Medication Take Back Event on February 28

Did you know that most people who misuse medications get them from friends or relatives?

You can take steps to prevent prescription drug abuse by 1). Locking up your medications; 2) Taking inventory of your prescription medications; and 3). Disposing of old and unused medications.

In partnership with the Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition, Jefferson County Solid Waste/Air Quality Committee, And Whitewater Police Department, Fairhaven Senior Services (435 W. Starin Road, Whitewater, WI) will be hosting a drug take back event in Fellowship Hall on Thursday, February 28th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Bring your old or unused medications as well as SHARPS and mercury thermometers from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. No questions asked.  

At 11:00am, Detective Hintz of the Whitewater Police Department will provide a brief discussion on opiate abuse.

Whippet alumni receive academic honors

Area Students named to Dean’s List at UW-Milwaukee

The following individuals have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Fall 2018 semester. UWM is the second largest university in the State of Wisconsin, with more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students:

  • Nicole Frison, Letters & Science Undergrad, Sophomore
  •  Catherine Strait, Letters & Science Undergrad, Freshman

Marquette Fall Dean’s List

The following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university that draws its more than 11,500 students from all 50 states and more than 75 different countries. In addition to its nationally recognized academic programs, Marquette is known for its service-learning programs and internships as students are challenged to use what they learn to make a difference in the world. Find out more about Marquette at marquette.edu.

  • Allison Sedmak, Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences

University of Dubuque Fall Dean’s List

The University of Dubuque congratulates the following students on being appointed to the Fall Semester 2018 Academic Dean’s List.

To be named to the dean’s list, a student must earn a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester.

The University of Dubuque is a private university offering undergraduate, graduate, and theological seminary degrees as well as other educational opportunities with the intention of educating and forming the whole person. Founded in 1852, UD is home to over 2,300 students. Visit www.dbq.edu.

  • Joshua Patrick

UW-Platteville Fall Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announces its Dean’s List, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in their respective colleges in the fall 2018 semester.

The College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture and the College of Liberal Arts and Education require grade-point averages of 3.75 and above for Dean’s List honors, while the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science requires students to reach at least a 3.50.

Students must maintain a perfect 4.00 grade-point average to earn the Chancellor’s List distinction.

UW-Platteville, founded in 1866 and located in Southwest Wisconsin, is home to more than 7,000 full-time undergraduate students. For more information on the university visit uwplatt.edu.

Dean’s List

  • Allison Heckert, Health and Human Performance
  •  Emily Heckert, Animal Science
  •  Cheyenne Minton, Chemistry
  •  Tyler Niemuth, Civil Engineering
  •  Natalie Walton, Forensic Investigation
  •  Isabelle Zahn, Criminal Justice

Chancellor’s List

  • Emily Heckert, Animal Science
  •  Isabelle Zahn, Criminal Justice

UW-Oshkosh announces fall 2018 Dean’s List and Honor Roll

niversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh officials have announced students who qualified for the University Dean’s List and Honor Roll in fall 2018 across all three campuses (Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Fox Valley).

To qualify for the honor roll on the UW Oshkosh campus, a student must take at least 12 credits and earn a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.3 (out of a possible 4.0). Those with a GPA of 3.75 or better qualify for the Dean’s List.

On the Fond du Lac and Fox Valley campuses, access campuses of UW Oshkosh since July 2018, full and part time students can qualify for the Dean’s List as full or part time students. Highest honors represent a grade point average of 4.00, high honors are awarded for a grade point average of 3.75 to 3.99 and honors are awarded for a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.74.

  • Paula Aschmann, UW Oshkosh, Oshkosh campus, Honor Roll
  •  Scott Gorsuch, UW Oshkosh, Oshkosh campus, Honor Roll
  •  Sydney Hackney, UW Oshkosh, Oshkosh campus, Dean’s List

UW-La Crosse announces fall 2018 Dean’s List

The following area students have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year, ending December 2018.

Qualification for the Dean’s List is limited to students who have attained outstanding academic achievement. To be eligible, students must have earned not less than a 3.5 semester grade point average and carried a minimum of 12 credits. 

NAME, MAJOR

  •  Emilie Kachel, Exercise and Sport Science Major: Sport Management
  •  Thomas McManaway, Recreation Management Major: Community-Based Recreation Emphasis
  •  Brady Meudt, Biology Major
  •  Haylee Stachow, Psychology Major

UW-Stout Students receive Chancellor’s Award for fall term

The following students from the area have received the University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor’s Award for the fall 2018 semester.

The award is presented to students who have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. 

