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Music Masters Showcase Tickets Now on Sale!!

Photo credit: Tom Ganser

On Sunday, December 17th, the Whitewater High School Music Masters Ensemble will present their Music Masters Showcase. The event will take place in the Whitewater High School MPR and will include solos and small ensemble performances, as well as songs sung by the entire Music Masters Ensemble. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and include reserved seating for the performance and refreshments. Advanced ticket purchase is necessary for this event and should be purchased by December 8th. Tickets will not be sold at the door. See any Music Masters Ensemble member, their director Karen Tordera, or the Whitewater High School Office for tickets. If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Tordera at ktordera@wwusd.org .

Landmark Trek Explores the Victoria on Main B&B

Who doesn’t enjoy seeing the lit-up candles in all of the front windows of the Victoria on Main B&B during Christmas time? This month, Landmark Trek gets inside the beautiful home of Nancy and Jerry Wendt, to explore the nooks and crannies, as well as the many stories this Whitewater Landmark holds. You can access this new episode at:

Landmark Trek will be taking a few months off over the holiday season, but will be back in the early part of next year. The Whitewater Landmark Commission would like to thank all of our viewers for your support, and for all to have a wonderful holiday season!

No. 5 UW-W Football Heads to Iowa for NCAA Quarterfinal

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team heads to Waverly, Iowa to take on the Wartburg College Knights in NCAA Quarterfinal action this Saturday (December 2). Kickoff at Walston-Hoover Stadium is scheduled for 12 p.m.

UW-Whitewater Game Notes (PDF)

TICKET/PARKING INFORMATION

Tickets will be sold on site on Saturday. Prices are $10 for adults and $7 for senior citizens, students and youth. There is no charge for parking at Wartburg. A designated area in Lot D will be for UW-Whitewater fans to tailgate. 

UWW’S PLAYOFF PATH

The Warhawks claimed one of four at-large bids into the 2023 NCAA Division III Playoffs – a 16th appearance in the postseason since 2005. With one of the toughest strengths of schedule in Division III, UWW will face a ranked (includes a team receiving votes) opponent for the eighth time this season on Saturday. UW-Whitewater, a six-time Stagg Bowl winner, is 60-12 in the playoffs in program history.

In last week’s second round matchup against Wheaton, the Warhawks came back from a 14-point deficit to defeat the Thunder 49-42. The Warhawks scored 21 consecutive points to reclaim the lead 35-28 before adding two scores just 21 seconds apart in the fourth to widen the gap to 49-35. In that burst of scores, Tamir Thomas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) hauled in a six-yard touchdown. Egon Hein (St. Charles, Ill./North) intercepted a pass on Wheaton’s first play and Thomas followed with a 20-yard run on the very next snap for the quick 14-point swing.

Alec Ogden (Marshall, Wis./Monona Grove) was 15-25 for 239 yards and four touchdown passes. He added 73 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Tommy Coates (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute) had a phenomenal outing with 169 yards on eight receptions including a pair of scores while Thomas registered 224 yards on 28 carries with two rushing TDs.

Defensively, Joey Antonietti (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) posted 11 tackles while Ethan Gallagher (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township) added nine with three passes broken up and a QB hurry.

HOW WARTBURG GOT HERE

The Knights rolled through the American Rivers Conference (8-0) to claim the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Playoffs. Wartburg is making its 16th, and second consecutive, appearance in the postseason.

Last week, Wartburg scored 35 consecutive points to build a 42-6 lead over Whitworth heading into the fourth quarter. Quarterback Nile McLaughlin was 25-31 for 352 yards and four passing touchdowns in the win. Drake George was his favorite target with 124 yards on nine catches including a pair of TDs. On the ground, Hunter Clasen posted 82 yards on 18 carries.

Defensively, Owen Grover had eight tackles and two quarterback hurries while Preston Rochford hauled in an interception and added a pass break up.

ON THE AIR

Saturday’s game will air live online on Wartburg’s Knight Vision. The contest can be heard on 105.9 FM The Hog in the Whitewater area, or online at www.1059thehog.com.

