June 21 is the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The 2022 summer solstice arrives at 4:14 a.m. Central time. At this precise moment the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Cancer — as far north as it appears in the sky all year.
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By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
For at least a number of days recently, as shown above, a Quality Inn banner covered the Super 8 sign at 917 E. Milwaukee Street. By June 18, however, the banner had disappeared and the hotel was back to advertising itself as a Super 8.
An employee at Super 8 told the Banner that the hotel, which previously was owned by the same party that owns the Baymont Inn and Suites at 1355 W. Main Street, was recently sold to a party that already operates some Quality Inns. It was their intention to change the hotel to a Quality Inn; however, it was discovered that due to an existing contract with Super 8 this change was not deemed to be financially feasible.
NEWARK, DE (06/14/2022)– Sophie Olson of Whitewater has been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester.
To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (June 20, 2022) – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire extends congratulations to the 2,461 students named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List. Their academic performance has been outstanding, and we recognize these students with pride.
The Dean’s list eligibility criteria can be found online at https://www.uwec.edu/news/news/spring-2022-dean-s-list-5200/.
Whitewater, WI
Naomi Allen, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Versiti is the primary blood supplier for Southeastern Wisconsin, as well as Lakeland and Fort Hospitals. Please consider making an appointment by clicking here today. Not many times are still open; many thanks to those who have already registered. Save time by answering the questionnaire at home; this cannot be done before Thursday.
Per below, all donors will receive a portable Bluetooth speaker, while supplies last.
According to a press release from the Jefferson County Sheriff, on June 18 at 6:51 p.m. the office received a 911 call from Nature’s Villa at N2899 Roger Road in the Town of Sullivan. The caller stated that a swimmer had gone under water and could not be located. The water area on the property is said to be a pond like feature that is located on approximately two acres of land. The pond is used for swimming by its guests.
The Sheriff’s Office immediately dispatched fire and rescue to the scene. Units from twelve other units, including Whitewater Fire, responded as well. Rescue divers entered the water and began searching the area pointed out by witnesses. The search continued until 9:35 p.m., when operations were suspended due to darkness, without recovery being made.
On June 19 the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team began another search at 7:30 a.m., working in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources using their underwater submersible drone with sonar and camera technology. The recovery of a 14 year old male was made at 8:33 a.m. within the search area.
The release concludes, “The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office along with all Fire and EMS responding to this tragedy extend our deepest heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the family involved.”
“Roma”
Wednesday, June 22
Starting time has changed to 1:30 p.m. due to SIP picnic, which begins at 11 a.m.
(Drama) Rated R (language/nudity); 2 hours, 15 minutes. (2018).
Spanish/Mexican language, with English subtitles. (Rescheduled from February 22: a snow day!)
A year in the life of a middle class family and their maid in Mexico City in the early 1970’s. A slice-of-life film that you won’t soon forget. Filmed in black and white. Three awards, 2019: Best Foreign Film, Best Cinematography, Best Director.
City of Whitewater Urban Forestry Commission – Monday @ 4:30 p.m.
Agenda includes Purple Martin house #3 update, street tree planting update,
Arboretum tree and shrub planting beds update, Walton Oaks and Effigy Mounds status, Tree Sale Wrap-up
(In Person and Virtual)
Cravath Lakefront Room-2nd Floor
312 W. Whitewater St.
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://meet.goto.com/457168493
You can also dial in using your phone.
1 (872) 240-3212
Access Code: 457-168-493
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library Board of Trustees – Monday @ 6:30 p.m.
Agenda includes Update from the Library Expansion and Renovation Steering Committee
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library
Community Room
431 W. Center Street
This will be a virtual -only meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89945358845?pwd=iXlDG1f2dwWs2rldgTEzO1IPC7_Dx3.1
Meeting ID: 899 4535 8845
Passcode: DDrE358v
Or join by telephone
Dial 1 312 626 6799
Whitewater Unified School District School Board Policy Review Committee – Tuesday @ 9:00 a.m.
Agenda – click on “agenda” in upper right corner
Whitewater Unified School District Central Office
419 South Elizabeth Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin
9:00 a.m.
City of Whitewater Common Council – Tuesday @ 6:30 p.m.
Agenda includes lakes drawdown project update, “No Mow May” proposed ordinance, Discussion and possible direction regarding engagement of firm to complete search for Whitewater City Manager position, Possible action on Agreement relating to terms of Release and Employment Agreement between City of Whitewater and Aaron Raap.
City of Whitewater Municipal Building – Community Room
312 W. Whitewater St.
This will be an IN PERSON and a VIRTUAL MEETING.
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/87233139995?pwd=c0MxbmUweEJqeHgzSTNFaUJxTTJCdz09
Passcode: 458543
Or Telephone:
Dial 1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 872 3313 9995
Passcode: 458543
City of Whitewater Parks & Recreation Board – Wednesday @ 5:30 p.m.
