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Amanda Herold, Whippet Alumna, Makes UW-Eau Claire Dean’s List

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has named Amanda Herold to its Dean’s List for the 2017 fall semester. Amanda is a 2015 graduate of Whitewater High School and is in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.  Amanda is the daughter of Bob and Carol Herold, of Whitewater.

Art Book Sale | Saturday, January 27

This Saturday, during the Whitewater City Market, the Friends of the Library will be selling art books.  The books are in good condition and reasonably priced.  The sale will be in the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library from 10:00-2:00. 

Donald F. Brown, 83, of Fort Atkinson, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Fort Health Care after a short illness with his family at his side.

Born in Whitewater on July 1, 1934, to Freeman and Odelia (Robers) Brown, Don grew up in the Jefferson area where he attended Jefferson High School. He always had several jobs while in high school and bought his first house when he was 16 years old – the start of his building career.  Even though he was building houses on the side, he had his own carpet installation business for a few years and then became a carpet sales rep. for World Carpet and some other smaller companies.  He ended up being World’s second largest selling sales rep. in the U.S.

On December 15, 1973, he married Judy Stelse. After a little over a year into their marriage, Don decided he had enough of the road life of a salesman, so they purchased the Hadinger Furniture Store in Fort Atkinson and ran it for about 2 ½ years as Brown Furniture. Following a huge going out of business sale, he and Judy went full-time into the building business (Don Brown Builders).  Over the 44 years of their marriage, they built homes and businesses in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Watertown, Oconomowoc, Janesville, Lauderdale Lake, WI and in Melbourne and Port St. Lucie, FL.

The only thing Don wasn’t successful in was retiring.  It took him three tries.  They moved to Florida twice but always ended up coming back home to Fort Atkinson.  Their last building project was the Waterford Condos on the river in Fort Atkinson which they finished in 2014 and Don finally retired at the age of 80. Over his lifetime he built or remodeled over 225 residential or commercial projects.  His favorite motto was “it only costs a buck more to go first class.”

Don was a member of First Congregational Church in Fort Atkinson.  He also enjoyed old cars and could be seen in the summer driving around in his 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible. But most of all he just enjoyed being around and socializing with people.  He suffered many health issues over the past five years but never gave up and always said “it is what it is.”

He is survived by his wife, Judy; sisters, Delores (Jack) Willegal of Jefferson and Darline (Lloyd) Andrews of Fortville, Indiana; sisters-in-law, Linda Fromader and Shirley (Steve) Erdman; 6 nephews, 2 nieces, 1 great-niece, 3 aunts, several cousins and his little dog, Daisy.  He was preceded in death by his parents; father and mother-in-law, Vernon and Erna Stelse; and niece, Diane Bloom.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at First Congregational Church, 31 Milwaukee Avenue W. in Fort Atkinson.  Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the church and from 10 a.m. at the church until time of service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Congregational Church or Tomorrow’s Hope.

Special thank you to everyone at Alden Estates and Fort Health Care Intensive Care Unit for the excellent care Don received.

Dunlap Memorial Home in Fort Atkinson is assisting the family.

www.dunlapmemorialhome.com

WHS Boys’ Basketball Team 47 Beloit Turner 60

Whitewater’s winning streak came to an end at 5 games while Beloit Turner ended their losing streak at 3 with a 60-47 win. Halftime had the game close with Whitewater trailing, 17-22. Beloit Turner got it going in the second half and led by as much as 17. Whitewater scratched their way back to within 7 points before the free throws from Beloit Turner closed out the game. The game was very physical with each team shooting 20+ free throws. Whitewater was led by Ben Kloskey with 13 points followed by Daniel Fuller with 9 and Bryce Parrish with 8. Beloit Turner was led by Dee Strong with 16 points.

Rosetta A. (Kraut) Bealhen, 86, of Whitewater, formerly Palmyra, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

Rose was preceded in death by Phil, her loving husband of 64 years.

Rose is survived by their children; Debbie (Tom) Ball, Pam (Glenn) Quast, Mark (Reilly) Bealhen, Scott (Lisa) Bealhen & Todd (Peggy) Bealhen; along with 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild. She is further survived by her brother Dale Kraut along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A funeral Mass for Rose will be held on Tuesday, January 30, at 12:00 PM with a visitation for family and friends to start at 10:30 AM, all to take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Palmyra. There will be a luncheon to follow the Mass.

