The First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir will present a concert for all at 7:00 PM Wednesday, May 15, at Fairhaven Retirement Community.
The program will include uplifting choral selections from the Christian year ranging from spiritual and gospel styles to reflective ballads and inspirational anthems. The choir is under the direction of Christine Hayes and accompanied by Jim Athas.
This performance is open to the community and free of charge.
Tubby’s Too Bar and Grill, W8497 Cty A in Richmond, provided Easter Dinner for people who had no place to go, free of charge. In return, the business only asked that a donation be made to the food pantry.
The response was incredible as people just donated for the cause, and Tubby’s Too raised $300 for the food pantry.
Terri Lynn Kilpin, Neal “Tubby” and Laurie Brewer wish to express many thanks to all that donated!
Plan and Architectural Review Commission Meeting – Monday, May 13, 2019, at 6:00 pm at the City Municipal Building – Community Room
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Whitewater School Board Special Meeting – Monday, May 13, 2019, at 6:30 pm at the WUSD Central Office
Public Works Committee – Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 6:00 pm at the City Municipal Building – Cravath Lakefront Room
Local non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization Moms Demand Action-Whitewater will be hosting a free, family-friendly event in Fort Atkinson on Saturday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. The Wear Orange Family Bike/Hike is an opportunity to bring together families and raise awareness about America’s gun violence epidemic. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 8 at the Rotary Depot shelter along the Glacial River trail in Fort Atkinson, directly across from Family Video (303 S 3rd St W, Fort Atkinson). Trail maps and activity guides will be provided when individuals/families check in. People can bike or hike at their own pace with their families and enjoy the beauty of Fort Atkinson’s lovely Glacial River trail.
Participants are invited to wear orange clothing, snack on orange snacks and decorate their bikes with orange trimmings to honor of gun violence victims, including Hadiya Pendleton of Chicago, IL. After Hadiya was shot and killed in Chicago in 2013, just days after performing in President Obama’s second inaugural parade, her friends started the first National Gun Violence Awareness Day in June 2015. Hadiya’s favorite color was orange, so the event title became, simply, WEAR ORANGE. To learn more about this nationwide event, now in its 5th year, visit WearOrange.org, or join Moms Demand Action on June 8 for the Wear Orange Family Bike/Hike!
Around the country, Moms Demand Action volunteers are hosting Wear Orange events on the weekend of June 7-9 in order to raise awareness about gun violence and gun violence prevention efforts. Moms Demand Action is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization that works for gun violence prevention locally and nationally. The group supports common-sense legislation including requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, red flag laws to keep guns out of the hands of those who are a danger to themselves or others and legislation such as the Violence against Women Act, which includes important gun safety provisions that will protect women from gun violence and save lives. Moms is committed to promoting responsible gun ownership, and committed to supporting, connecting, and amplifying survivors of gun violence through the Everytown Survivor’s Network.
Many local partners are joining in the effort to bring this Wear Orange event to the community, including Whitewater Unites Lives, League of Women Voters-Whitewater, and others.
Jenny Rule, Chair of the local Moms Group, said, “Together we can end gun violence. We hope everyone in our communities will join us!”
Webb School of Knoxville longtime accomplished head football coach and athletic director, David Meske, will be among the nine inductees to be honored at the 38th Annual Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony, July 25. Webb School is a private coeducational day school serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Since taking over Webb School’s varsity football program in 1985, Coach David Meske has amassed a career coaching record of 267-130. He has led the Spartans to seven of its eight all-time football state championships; his first coming in 1996 and second 10 years later. He won back-to-back state titles in 2009 and 2010 and a historical three-peat from 2012 to 2014. Meske’s Spartan teams have finished state runners-up three times, reached post-season play 26 times, played in 15 state semifinals, and made a total of 10 state championship appearances.
In Webb School’s 60-plus-year football history, the Spartans have posted close to 400 wins. Coach Meske has been the head coach for more than half of those victories. Under Meske’s tutelage, ten Spartans have been named Mr. Football finalists and/or winners and numerous players have gone on to play at the collegiate level and beyond.
