Six Week Virtual Series: Powerful Tools for Family Caregivers


Editor’s note: Depending upon registrations, this series may be limited to residents of Jefferson and Rock Counties. Walworth County residents may be able to participate if space allows. Please call one of the numbers listed below. Time is short — apologies that we weren’t able to publish this sooner.

Whitewater Markets Begin Outdoor Season


We are excited to announce the season kickoff for both the Whitewater City Market and the Whitewater Farmers Market! The Whitewater City Market operates Tuesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. at 301 W. Whitewater St. in front of the Historic Train Depot Museum starting May 2nd and ending October 31st.


As the City Market enters its 8th season, shop 25-30 farmers and artisans selling a wide variety of products, including produce, fresh baked goods, popcorn, locally roasted coffee, sweets, local meat and eggs, handcrafted pottery, jewelry, wooden signs, books, and more! A handful of vendors accept WIC and SFMNP.

Grab dinner from food vendors, relax at a picnic table or on a blanket in the grass, and enjoy live music from local musicians, both professional and students. This year’s music is powered by Generac! Kids crafts and activities are always available. In honor of Opening Day, stop by the Whitewater City Market tent to be entered to WIN a basket of goodies!


The Whitewater Farmers Market operates Saturdays from 8 to noon (rain or shine!) starting May 6th and ending October 28th at 301 W. Whitewater St. in the lot next to the Historic Train Depot Museum. The Whitewater Farmers Market enters its 32nd season. Vendors offer local produce, baked goods, homemade pasta, mushrooms, prepared foods, and plants.

Farmers markets continue to be a great place to connect with your local farmers and artisans and offer an opportunity to build memories with friends, family, and community members. Frequent the markets this season to not only enjoy what’s in season, but to support your neighbors’ skills, talents, and hard work.

DKG, Alpha Gamma Chapter Maintains Three Little Libraries

DKG, Alpha Gamma Chapter members from L to R; Lynn Coyle, Susan Hiscox, Sue Halbach, Mary Salverson, Susan Mealy, and Bonnie Schauder (not shown, Jeanine Fassl) work to stamp and categorize donated books to fill the Chapter’s three Little Libraries at Starin Park, the Depot Museum and Wright’s Trailer Park.  

On Friday, April 21st, a group of members from the Whitewater Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators met to sort through dozens of crates of used books to put into three Little Libraries in the area.  The local chapter manages: the Depot Museum, Starin Park and Wright’s Trailer park Little Libraries.  Books are collected from donors throughout the year and categorized by age level and put out in the Little Library boxes.  There are books for primary elementary children, middle aged children and high school through adult levels.  Anyone is welcome to take a book and leave a book and they are free to keep any book they really enjoy.  Those three Little Libraries are maintained from May through October.

The Alpha Gamma Chapter has been sponsoring this program for 10 years, with the goal, “If you give a child a book, they might just keep on reading!”

The Chapter is celebrating its 60th year of service with a Diamond anniversary this year.  The current officers are:  Lori Heidenreich, President; Linda Jentzsch, Vice President; Mary Kenne, Recording Secretary and Dee Simon, Treasurer.

Editor’s note: This article and photo were submitted courtesy of Jeanine Fassl.

This Week’s City & School District Meetings (Updated with Landmarks Comm.)

City of Whitewater Equal Opportunities Commission – Monday @ 5:00 p.m.
VIRTUAL MEETING AGENDA
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://meet.goto.com/625581461
You can also dial in using your phone.
Access Code: 625-581-461
United States: +1 (646) 749-3122
Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
https://meet.goto.com/install

Whitewater School Board/Whitewater Education Association Bargaining SessionTuesday @ 4:00 p.m.
Whitewater Unified School District Central Office
419 South Elizabeth Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin
PUBLIC NOTICE: Pursuant to §111.70 and §19.82(1), Wis. Stats., you are hereby notified that representatives
of the School Board of the Whitewater Unified School District and the Whitewater Education Association will
meet on May 2, at 4:00 p.m. at the Central Office Board Room, 419 South Elizabeth Street, Whitewater,
Wisconsin, to exchange 2023-24 proposals. The meeting will be open to the public. In addition, the parties may
caucus individually in closed session. Subsequent negotiations will be conducted in closed session unless the
parties agree to open sessions.