Agenda includes lakes project update, WAFC Membership Retention Discussion And Possible Recommendation, pickle ball courts
City of Whitewater Municipal Building
Cravath Lakefront Room- 2nd Floor
312 W. Whitewater St.
or
Virtual
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86921248501?pwd=Nk1DSGpYZGxHdXdVYkIxdldvekxEZz09
Meeting ID: 869 2124 8501
Passcode: 157444
or Join by telephone
1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 869 2124 8501
Passcode: 157444
Whitewater Fire Department, Inc Business Meeting – Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Location: WFD Meeting Room
This meeting will have a virtual viewing only option.
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone :
meet.google.com/vwm-fopi-fnq
You can also dial in using your phone
United States:
Meeting ID: +1 929-888-7438
Passcode: 742 556 547#
From the National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan Forecast Office, Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
“Hot and humid conditions are expected Monday, and especially Tuesday. Temperatures will reach 90 to 95 on Monday with heat indices close to the air temperature. Humidity will increase on Tuesday, and highs will reach 95 more uniformly over much of southern WI, with heat indices between 100 and 105.
What has changed? Dew points will not reach as high as previously anticipated on Monday. While it will still be hot, heat indices will be similar to the air temperature on Wednesday, owing to drier dew points and a southwesterly breeze.
Confidence remains high that Tuesday will be the hottest day, potentially worthy of a Heat Advisory.”
Editor’s note: The following information is found on history.com. The image above and on the homepage is by khema sok from Pixabay.
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox Court House two months earlier in Virginia, but slavery had remained relatively unaffected in Texas—until U.S. General Gordon Granger stood on Texas soil and read General Orders No. 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, had established that all enslaved people in Confederate states in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
But in reality, the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t instantly free any enslaved people. The proclamation only applied to places under Confederate control and not to slave-holding border states or rebel areas already under Union control. However, as Northern troops advanced into the Confederate South, many enslaved people fled behind Union lines.
In Texas, slavery had continued as the state experienced no large-scale fighting or significant presence of Union troops. Many enslavers from outside the Lone Star State had moved there, as they viewed it as a safe haven for slavery.
After the war came to a close in the spring of 1865, General Granger’s arrival in Galveston that June signaled freedom for Texas’s 250,000 enslaved people. Although emancipation didn’t happen overnight for everyone—in some cases, enslavers withheld the information until after harvest season—celebrations broke out among newly freed Black people, and Juneteenth was born. That December, slavery in America was formally abolished with the adoption of the 13th Amendment.
The year following 1865, freedmen in Texas organized the first of what became the annual celebration of “Jubilee Day” on June 19. In the ensuing decades, Juneteenth commemorations featured music, barbecues, prayer services and other activities, and as Black people migrated from Texas to other parts of the country the Juneteenth tradition spread.
In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday; several others followed suit over the years. In June 2021, Congress passed a resolution establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday; President Biden signed it into law on June 17, 2021.
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Whitewater Arts Alliance.
The Whitewater Arts Alliance, in partnership with Fairhaven Senior Services, First Citizens State Bank, Fort Community Credit Union, Olm & Associates, PremierBank, and Associated Bank will present their 2022 concert series Savory Sounds at the Cultural Arts Center, 402 West Main Street from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on June 23, 30, and July 14, 21, and 28. Attendees may bring their own lunch or purchase lunch from participating vendors while they enjoy music by the The Brothers Quinn, Brass Knuckles Brass Quintet with Percussion, Amanecer Y Más (Marco Wence Trio), Ken Lonnquist and Friends, and the Ken Killian Combo Killer and the Salty Dogs.
Following is the Savory Sounds schedule, which runs 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the following dates at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center near the Birge Fountain at 402 West Main Street:
| Date | Artist | Food Vendor |
| June 23 | The Brothers Quinn | La Preferida |
| June 30 | Brass Knuckles | Subway |
| July 14 | Amanecer Y Más | The Sweet Spot |
| July 21 | Ken Lonnquist and Friends | Rocky Rococo |
| July 28 | Ken Kilian Combo | The Black Sheep |
Whitewater Arts Alliance Board Member and Chair of Savory Sounds, Christine Hayes, says “Welcome to a phenomenal free lunch concert series filled with music for all! Sit by the beautiful Birge Fountain as you listen. Buy or bag your lunch and bring a chair or blanket. Come rain or shine. These are musical opportunities you won’t want to miss, supported by our local financial institutions and businesses. There is parking available across the street at First English Lutheran Church or on side streets.”
On June 23 and July 21, the City of Whitewater and the Whitewater Arts Alliance are hosting a free but registration-required Music and Art Wonder Club that starts before the Savory Sounds events at 10:00 a.m. each day. Attendees are required to register on the City page: www.wwparks.org. After enjoying the music and lunch, attendees are also invited to explore the exhibits at the Cultural Arts Center. For June’s exhibit, “Explorations: Photographs by Jeff McDonald” and “Around and Around” by Mary Nevicosi will be coming to a close. July features photography by the community to honor the late Fran Achen with the 13th Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition.
The Cultural Arts Center is located on 402 West Main Street in the historic White building near the Birge Fountain. Parking is behind the building. An elevator is available for access from the parking lot entrance.
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