The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is hosting a Chess Club meeting on Tuesday, August 8 at 6:00 p.m. This is a new group that is open to everyone in the community of all ages.
All skill levels, whether you are a beginner or an expert or anywhere in between, are welcome to join. A limited number of chess boards will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a chess set and/or clock if possible.
There is no cost or registration to attend. The library is located at 431 W. Center Street in Whitewater. Contact Sarah French with questions at sfrench@whitewater-wi.gov or 262-568-2782.
The Whippet High School Volleyball Program, under the direction of Head Coach Mary Kilar, recently welcomed 73 youth from entering kindergarten through 8th grade to their youth volleyball skills camp. The high school team members and coaching staff worked with the youth for a three-day camp covering passing, setting, serving, and attacking. Special thanks to our local businesses Culver’s, Rocky’s, McDonald’s, and Brain Freeze for supporting some treats for the campers! Fun was had by all!
The youth are invited to Youth Night on August 31st when the Whippets take on Wilmot at home for a match. Youth will be invited to the court prior to warmups of the varsity match to make a tunnel for the athletes and after the match to pass with the Whippets! JV matches start at 5:00 p.m. and Varsity at 6:30 p.m.
Article and Photos Submitted by Mary Kilar Whitewater High School Head Volleyball Coach marykilar10@gmail.com
It’s time once again for #flashbackfriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This week we begin a series of photos taken by our late member George Scharfenberg, who was always there with a camera taking photos of local businesses in the 1990s and early 2000s. Here he documents the Speedway gas station sometime in the early 2000s. It was located where the auto parts store is at the intersection of West Main Street and Elizabeth Street.
Speedway was a popular late 20th century chain of gas stations that also served as convenience stores, but many have closed or been renamed. Competition in the gas station/convenience store field has been heavy during the past 20 years as seen in Whitewater with the Casey’s and Kwik Trip chains.
Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.
Photo from the George Scharfenberg collection, Whitewater Historical Society.
1 IF BY LAND—2 IF BY SEA (OR LAKE)! They arrived by bus and by boat and some by car. And they all had a great time. Saturday, July 29th the Whitewater Lions Club hosted the B O L D (Blind Outdoor Leisure Development) fishing and fun day on the water. The Lions greeted the VIPs (Visually Impaired Persons), their family members, chaperones, and guide dogs. After enjoying a great lunch of brats, burgers, salads and yummy homemade desserts, the guests were guided to the Whitewater Lakeshore where they met the members of the Lake Association who volunteered to take some of them to go fishing. Others had the option of cruising the lake or even waterskiing, assisted by members of the Southern Wakes United Waterskiing Team, The Boat House, and Whitewater Lake Boat Rentals.
A very tired group of the VIP’s, Lions, and fantastic volunteers returned to the clubhouse for some refreshments and awards for best fish, waterskiing, tubing, and having a great day in the sun.
Huge rummage sale Thursday and Friday 9-4 p.m., and Saturday 9-Noon 1/2 price (some exclusions) Aug 3-5th. 502 Ventura Ln, Whitewater. Charming decorative home items like pictures, new couch pillows, candles, lampshades, canister set, entire beautiful king comforter set with coordinating curtains, valances, pillow shams, euro shams, bed skirt, and four decorative throw pillows. Dining chair covers, Twin GB Packers comforter and accessories. Luggage and lots of other miscellaneous household items. LOTS of clean, well-kept name brand clothes. Men’s size M, XL and XXL. Dress shirts and dress pants/jeans mostly 36×32 or 38×32 and women’s clothes SM/M sizes 6-8. Men’s shoes/boots size 12 and women’s shoes size 8.
We are so excited to support our young talent! Please join us on Thursday, August 3rd @ Cravath Lakefront Park starting at 7 p.m. to welcome the UW-Whitewater Pop, Rock, and Music Production Camp.
These young musicians have worked so hard and would like to showcase their talents for the entire community. This event is free and open to the entire community!
Thank you to this years sponsor Whitewater TDS @tdsfiber
Editor’s note: The following press release was received from the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library.
Join the Jefferson County Health Department at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library to learn how to recognize, prevent, and respond to an opioid overdose by using naloxone (Narcan). Naloxone is a medication used to reverse an opioid overdose. The community is welcome to attend this free training on Wednesday, August 9 at 5:30 p.m.