David Meske is a retired major in the United States Army reserves and also served in Operation Desert Storm. He has won multiple coach of the year and athletic director awards at the local and state levels, including: PrepXtra and KIL Coach of the Year honors, the Amateur Football Award presented by the East Tennessee National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, and an AF Bridges Athletic Director Award. In addition, he was a finalist for the NFL High School Coach of the Year.
Meske earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and a master’s from the University of Tennessee. He came to Webb School in 1984 and in addition to coaching football, his career at Webb has included head wrestling coach (earning KIL Wrestling Coach of the Year honors in 1998), assistant baseball coach, and head boys’ and girls’ track coach. He has also been athletic director at Webb since 1995. In 2015, Webb School named its athletics stadium in honor of David Meske for the service he has given to Webb over the years and to recognize the tremendous impact he has had on the lives of Webb students, coaches, parents, colleagues, and other members of the Webb community.
The annual Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony, hosted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, is among the most prestigious sports recognition ceremonies in the nation and is one of the most highly attended sports hall of fame banquets in the country.
In addition to exhibiting more than 100 acrylic abstracts and collage and watercolor paintings at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s (WAA) Cultural Arts Center (CAC), 402 West Main Street from May 2-26, Thursdays through Sundays from noon until 5 p.m., Karolyn Alexander will also host several gallery talks and demonstrations. All are invited to these free events.
Gallery Talk/Demonstration
Saturday, May 11th from 1 – 3 pm.
Gallery Talk Topic: Watercolor and Mixed Media
Karolyn will explain different mixed media techniques that she has used in her watercolor paintings.
Demonstration at 2:00 pm – Color mixing Tips for mixing delicious colors with watercolor paints.
All are welcome and there is no charge to attend.
Gallery Talk/Demonstration
Sunday, May 19th from 1 – 3 pm.
Gallery Talk Topic: Collage
Different collage techniques, compositions and adhesives will be described by Karolyn using her collage paintings as reference.
Demonstration at 2:00 pm – Personalizing collage papers.
Techniques for painting interesting collage papers and altering magazine pages for collage.
All are welcome and there is no charge to attend.
Gallery Talk/Demonstration
Saturday, May 25th from 1 – 3 pm.
Gallery Talk Topic: Abstracts
Karolyn will discuss working in series and show examples.
Demonstration at 2:00 pm.
Mark-making adds a personal touch to an abstract painting. Karolyn will use traditional and unusual tools to create variety of unique marks. Altering and veiling marks will also be demonstrated. All are welcome and there is no charge to attend.
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is hosting a monthly Memory Café for individuals who are living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), early-stage Alzheimer’s or other dementia, and their care partners. This free social event is held on the second Monday of every month in the Library Community Room at 431 W. Center St. in Whitewater, at 10:30 am.
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The Memory Café offers participants a safe and fun way to share their stories and socialize with others who have similar experiences. Learn how staying physically, socially and mentally active is good for the brain.
If you are attending for the first time please call 800-272-3900.
Five selected 8th-graders (with an interest in pursuing a legal career) participated in a job shadow event at the Jefferson County Courthouse on Friday, April 26.
Students from area middle schools were invited to participate in the special day. Each group of students was assigned to a courthouse staff member whom they followed through their workday asking questions and receiving answers to those questions. Whitewater students were assigned to a lawyer and were given tours of both the courthouse and the lawyer’s office in addition to being able to sit in on several courtroom cases. They had a question & answer lunch with a Judge and in the afternoon participated in two mock trial scenarios where they role-played different participants in the mock trials.
Participating students were then required to write an essay about the experience which will be on display at the Jefferson Co. Courthouse as Law Day is celebrated.
The first Whitewater City Market of the 2019 outdoor market season will be held on May 7, 2019, 4-7 pm at the Historic Train Depot on Whitewater Street.