SERIES

This is the third meeting between the Warhawks and Knights and the first host by Wartburg College. UWW is 3-0 in the series that features only postseason matchups.

Snow & Ice Removal Requirements from Sidewalks

Persons who are responsible for any building or lot with a public sidewalk are required to remove all snow and ice from the sidewalk within 24 hours after a snow or ice event. If ice can’t be removed, it must be kept sprinkled with salt or sand. If these requirements are not met, the city may have the work performed at a minimum cost of $100. Please see below for the city ordinance.

12.20.020 Snow and Ice Removal Required.
The owner, occupant, and person in charge of any building or lot fronting upon or adjoining any sidewalk
shall remove all snow and ice from the sidewalk no later than twenty-four hours after a snow or ice event.
When any ice is so formed on any sidewalk that it cannot be removed, then the responsible party shall keep
the same sprinkled with salt or sand. If any such owner, occupant, or person in charge refuses or fails to
comply with the provisions of this section within the time aforesaid, the city manager or an appointed
representative may remove such snow or ice and the cost thereof shall be charged at a rate of one hundred
dollars per hour, with a minimum charge of one hundred dollars. Work lasting more than one hour will be
billed an additional twenty-five dollars. Any subsequent snow removal, which takes place within six months
of the prior removal, will be charged at a rate of one hundred fifty dollars per hour, with a minimum charge of
one hundred fifty dollars. Work lasting more than one hour will be billed an additional twenty-five dollars. If
the city contracts the service out for snow and ice removal, the city shall bill back to the property owner the
cost, for any labor, equipment, and material necessary to remove the snow and ice from the public sidewalk
the rate of the cost of the contracted service, plus a ten percent administrative cost fee, or, at the city’s
discretion, the street department’s going rate for time, materials and equipment. The cost of such removal
shall be reported to the city clerk in writing with a description of the premises, and such costs shall be and
become a special tax and lien against the premises, and if not previously paid shall be inserted by the city
clerk in the next ensuing tax roll as a special tax against such premises; and such costs may, in the
discretion of the common council, be collected by suit against the owner or occupant of the premises.
(Ord. 1474 §1, 2001: Ord. 1193 §1, 1990: Ord. 983 §54(part), 1982; Ord. 901 §1, 1978: Ord. 862 §1, 1976:
prior code §6.01(8)).
(Ord. No. 1846A, § 1, 11-8-2012; Ord. No. 1993A, § 1, 2-4-2020)

Warhawk Men, Women Earn Gold for Team USA at Parapan Games

By Chris Lindeke
Marketing and Communications Manager
University Marketing and Communications

The Team USA men pose with their QUALIFIED invitations to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games following their win in the 2023 Parapan Games final against Columbia.

Behind strong performances from current and former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student-athletes, the Team USA wheelchair basketball men’s and women’s teams each captured a gold medal and punched their ticket to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris over the weekend at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

The men secured first place with a convincing 81-45 victory against Colombia in the championship game to finish an impressive 5-0 showing at the tournament. Team USA raced out to a 26-7 lead in the first quarter and didn’t look back. Jake Williams, a former player and the current head coach for the UW-Whitewater men’s team, led the team with 24 points.

Current Warhawks AJ Fitzpatrick and Talen Jourdan, former Warhawk and current staff member John Boie, and former Warhawk and current graduate student Jeromie Meyer were also part of the gold medal-winning performance.

The Team USA women pose with their QUALIFIED invitations to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games following their win in the 2023 Parapan Games final against Canada. (International Wheelchair Basketball Federation photo)
 

The Team USA women avenged two consecutive losses against Canada with a win in the final to claim their spot in Paris next summer, finishing off an unbeaten week in Santiago.

Former Warhawks Lindsay Zurbrugg and Rebecca Murray were among four Team USA players in double figures in scoring, together accounting for 27 points in the team’s 62-56 victory. Former Warhawk Josie DeHart was also a part of the gold medal run.

