News

By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

Last week, after a complete resurfacing, County Highway N (in Whitewater the street is known as Tratt Street) reopened to WIS 106. The Jefferson County Highway Department told the Banner that the second phase of the resurfacing of County N, from WIS 106 to the city of Jefferson, will result in closure of that section until late August or early September. Local traffic will be maintained.

Happy early Fathers’ Day and #FlashbackFriday from the Whitewater Historical Society!
Shown here is a postcard image looking across Whitewater Lake towards the Heart Prairie Lutheran Church and Chapel Hill area. Whitewater Lake has long been a popular family gathering spot for holidays such as Fathers’ Day. The Heart Prairie Church was founded by Norwegian immigrants in December 1844, though the current church building itself was most likely not actually completed and used until 1857. In the late 1800s, the church boasted over 100 members, but eventually merged with Whitewater’s First English Lutheran Church in 1948 due to rapidly declining membership.
Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society collections!
(5123PC, Whitewater Historical Society)

The Whitewater Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Whitewater and the surrounding area. Be sure to join us next week for more from the Society’s collections. Please “like” us on Facebook, and check out our website at whitewaterhistoricalsociety.org!​ 

Happy belated Fathers’ Day and #FlashbackFriday from the Whitewater Historical Society!

Shown here is a postcard image looking across Whitewater Lake towards the Heart Prairie Lutheran Church and Chapel Hill area. Whitewater Lake has long been a popular family gathering spot for holidays such as Fathers’ Day. The Heart Prairie Church was founded by Norwegian immigrants in December 1844, though the current church building itself was most likely not actually completed and used until 1857. In the late 1800s, the church boasted over 100 members, but eventually merged with Whitewater’s First English Lutheran Church in 1948 due to rapidly declining membership.

Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society collections!
(5123PC, Whitewater Historical Society)

The Whitewater Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Whitewater and the surrounding area. Be sure to join us next week for more from the Society’s collections. Please “like” us on Facebook, and check out our website at whitewaterhistoricalsociety.org!​ 

Dear WHS Band Alumni,

For the 23rd year, we will be putting together an alumni band for the July 4 parade. If you’re going to be in this part of the country for the holiday, please consider joining us! I know that some of you have been playing professionally while others haven’t touched it since graduation – ALL are welcome as long as you’re fully vaxxed!   Instrument loans are available as are fingering charts! No marching is involved; we’ll be sitting on a flatbed truck!

The parade starts at NOON this year since the 4th lands on a Sunday . We’ll plan to meet at Lincoln Elementary School (Prince St. between Highland and Walworth) around that time although we will be near the end of the parade. Do not attempt to drive up Prince Street that morning; best bet for close parking is in the Middle School (old HS) lot off Elizabeth Street.  Drummers talk to me about the best way to get your equipment onto the truck.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW – drddeal@gmail.com – IF YOU’RE COMING so I know how many chairs, stands & copies of music we need.  Also, please pass this on to any other WHS Band Alumni you know from any decade.

Hope to see you there!

Dr Don W Deal [WHS Band Director 1979-2012 and again in 2020]
drddeal@gmail.com

Whitewater Unified School District Policy Review Committee – Monday @ 10:00 a.m.
Whitewater High School Library
Agenda: Click on “meetings” in upper right hand corner

Irvin L. Young Memorial Library Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda – Monday @ 6:30 p.m.
Agenda includes report on the most recent Library Expansion Committee meeting,
held on Tuesday, June 15.
Community Room
431 W. Center Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85861362380?pwd=VVg0VVc3SGtxVTVlbG9adTdINFdWQT09
Meeting ID: 858 6136 2380
Passcode: 7Zi5mHgd
Dial by telephone: 1 312 626 6799 US
Meeting ID: 858 6136 2380
Passcode: 57992204

City of Whitewater Community Development Authority Board of Directors – Thursday @ 5:30 p.m.
Agenda includes Direction to improve physical condition of Lot 9B in the Business Park (Part of Tax
Parcel 292‐0515‐3497‐001), Approval of Master Vacant Land Listing Contract with H2C Commercial Real Estate
Services LLC, TIF redraw decisions, Sale of vacant land located on Innovation Drive (Tax Parcel No. /A455500003), Lease Agreement regarding vacant land located on Prospect Drive (Tax Parcel 292‐0515‐3434‐003)
Location: Municipal Building – 1st Floor – Community Room
312 W. Whitewater Street, Whitewater, WI 53190
This will be an IN PERSON MEETING as well as a VIRTUAL MEETING.
Citizens are welcome (and encouraged) to join us in person, or 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://zoom.us/j/96059422653?pwd=NXNqZlZ5Q0RnZUFENHFSQzhLa0hwQT09
Passcode: 029350
Or Telephone:
Dial 1 312 626 6799 or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 960 5942 2653
Passcode: 029350

Whitewater Fire Department, Inc Business Meeting – Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.
BOD meeting will take place in the WFD Meeting/Training Room. There will also be virtual access to
the meeting. *Note: this will be the LAST BOD meeting with virtual access..
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
meet.google.com/sgw-kqhs-atv
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: 1 316-778-8352
Access Code:
669 663 555

The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library has added a Meeting Owl to its tech tools.  The Meeting Owl has omnidirectional cameras, speakers, and microphones that allow the participants at home to see everyone in the room and vice versa.  The sound quality is excellent and it is incredibly easy to use.  If your group wants to do a hybrid meeting, let us know when reserving a room.

Now that Walworth County has moved to Phase 4 of phased guidance for COVID-19, the Library has put back our furniture and coffee machine.  Per CDC guidance, individuals who are not fully vaccinated are advised to continue wearing an appropriate face covering and practice physical distancing.   

Source: Irvin L. Young Library press release

“Reading All Stars” features children who are participating in the library’s summer reading program.

Come check out the StoryWalk® at First United Methodist Church in Whitewater.  Beginning by the church parking lot at 145 S. Prairie St, you can take a walk around the church building and read a book at the same time.  The StoryWalk® will be up all summer and the books will change ever 2-3 weeks; all changes will be announced on the Banner and at the First UMC Facebook Page.  The current book is called “Milo Imagines the World” by Matt de la Pena; a great book about a little boy who learns that first impressions of people might not tell their whole story.  Contact Beth at 262-473-2131 with any questions.

See below for the many types of plastic that may be recycled through this UWW Sustainability project. A collection box is located at the Discover Whitewater office, 150 W. Main Street. The office is generally open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The image on the homepage, “Sepia Grunge Sign – Recycling Symbol” by Free Grunge Textures – www.freestock.ca is licensed under CC BY 2.0