NAME, MAJOR, CLASS YEAR

  •  Zachary Gross, BS Computer Science, Freshman
  •  Michael Hilliger, BFA entertainment design, Sophomore

UW-Green Bay announces fall 2018 semester academic honors

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has made public the names of students receiving semester honors for the fall 2018 semester. Students who earn a 4.0 grade point average, which represents all “A” grades, receive highest honors. High honors go to students earning 3.99 to 3.75 grade point averages. Honors are given to students earning 3.74 to 3.50 grade point averages. All were full-time students in the fall term, earning 12 or more credits of graded coursework.

NAME, HONOR

  •  Victor Hayek, Semester High Honors
  •  Alayna Mikulski, Semester Honors

Area students named to Dean’s List for fall semester at UW-Eau Claire

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire extends congratulations to the 2,681 students named to the fall 2018 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 www.uwec.edu/Registrar/student/faq.htm#CP_JUMP_1043392.
      
Students from this area who were named to the Dean’s List are:

NAME, COLLEGE

  •  Amanda Herold, Nursing and Health Sciences
  •  Alexis Long, Business

UW-MADISON ANNOUNCES FALL DEAN’S LIST

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2018-2019 academic year.

Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the distinction.

NAME, COLLEGE, AWARD

  •  Alan Jaime, School of Education, Dean’s List
  •  Meghan Kehoe, School of Education, Dean’s List
  •  Shannon Kehoe, School of Education, Dean’s List
  •  Lauren Lohff, School of Nursing, Dean’s Honor List
  •  Thomas Maloney, Division of Continuing Studies, Dean’s List
  •  NOAH Miller, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List
  •  Justine Mischka, School of Human Ecology, Dean’s Honor List
  •  Connor Steinke, College of Letters and Science, Dean’s List

Whitewater Kiwanis to serve pancakes on March 2

The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club will be serving their all-you-can-eat Kiwanis pancakes, delicious Jones Sausages, coffee, milk and orange juice on Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Old Armory, 146 W. North Street, in downtown Whitewater. For just $5 in advance and $6 at the door, people can enjoy a delicious meal and help the Kiwanis Club raise funds for many worthy projects in the community.

Tickets for the breakfast will be available at PremierBank, First Citizen’s State Bank, and Fort Community Credit Union-Whitewater. They can also be purchased from any Whitewater Kiwanian. Tickets for the breakfast are a $5 donation per person in advance and $6 at the Whitewater Armory the day of the event (with pre-school children FREE).

Lorrie Koppein, president of the Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club, said, “I always look forward to our pancake event, where so many people enjoy great pancakes and help out the children in our community at the same time.”

Kiwanis thanks all of the sponsors who help make the breakfast possible with donations of products and services, including: City of Whitewater Parks & Recreation, Dalee Water Conditioning, D.L.K. Enterprises Inc., First Citizens State Bank, Jessica’s Family Restaurant, Milton Propane Inc., PremierBank, Second Salem Brewing Company, Studio 84, Gus’ Pizza, and Whitewater Manufacturing.

The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club is made up of dedicated volunteers who help children in the Whitewater community and the world, all with 100 percent of funds raised going directly to projects and zero to administrative costs. Each year, the club distributes approximately $20,000, with over half going to the Whitewater Unified School District, including Ferradermis, ELL Summer School Transportation, shoes for students, Badger Boys State and Badger Girls State, and scholarships. Kiwanis helped to build and maintain the Flowing Well Shelter, the shelter and accessible playground at Starin Park and Treyton’s Field of Dreams, the WHS football field lights and press box, as well as adopting a highway to clean up. In addition, the group donates to the Whitewater Youth Soccer Club, the Friends of the Whitewater Aquatic Center Family Partnership Fund, the Whitewater Food Pantry, Bethel House and more.

Funds are raised through annual Pancake Breakfasts that have been served continuously since the 1950s, the Discover Whitewater Series Half-Marathon Pancake Breakfast since it began, and yearly poinsettia and lily plant sales. More information can be found on the Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club Facebook page.

The Old Man & the Gun – Rescheduled to Friday, March 1 at 12:30 PM, Seniors in the Park

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) and his escape from San Quentin at age 70, then to commit bank heists that confounded the authorities and enchanted the public. In hot pursuit are a younger detectective (Casey Affleck) who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman (Sissy Spacek) who loves Forrest, despite his chosen profession. Robert Redford has said that this is his last acting job. (He’ll continue to produce and direct).

