard for the aspiring entrepreneurs, Kevin Kaufman, Director of the Small Business Development Center at UW-Whitewater, said, “I was thoroughly impressed with the preparation, presentation skills, and innovation shown by all of the competitors in the pitch competitions.”
Fellow judge Jim Lindenberg of Lindy Enterprises added, “These young adults are already seasoned veterans, and they are going to be very successful people in the future. I can’t wait to read about their success in years to come.”
First launched by the UW-Whitewater CEO student organization in 2007 and originally modeled after the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, the annual Warhawk Business Plan competition supports student entrepreneurs by not only awarding cash prizes, but ensuring they have a fundamentally solid business plan and are prepared to explain their startup idea to prospective employees, investors, and customers.
UW-Whitewater CEO’s mission is to inform, support, and inspire college students to be entrepreneurial and to seek opportunity through enterprise creation. This successful student organization offers access to invaluable resources, such as the UW-Whitewater Launch Pad and UW-Whitewater Incubation Program, as well as exceptional education and networking experiences.
Heirloom Seeds Available at Irvin L. Young Memorial Library
Despite the cold temperatures of the last few days, it’s time to think about planting seeds!
Once again, the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library has heirloom vegetable, fruit, herb, and flower seeds available for check-out. We also have many books on the subject of seed saving as we ask that everyone who takes out our seeds attempts to bring back seeds in the fall to keep the exchange going.
In addition, the local chapter of Wild Ones has donated many native plant seeds to attract pollinators and keep our native plant heritage going strong.
Willow Brook Golf Course, formerly Whitewater Country Club, Set to Open April 21 at 7:00 am
Willow Brook Golf Course, formerly Whitewater Country Club, is set to open Saturday, April 21st at 7 am.
The nine-hole golf course is open to the public. They will have a full-service bar available during regular business hours and a basic lunch and dinner menu consisting of burgers and wraps. Business hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. Banquet services will also be available. Call 262-473-3305 or email willowbrookww@gmail.com for more information and for availability.
For updates and more information on pricing visit their Facebook page.
Christopher E. Locke, age 44, passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, April 2, 2018 in Whitewater with his fiancé Jamie Morin and best friend Blake Garlock by his side.
A shining light that deeply touched everyone he came in contact with. Christopher was not afraid to set his own course in life but family and friends were most important. His absence will be felt for a long time.
Now Christopher is able to run, walk, and ride his bike again. Ride on Buddy, we are with you.
He is survived by his parents, Gary and Sue Locke; loving sister, Sara (Pedro); grandmother, Ardis Peterson; many aunts and uncles; and nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at Cress Funeral Home in Stoughton. Friends and relatives are invited to a luncheon, immediately following, at the Stoughton American Legion, 803 N. Page Street. Friends may greet the family from 12 noon until the time of services Tuesday.
Memory Café Meeting, April 9 at Irvin L. Young Memorial Library
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, will host a monthly Memory Café for individuals who are living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), early-stage Alzheimer’s or other dementia, and their care partners. This free social event will be held on the second Monday of every month in the Library Community Room at 431 W. Center St. in Whitewater, at 10:30 am.
The next meeting will be April 9th. The theme will be “Telling Your Stories” with collaborative storytelling games.
The Memory Café offers participants a safe and fun way to share their stories and socialize with others who have similar experiences. Learn how staying physically, socially and mentally active is good for the brain.
Registration is required for first-time attendees. Please call 800-272-3900 to register.
Creative Power At Studio 84, April 3 – May 21
A new exhibit is on display at Studio 84 from April 3 through May 21. Studio 84 is located in Whitewater, WI. As a non-profit art studio and gallery that specializes in the creative development of people with disabilities, Studio 84 has many connections with other organizations in the state and around the country that do similar programming in the arts and VSA Wisconsin, located in Madison, is one of them.
Creative Power is a traveling exhibit and a collection of 30 award-winning works by Wisconsin artists with disabilities. Each year, VSA issues a statewide Call for Art and a panel of art professionals reviews the submissions. They look for creativity, originality, and craftsmanship and select ten pieces to be added to the exhibition. Creative Power travels the state and is enjoyed by more than 135,000 people annually. It is supported in part by Xcel Energy Corporation, the L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, The Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction through a federal discretionary grant and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
One artist in the exhibit, Romano Johnson of Madison, has exhibited at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan and is represented by the Portrait Society in Milwaukee. Johnson paints at the studios of ArtWorking in Madison.
A free public reception at Studio 84 will be held on Saturday, April 21 from 2-4 pm. Enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet a few of the artists in the exhibit, plus see the works of the artists of Studio 84 and tour their studio space. Studio 84 is located at 121 W. Center St. Whitewater, WI.
The exhibit can be viewed during normal studio hours on Tuesdays 10 am – 5 pm, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 10 am -2 pm.
You can learn more at www.studio84inc.org or at www.facebook.com/studio84inc.