During this one-hour training, participants will take a deeper dive into learning what an opioid is, how they affect the brain, and how an overdose occurs. With these fundamentals, participants will also learn how to recognize the signs of an overdose, how to administer Narcan correctly, and provide care for someone who overdoses.
Participants will receive a free kit of Narcan and a certificate of completion wallet card. Additional opioid resources will be available as well.
Please call 920-728-7687 to register in advance or visit the library’s website at whitewaterlibrary.org and click on “Events—Registration Forms.” Note that there must be a minimum of five participants signed up for each training or it will be canceled.
All adult community members are welcome to attend. The library is located at 431 W. Center Street in Whitewater. Contact Sarah French with questions at sfrench@whitewater-wi.gov or 262-568-2782.
Editor’s note: The following announcement was submitted by Jeff Weigel.
The Creek is looking fantastic due to the consistent efforts of an amazing volunteer crew, but there is still plenty of work to do! Join members of the Whitewater Creek Coalition every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. at the skate park (Brewery Hill Park) to get involved.
According to the We Energies website, as of Tuesday evening there were only 43 remaining outages in their entire system from last Friday’s thunderstorm. Whitewater, Fort Atkinson, and all nearby communities are not shown as having any outages.
By Lynn Binnie Whitewater Banner volunteer staff whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
The multiple rounds of thunderstorms that hit Southeast Wisconsin late on Friday evening, July 28, caused significant tree damage in many communities, but perhaps none were more affected than Fort Atkinson. One resident there told the Banner that at the peak of the storm the view outside his home looked “apocalyptic.” Fort’s power has taken longer to restore than any other community served by WE Energies. As of Monday at 11:30 p.m., WE reported that 328 customers were still in the dark out of their entire service area, with 67 being in Fort. At one point on Sunday it was reported that 90% of that city’s customers did not have power.
Fort’s residential tree lawns are piled high with brush
Evergreen Cemetery lost a large number of big trees.
More damage in Evergreen Cemetery [Binnie photos]
Fort’s tree damage was so substantial that its compost site was opened on Sunday. Tree lawns in many areas of the city are lined with mounds of branches. It appears that damage to buildings was limited, however. The appearance of some of the tree damage led some residents to speculate that there had been tornadic activity.
On Saturday the National Weather Service (NWS) indicated that they had not seen any damage reports that indicated tornado damage across their forecast area. They stated, “all the reports we have received so far suggest widespread 60-70 MPH winds, with some embedded areas of winds in the 75-80 MPH range. One thing that was unique about last night is how long the winds lasted in some places — 60-70+ MPH winds for 10 minutes or more in some cases. This likely accounts for the amount of widespread tree damage (especially in places like Fort Atkinson), while there was a relative lack of structural damage beyond that caused by falling trees. Trees are often able to handle short bursts of 60 or 70 MPH winds, but long duration winds like last night put enormous force on the trees, and over such a long period of time many will fall or otherwise be damaged….The damage in Fort Atkinson was due to very strong straight line winds.” On Monday NWS announced that it had determined that a “short-lived tornado did tree damage in a narrow, convergent path along Mill Road” about two miles east of Palmyra. It was a category EF-1 with peak winds estimated at 95 mph. The path length was 1.25 miles and the maximum width was 50 yards.
Festival’s deli case was empty on Sunday.
These signs appeared throughout the store.
Two scanners were dedicated to documenting product loss.
Product on its way to one of the construction dumpsters
It wasn’t the day to look for yogurt.
Three dumpsters were being loaded with ruined product.
The Fort Festival store was without electricity for long enough that they had to throw out a large portion of their refrigerated and frozen products, though some had been saved with the use of refrigerated trucks. On Sunday employees were beginning to restock the cases, but most of the shelves were still empty, with the promise of a special delivery on Sunday evening.
The city of Whitewater also sustained considerable tree damage, though it did not appear to be anywhere near that of Fort Atkinson. On Saturday morning nearly 2000 customers here were affected by the outage. As of 11:30 p.m. on Monday, 17 customers in the city were still without power, only one of which was in the Jefferson County portion. It was announced that residents do not need to call for brush pickup, as crews will be conducting chipping throughout the city all the week.
Other area communities still reporting power outages as of Monday evening include Hebron (1), La Grange (6), and Village of Palmyra (2).