The most important thing is Rose’s life was family, especially her grandchildren. She will be missed by her family and all that knew her.

Memorials may be made to “Agrace Center for Hospice” in Janesville. Pagenkopf Funeral Home is serving the family. For more information call 262-567- 4457 or visit www.pagenkopf.com.

Freeze Fest Chili Cook-Off Participants Needed

Do you make an incredible chili?  Are you interested in helping raise funds for Special Olympics?  Then the Freeze Fest Chili Cook-off is for you.  Get together a group of people, your club, group, church or business and make it an event!  You can promote your group or business while serving chili to Freeze Fest participants and spectators.

When: Saturday, February 10, serving from 11:00 AM– 2:30 PM

Where: Warming tent at the Cravath Lakefront Park

There is no entry fee and participants will vie for the First Place trophy, Golden Ladle, Best Decorated table, and People’s Choice bragging rights, plus a few other prizes.

Registration forms are available online, by calling (262) 473-0535, or  by emailing Deb Weberpal. The deadline for registration is Friday, February 2.

(Please note no sales are allowed but promote all you want.)

The Whitewater Unified School District School Board sets limits on open-enrollment applicants for the 2018-19 school year.

There will be no limits on open enrollment for regular students. However, the board did limit the number of open enrollment on “cross-categorical” special education students: early childhood will be limited to seven students; 4K through fifth grade will be limited to 77 students; sixth- through eighth grade will be limited to 64 students, and ninth- through twelfth grade will be limited to 81 students.

Districtwide for open enrollment, speech and language services will be limited to 158; physical therapy will be limited to 18 students; and occupational therapy will be limited to 35 students.

Due to a lack of available staff — the district contracts for these services through CESA 2 — there will be no increase for deaf/hard of hearing or visually-impaired students.

Additionally, the board approved minor edits and changes to its open enrollment-policy document.

For the story on this and the remainder of the School Board meeting by Chris Welch for the dailyunion.com:   

Lyle H. Bogard, age 63, of Whitewater, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home in Whitewater.

He was born July 13, 1954, in Woodstock, IL, the son of the late Edward and Beatrice Bogard. He grew up on the family farm and developed a love for raising hogs and cattle…a love that lasted his entire life. Lyle worked on various farms throughout the area. Lyle was the owner and operator of Bogard’s Hereford Hogs and Beef. Lyle felt strongly about family gatherings and was instrumental in helping plan many family get-togethers. He loved to see the joy on the faces of those that attended the gatherings. He frequently cooked whole hogs as the main course, to the delight of all. Lyle was very active in the 4-H, and always encouraged children of family and friends to show animals at county fairs. He regularly attended many county fairs, providing direction and support to those showing their animals at the shows. Lyle also felt committed to community activities that could be enjoyed by families. He frequently umpired community-based softball games in several communities.

Lyle is survived by his three children: Timothy (Dana) Bogard of Italy, Edward Bogard of Lake Geneva, and Kimberly (Cody) Pillman of Linn; three grandchildren: Kelby Bogard of Italy, Ameila and Claire Pillman of Linn, and seven siblings: Edward Bogard of Burlington, Arlene Hoffman of Delavan, Karen Crotteau of Eau Claire, Wayne Bogard of Springfield, Jerry Bogard of Thorp, Robert Bogard of Montello, and Kathleen Wrzesinski of Walworth. A visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home, 730 N. Wisconsin St. Elkhorn, WI. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Funeral Home, officiated by Pastor Laura Fladten. Inurnment, near his parent’s graves, will be Monday, January 29th at Oakland Cemetery in Woodstock, IL.

An online guestbook is available at www.haaselockwoodfhs.com. Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home and Crematory assisted the Bogard family in providing arrangements.

Leipold to be Inducted Into WFCA Hall of Fame

Former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater head football coach Lance Leipold will be enshrined as a member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2018 on Saturday, March 24, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton.

Leipold, a Jefferson, Wis., native who played quarterback for the Warhawks from 1983-86 and served as head coach of the program from 2007-14, will be the lone college coach in this year’s induction class, the 39th in the WFCA Hall of Fame’s history.

Tickets for the WFCA Hall of Fame reception and dinner cost $45 each and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. To purchase tickets, make checks payable to the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and mail to Joyce Follis at 252 S. Ardmore Dr., Whitewater, WI 53190. Contact Joyce Follis at follisj@charter.net with any questions.

For complete story at UWWsports.com,