The 2024 Paralympic Games are scheduled from Aug. 28-Sept. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. Williams and Boie won gold as members of Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and Williams was a part of the gold medal-winning Team USA at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Murray’s dominating performance led the women’s Team USA to gold, also at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

The Warhawk men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams begin the 2023-24 season this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2, with a home tournament at the Williams Center.

UW-Whitewater is recognized consistently for exceptional programming and outcomes for students with disabilities. The Warhawk men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams are club sports that compete nationally. 

The Warhawk men’s team has won 13 national championships since 1982, while the women have claimed three national titles. Several of each program’s alums are Paralympic medalists.

Hour of Code at the Library for Grades 2-6

Editor’s note: The following press release was received from the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library.

The library is participating in “Hour of Code” on Monday, December 4 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. This year, children in grades two through six (ages 7-12) are invited to learn how to program drones and a high-tech sleigh (virtually) with coding magic to capture presents and navigate down the mountain to return Christmas to Whoville in a Grinch-style educational game. Computers will be provided.  

Please register in advance as space is limited. Visit whitewaterlibrary.org and click on “Events – Registration Forms” or contact Sarah French at sfrench@whitewaterlibrary.org or 262-458-2782.  The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is located at 431 W. Center Street in Whitewater.  

Mean Girls, High School Version – Thank You

WHS Players would like to thank everyone who attended our recent production of “Mean Girls, High School Version.”  It was a fun show to produce and the cast and crew had a great time bringing it to life on stage.  

Please join us for our next production of the classic play, “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder.  Performances will be given February 29-March 3, 2024.

We are currently looking for corporate and private partnerships to help sponsor this event.  Please contact Jim McCulloch at jmcculloch@wwusd.org for more information.

Editor’s note: Thanks to Tom Ganser for this great photo gallery.

Edgerton Hospital Hosts Annual Breakfast with Santa

Editor’s note: The following press release was received from Edgerton Hospital. Per a social media post by Al Hutchison, President of the UW-Whitewater Community Club, “there will be no Breakfast with Santa this year [at Esker Hall] as we have run short of help running the event. We are sorry to the Whitewater community but it takes great effort to pull this off and we just didn’t have it.” It appears that there may be a dinner with Santa at the middle school. Watch for confirmation.

(EDGERTON, WI) – Edgerton Hospital, 11101 N Sherman Rd, Edgerton, invites the community to its annual breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the Edgerton Hospital Sunshine Committee!

Saturday, December 2nd, from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m., the entire family can enjoy a delicious breakfast, holiday activities, and a fun morning with Santa! Kids always have a great time shopping on their own in “Santa’s Secret Gift Shop!”

Edgerton Hospital welcomes you to bring your holiday cheer and enjoy:

·         A variety of breakfast items from the café – Donations accepted

·         Pictures with Santa – Donations accepted

·         Holiday Crafting Station & Cookie Decorating – $1.00 for each item

·         Santa’s Secret Gift Shop – Exclusively for children to buy gifts for their family members. All gifts are under $5 and include wrapping!

Pay the day of the event! No registration necessary! 

Please join us the morning of December 2nd for this fun event! For more information, visit www.edgertonhospital.com.

Editor’s note: The Banner appreciates having permission to use the image on the homepage by Jo Justino from Pixabay.

Gov. Evers Seeks Applicants for Walworth County Register of Deeds

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applicants for appointment as register of deeds in Walworth County. The appointment will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Michele Jacobs on Dec. 10, 2023. The new register of deeds will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends Jan. 5, 2025.

Application materials must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 8, 2023. For more information about the position, please contact Walworth County. Those interested in applying must submit an online application with a cover letter detailing professional and academic qualifications, civic activities, and community involvement.

Individuals interested in serving as register of deeds in Walworth County can apply via the Evers Administration register of deeds application here, which can also be found on the “Apply to Serve” page of Gov. Evers’ website at www.evers.wi.gov.

Potential applicants with questions about the application process may contact the Gubernatorial Appointments Office at govappointments@wisconsin.gov.
 
An online version of this release is available here.