Since 2015, the Whitewater City Market has featured local vendors selling produce, baked goods, handcrafted gifts, hot food and more. Now running year-round, the market season is held indoors on Saturday mornings at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library November through April and then moves outdoors Tuesday afternoons May through October.
More than 50 vendors and organizations will participate in the market this year. Every week will feature live music from a local musician and a variety of food trucks. This season will see the return of many of last year’s vendors with some exciting new additions.
“We are happy to welcome back market favorites like Komboocho Brewing, Flying Cow Pizza, Pop’s Kettle Corn, Stormy’s Grilled Cheese, Soap of the Earth, Wood Street Bakery, Sitka Salmon Shares, Decatur Dairy and the amazing array of fresh produce from Sunny Brook Farm, C & C Farms, and Peach Tree Organic Gardens,” said Kristine Zaballos, market co-manager and vendor contact. “And we are excited to welcome new vendors like Bubble Tea, Alice Hall Fiber Designs, Hoots Fruits and Vegetables, and Sweet Sawyer Creations — among many others.”
While most vendors attend weekly, a few have a biweekly or more sporadic schedule. Interested market goers can follow “Whitewater City Market” on Facebook for a regular update on the specific vendors who plan to attend the market on a given week or email director@downtownwhitewater.com and ask to be added to the market e-newsletter, which includes the vendor line up and other weekly market highlights.
About the organizations:
The Whitewater City Market is a weekly farmers market that was started to create a space for the community to come together and shop for locally sourced goods. Downtown Whitewater, Inc is a nonprofit, community-based organization devoted to preserving, improving, and promoting Whitewater’s quality of life by strengthening our historic downtown as the heartbeat of the community. The programming district includes a distinctive three-sided wedge — formed by Main Street, Whitewater Street, and Fremont Street — that is the origin for our neighborhood’s nickname and brand, the Triangle.
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Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Whitewater’s Main Street Historic District, the Whitewater Landmarks Commission has mounted a Main Street Historic District lamp post banner project to commemorate the event. Banners have been placed on the lamp posts in the historic district which extends from the corner of Fremont and Main Streets west to the corner of Prairie and Main Streets.
Whitewater’s Main Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Carol Cartwright, current President of the Whitewater Historical Society and a member of the Landmarks Commission in 1989, submitted the application detailing the significance of the most prestigious residential neighborhood in Whitewater during the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
To commemorate this event, the Landmarks Commission began the lamp post banner project in October, 2018 on a suggestion made by and encouragement from local historian, Kori Oberle. Funding for the project was provided by grants received from the Whitewater Community Foundation, the Whitewater Bureau of Tourism and the generosity of private donors who own properties within the district or support the efforts of the Landmarks Commission.
Whitewater businessman, Dave Salsaa provided a photograph for the background of the banner. The photo, taken at the Bassett House features a portion of the western brick wall. The bricks for the home which was built in 1858 for local merchant, Thomas Bassett, are reported to have been made in Whitewater.
While the Bassett House, which was bequeathed to the Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1926 by Florence Bassett is one of the historic homes in the district, there are 12 other sites.
Included in that number are the locally landmarked structures: the Engebretsen-Dorr House (Victoria on Main); the George Esterly House (Delta Zeta Sorority); the Esterly Carriage House; the Sanger-Marsh House (Olm Law Office); the J.J. Starin House (Mercy Health Clinic); the Territorial Oak Site; the Nelson Salisbury House; the White Memorial Library (Cultural Arts Center); Birge Fountain; the Hamilton House Bed & Breakfast and the Smith-Allen House. In addition to locally landmarked structures are other residences and businesses of historic and architectural significance.
The Landmarks Commission has joined forces with the Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs to offer a tour of several venues in the Main Street Historic District on the “HERITAGE DAY TOUR” scheduled for June 23, 2019 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Proceeds from the tour will assist with the major restoration taking place at the Bassett House. For more information please contact the Whitewater Landmarks Commission chairperson at 262-458-2178.