City of Whitewater Common Council – Tuesday @ 6:30 p.m.
Agenda includes combining Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee with Parks & Recreation Board, and strategic plan review and adoption. Closed session, to reconvene, includes vacant land offer to purchase, and Lease and option agreement with ClearPath Energy LLC for a solar energy project to be constructed on the City of Whitewater
closed landfill site located at the end of the north terminus of Jefferson Street.
This will be an IN PERSON and a VIRTUAL MEETING. (not in person).
Citizens are welcome (and encouraged) to join us via computer, smart phone, or telephone.
Citizen participation is welcome during topic discussion periods.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88580517081?pwd=ZmpzQWptNkV5d3JoRDZBY2gweHNMQ
T09

Passcode: 965531
Or Telephone: 1 312 626 6799 US
Webinar ID: 885 8051 7081

City of Whitewater Landmarks Commission Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Cravath Lake Front Room
312 Whitewater Street
Agenda:https://www.whitewater-wi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05042023-1692

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://meet.goto.com/910188549
You can also dial in using your phone.
Access Code: 910-188-549
United States: +1 (571) 317-3112


Wisconsin Remembers Traveling Exhibit Comes to Whitewater

The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is hosting the traveling exhibit, Wisconsin Remembers: A Face for Every Name. The exhibit features a photo for each of the 1,161 Wisconsinites officially listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The exhibit also includes additional photos for names that are listed on The Highground Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Neillsville, WI. Wisconsin Remembers is a tribute to lost life and lost potential. 

The exhibit has been provided by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and was created in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin, and volunteers. From the mid-2000s through 2016 volunteers collected pictures of those who were killed during the Vietnam War from friends and family, students, teachers and others who simply wanted to put a face to the names listed on the Wall in Washington, D.C. Wisconsin was just the fifth state in the nation to find a photo for every resident listed on the Wall. 

The exhibit is available to view in the library at 431 W. Center Street in Whitewater through May 18.  

Blowing or Leaving Grass Clippings in the Street is Prohibited

Editor’s note: The following announcement was received from the City of Whitewater Department of Public Works.

This public service announcement serves as a reminder that blowing or depositing grass clippings into any City street is prohibited. Reasons this is not permitted include: 1) Grass clippings, leaves, and other lawn debris can clog storm drains, resulting in street and private property flooding. 2) Storm drains flow directly to local lakes untreated. Grass clippings add unnecessary nutrients, which help feed harmful algae blooms. 3) Clippings can make the street slippery and hazardous for bicyclists and motorcyclists.

Using a mulching mower puts clippings back into the turf and keeps the nutrients where they belong. Should you choose to use a discharging mower, please be sure to point the blower toward your property (away from the street) to prevent clippings from leaving your lawn. Mowers may also choose to bag clippings, but they may not be disposed of in the garbage totes. City residents are encouraged to compost clippings on their property or take them to the City’s compost site.

When finished mowing, be sure to use a blower, broom, or rake to clean up any grass clippings or debris that have inadvertently made their way into the street, sidewalk, or storm drain.

Per city code Chapter 12.08, “Any person violating any of the provisions of this section [Street Obstructions] shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution.

John’s Disposal Bulk Pickup Every Thursday in May; Consider Donating to Community Space

Large items will be picked up in the City of Whitewater on Thursdays: May 4, May 11, May 18, and May 25

Editor’s note: If you have furniture or other items that are in good condition, you may wish to consider donating them to The Community Space (TCS) instead of discarding them. TCS is located at 834 E. Milwaukee Street, and donations are gratefully accepted — to be given away for free — at the back door at the following hours: Tuesday 8:30-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 3:30 – 7:00 p.m, and Saturday 8:30 a.m. – noon.

• These additional pickup days are for garbage or recycling items that are too large to fit in the toters.
This does not include yard waste, construction materials, hazardous materials or electronics (including
TVs).
• An Electronics Recycling Event is scheduled for May 20 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., in Lot B (Cravath
Lakefront). Additional information will be forthcoming.
• Place all large items including furniture, carpeting, large metal, large cardboard boxes (emptied and
flattened) and appliances 6′ away from, and not in front of or next to, the toters.
• Items such as automotive batteries, tires (two per home per month), drain oil (in sealed 1-5-gallon
container) should also be 6′ away from the toters.
• Garbage toters, recycling toters and bulk items should not be placed at the collection point
sooner than 4:00 p.m. on the day before the collection day.
• Toters or bulk items should not remain at the curb line after 9:00 a.m. on the day after the scheduled collection time.