When: Friday, March 1 at 12:30 PM

Where: Seniors in the Park

Movie Information: Rated PG-13; 1 hour, 33 minutes (2018)

Mardi Gras Jazz and Gospel Concert to benefit WHS Jazz Band

Rock Prairie Presbyterian Church of Janesville is excited to present their first Mardi Gras Gospel and Jazz concert. Featured entertainers will be The JJ’s, Janesville’s own premiere jazz band with members from Janesville and the surrounding communities. The JJ’s is a professional jazz band made up with some of the finest musicians in Southern Wisconsin.  The name JJ’s is an abbreviation for Jazz for Jesus.  For the past 15 years The JJ’s have been bringing joy and excitement at public concerts as well as church services of all denominations all around southern Wisconsin.

Also on the program are Ben Johnston-Urey, the incredible pianist/organist who is the Director of Music at First Lutheran Church in Janesville and The Mandels, made up of Hayley Wilson, her mom, Syrl Mandel and her sister Autumn Kumlein, a family with a deep history of musical presentations in our area. Joining these performers will be Brandon Crandall, Christopher Aaron Smith and the Rock Prairie Choir. The concert will be at 3 p.m. on March 3rd at Rock Prairie Church, 8605 E County Road A, Janesville. A freewill offering will be collected with all the funds donated to Craig, Parker, Milton, and Whitewater High School jazz bands in support of this wonderful art form.

For more information, call the church at 608-752-1172. We invite you to join us for coffee, cookies, and fellowship after the program.

Do you have an opinion about UW-Whitewater?

Community input sought

If you live in the Whitewater Unified School District, you’re invited to complete a 3-minute online survey. At the end of the survey, you can enter your name to win a drawing for a $25 VISA gift card. Don’t delay — the survey will only be available until noon on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Forty people who complete this short survey will be invited to participate in an online discussion group about UW-Whitewater. Hiebing, a Madison-based marketing and advertising agency, will use the research to help guide the university’s future recruitment marketing efforts. The online discussion group will be guided by Hiebing and will take place March 4-8. The total time commitment is about one hour of your time during that week. You’ll be asked to log in at your convenience each day and complete the activities posted for that day. If you are invited and complete the group discussion, you will receive a $50 VISA gift card to thank you for your time. If you are selected for participation, we’ll be in touch with details by Friday, March 1.

Take the survey >

Upcoming City & Community Meetings: Week of February 25 – March 3

Urban Forestry Commission Meeting Monday, February 25, 2019, at 4:30 pm at the
Whitewater Municipal Building – Cravath Lakefront Room 2nd Floor (More Info, incl. Agenda)


Whitewater School Board Meeting – Monday, February 25, 2019, at 6:00 pm at the Whitewater Unified School District Central Office (Agenda)


Seed Capital Screening Committee – Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 4:30 pm at the Innovation Center, Room 105 (More Info incl. Agenda)


Community Involvement & Cable TV Commission – Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 5:00 pm at the
Municipal Building- Cravath Lakefront Room- 2nd Floor (More Info incl. Agenda)


Finance Committee Meeting – Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 6:00 pm at the Whitewater Municipal Building (More Info incl. Agenda)


CDA Board Meeting– Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 5:30 pm at the Innovation Center, Room 115 (More Info incl. Agenda)

43rd Fish-A-Ree a smashing success

The Whitewater Lions would like to sincerely thank everyone who contributed to making our 43rd Whitewater Lions Fish-A-Ree a smashing success.

Whether you donated funds, raffle prizes, or just came out to partake in our breakfast and fish-a-ree fun, your participation is greatly appreciated. There were some nice fish pulled through the ice and the weather was pretty cooperative this year. It was great to see all the families that came out to spend the day together.

All profits made from the event will be donated back into our community later this year.

Thank you, Whitewater! Together we are a wonderful community!

A Star is Born – Tuesday, February 26 at 12:30 PM, Seniors in the Park

The classic film story, in its fourth retelling (1937, 1954, 1976, 2018) : An aging musician (Bradley Cooper) helps a younger singer (Lady Gaga) find fame and fortune, even as his age, alcoholism, and drug abuse sends his own career into a downward spiral. 5 Golden Globe nominations: Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Song. Oscars nominations coming…

When: Tuesday, February 26 at 12:30 PM

Where: Seniors in the Park

Movie Information: Rated R (language, some sexuality, nudity; substance abuse); 2 hours, 16 minutes (2018)

The Community Space hosts Mural Painting party on February 23

Mural Painting Party!
Saturday, Feb. 23, 1-6 pm

Join us at the Community Space this Saturday, Feb. 23, 1-6 pm, for a Mural Painting Party and Open House at 834 E. Milwaukee St. in Whitewater. Drop in any time to help us paint our mural-to-be, check out our new space, and enjoy sweet and savory treats from the SweetSpot.

Many thanks to Studio 84 for providing this creative community opportunity. For more information >>
https://www.facebook.com/events/2186223451689845/