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Festival Foods from Fort Atkinson sent their management team to Whitewater with the first order of lunch fixings for students this summer.  Summer brings with it a period of eight weeks during which our schools’ feeding programs do not operate. These feeding programs are the main nutritional support for many of our Whitewater children. Without these programs, or a substitute program, the children go hungry.  Whitewater Unites Lives (WUL), in cooperation with The Community Space, community churches, groups and individuals, fills that feeding gap. 

Festival Foods is providing goods at cost, and their team delivered it this week as a community service. 

Last year, food donations together with cash donations of $7,473 enabled WUL to distribute 1,015 meals that fed 145 children. WUL volunteers acquired the groceries, sorted them, filled bags, loaded the bags into cars, and delivered the food. It’s time to do it again. WUL is preparing to do the volunteer work that keeps our children healthy and adequately nourished through the summer.  

Our fund-raising target is $7,500. Every dollar we receive will be used to feed people who need your help.  Food contributions are welcome and helpful, too. Del Monte Foods, Inc. donated a pallet of green beans to this program.

Please send your gift to:

UCC Congregational Church

133 S. Franklin St. 

Whitewater, WI 53190

In the memo please identify “Lunch Fixings”

If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please contact:

Mary Sue Reutebuch (608) 931-9844

Lauren Smith (262) 490-4326

Marjorie Stoneman (414) 861-4126 or margiestoneman@sbcglobal.net

Whitewater Unites Lives (WUL) Mission:  Whitewater Unites Lives (WUL) is a locally-focused civil and human rights group that works to connect the people in our community and to create opportunities for all people to learn and support each other in our common humanity.

Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club continues to support the work and creative opportunities taking place at Studio 84, in Whitewater.  Studio 84 specializes in working with all people, including those with Autism, physical disabilities, cognitive limitations and mental illness.

Studio 84’s mission is to provide fully accessible opportunities in the arts to enrich lives by focusing on the strengths and abilities of the individual, and by encouraging the creative voice with self-directed activities, thus inspiring self-worth, pride, confidence, and acceptance. More information about Studio 84 can be found online at studio84inc.org where they nurture “A Creative Focus on the Abilities through the ARTS.”

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 City of Whitewater Common Council approved an increase to sewer rates at its May 21, 2019 meeting. The change will take effect June 27, 2019.

Residents will see an increase only in the sanitary portion of their utility bill as a direct result of the recent improvements at the wastewater treatment facility as well as street reconstruction projects completed through the Capital Improvement Program.

Based on the average water use among residential customers in 2017, the average resident using approximately:

• 3,000 gallons (low use) of water per month would experience an increase of $7.76 per month

• 4,000 gallons (average use) of water per month would experience an increase of $9.09 per month

• 5,000 gallons (high use) of water per month would experience an increase of $10.43 per month

The improvements were necessary to maintain sewage treatment quality at the wastewater utility and an effective collection system. This increase will ensure the sewer utility remains in compliance with the its bond covenants.

Learn more about the wastewater project at http://www.whitewater-wi.gov/270/Wastewater-Facility-Project- Update. For more information on the wastewater project and updates, please contact DPW at 262-473-0560.

Utility bill questions can be forwarded to the Finance Department at 262-473-1383 or 262-473-1382.

The City of Whitewater provides efficient and high quality services which support living, learning, playing and working in an exceptional community. Visit www.whitewater-wi.gov for community information and updates.

Several Members of the Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club spent Saturday morning on June 8, helping to keep the highway clean via the Adopt-A-Highway program.  A team of five picked up  10 bags of garbage and some large car parts on Highway 12 in La Grange.

“Serving our community is a primary purpose of our club.  Cleaning up the highway is one of many contributions that our members make,” said Lynn Binnie, coordinator of the Kiwanis Adopt-A-Highway program. 

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

Photo:  (Left to right)  Kiwanians Steve Ryan, Lynn Binnie, Steve Smith, Jerry Grant, and Rick Halvorson prior to spending two hours picking up garbage between The La Grange General Store and Highway O on Saturday, June 8 (Marjorie Stoneman took photo).

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The Whitewater Plan and Architectural Review Commission at its regular meeting on June 10 approved a Conditional Use Permit for a drive thru at a proposed Arby’s at 1415 W. Main Street. The restaurant would be located on the northeast corner of the current Winchester True Value parking lot. Mike Breitfelder of ALB Restaurants Properties indicated that his company is the developer of the property, with plans to turn the restaurant operations over to the Arby’s franchisee, DRM. “Our goal is to begin construction very soon with the store ready in the coming months,” stated Mr. Breitfelder.

The Whitewater Arts Alliance, in partnership with Fairhaven Senior Services, First Citizens State Bank, Fort Community Credit Union, Olm & Associates, PremierBank, and John and Sandra Heyer will present the VooDooHoney Brass Band as the second performance of the 2019 concert series Savory Sounds at the Cultural Arts Center, 402 West Main Street from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. Attendees may bring their own lunch or purchase lunch from Rocky Rococo’s, the participating vendor, while they enjoy music.

After enjoying the music and lunch, attendees are invited to explore the exhibits at the Cultural Arts Center. For June’s exhibit, the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association is sponsoring the WRAP exhibit that features the works of non-professional Wisconsin artists. July features photography by the community to honor the late Fran Achen with the Tenth Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition.

Following are the remaining dates for Savory Sounds, which runs 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center near the Birge Fountain at 402 West Main Street:

Date	Artist	Food Vendor
June 27	Tapestry	Subway
July 11	Amanecer Y Mas	La Preferida
July 18	The Brothers Quinn	SweetSpot

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. 

Registration for the 2019-2020 soccer season is open for the month of June. Registration is online and the link can be found at www.whitewatersoccer.com. Representatives from the soccer club will be on hand at the Whitewater City Market to answer questions and help register your player every Tuesday night in June from 4-7pm.”