For additional pick-up information or removal of TVs, please contact John’s Disposal at 473-4700 for current
disposal rates.

More information can be found on the City’s website under Chapter 8.28 – Refuse and Recyclables:
https://library.municode.com/wi/whitewater/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT8HESA_CH8.28RERECO

More information regarding John’s Disposal can be found at: https://www.whitewater-wi.gov/231/Johns-
Disposal-Service

Make a Difference Day Took Place April 21

The City of Whitewater and Downtown Whitewater, Inc. want to express our gratitude for the continued collaboration with the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater for Make a Difference Day (MADD). MADD is an annual volunteer event held each Spring. It is an excellent opportunity to care for the community and is the largest student-based service event of the year.

MADD took place on April 21, 2023, during Earth Week. Earth Day and Earth Week are annual events where people take time to demonstrate their support for protecting the planet and its environment.

Lisa Dawsey Smith, volunteer for Downtown Whitewater and member of the Whitewater Common Council, shares, “I look forward to the MADD annual event each year. This was my 6th year volunteering. MADD represents a unique opportunity to get to know the students who live in our community while working together to make a difference.”

Beginning in November, City staff and Downtown Whitewater volunteers begin to outline opportunities for projects. For 2023, there were 18 projects in the historic downtown district and park spaces within the City of Whitewater. Over 200 student volunteers, 20 additional volunteers from Generac and First Citizens State Bank, and more than a dozen city employees participated on Friday April 21, 2023.

John Weidl, Whitewater city manager, explains, “The city is grateful for the opportunity to partner with these other wonderful organizations to make a difference. What really sticks out to me is that the things we were doing to make a difference can be done every day and by almost everybody. We all can make a difference and by working together we can multiply the positive impact.”

2023 UW-W Faculty/Staff Award Winners Announced

Editor’s note: The following announcement was posted by UW-Whitewater on April 27

UW-Whitewater is proud to announce the faculty and staff recipients of the 2023 University Awards

Karl Brown — History
Everett and Ellen Long Award for the Advancement of General Education

Juk Bhattacharyya — Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
Fannie Hicklin Faculty Award for Trailblazers in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Terrie Freed — Facilities Planning and Management
University Staff Excellence Award

Robin Fox — Academic Affairs
Roger Pulliam Award for Legacy-Builders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Eileen Hayes — College of Arts and Communication
Fannie Hicklin Faculty Award for Trailblazers in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jeff Herriott — Music
Outstanding Research Award

Jared Janovec — Art and Design
Sally Bean Academic Advising Award

Susan Johnson — College of Letters and Sciences
Excellence in Disability Advocacy and Service Award

Russ Kashian — Economics
Dr. Elmer G. Redford ’59 Faculty Service Award

Teresa Lind — Art and Design
Excellence in Disability Advocacy and Service Award

Han Ngo — College of Business and Economics
John Truesdale Staff Award for Innovation in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Julie Ridgeman — Communication
University Staff Excellence Award

Brian Schanen — Communication
Excellence Award for Academic Instructional Staff

Max White — Art and Design
W.P. Roseman Excellence in Teaching Award

Kristine Zaballos — University Marketing and Communications
Excellence Award for Academic Staff

Please join me in congratulating these individuals on their well-deserved recognition. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your respective units and our university!

Corey A. King, chancellor

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Recently the Graduate Teaching Award was also announced:

UW-Whitewater’s School of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education is pleased to announce that Professor Soroush Aslani of the Management Department is this year’s recipient of the Graduate Teaching Award. Professor Aslani stated that his approach to teaching graduate courses involves balancing instructive, experiential, and reflective elements. He is committed to ensuring that students understand key concepts and are able to apply them to practical business situations, while encouraging them to choose assignment topics that excite them. His students enthusiastically endorse Professor Aslani’s instruction methods, noting that he uses vast knowledge and an innovative teaching style to give them comprehensive, real-world skill building that is applicable to today’s business world. They also cite his patient and dedicated mentorship abilities along with a clear commitment to student success. Congratulations to Dr. Aslani on this well-deserved achievement.