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High School Mission Trip Fundraising Dinner:

What:    Fish Fry (Fried fish, French fries, cole slaw, bread, dessert, milk, water, and lemonade)

When:    Friday, March 6^th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM

             Friday, March 20^th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM

Where:    Berry Hall—Upstairs (St. Patrick’s)

Cost:    $8 for adults/ $5 for children 9 and under—Soda for $1

(All proceeds support the St. Patrick’s High School Mission Trip to Eastern Shore, VA this summer.)

Cena para Recaudar Fondos para el Viaje de Misión de Jóvenes

Qué:    Cena de Pescado (Pescado frito, papas fritas, ensalada de repollo, pan, postre, leche, agua y limonada)

Cuándo:    Viernes, 6 de marzo de 5:00 a 7:00 PM

     Viernes, 20 de marzo de 5:00 a 7:00 PM

Dónde:    El Salón Parroquial—Arriba (San Patricio)

Precio:    $8 por adultos/ $5 por niños de 9 años y menos—Refrescos por $1 (Todo el dinero que se recaude es para apoyar el Viaje de Misión de Jóvenes a Eastern Shore, VA este verano.)

Whitewater Middle School is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! Buy a colorful t-shirt for only $12 and support our activities. Order forms can be picked up/dropped off at the Whitewater Middle School Office. Contact Darsha Olsen, dolsen@wwusd.org with any questions.

City Partners with Whitewater Community Foundation to Raise Funds for New Amphitheater

The City of Whitewater is excited to partner with the Whitewater Community Foundation to make it more efficient for residents to contribute towards projects they want to see in Whitewater. The Whitewater Community Foundation has set up a fund for the first city project, a new amphitheater planned to be built in Cravath Lakefront Park. The amphitheater project has been approved by the city council and is moving forward. The structure has been ordered by Polygon and site preparation has begun, with the expectation of the structure being ready by the 4th of July. Additional items to enhance the amphitheater would include landscaping, lighting, and a new projection screen.

Citizens can donate by credit card on the Whitewater Community Foundation website to help with these additions to the new Cravath Lakefront Amphitheater. A company, organization or individual can choose to be the title sponsor and display their logo and/or name for the next 20 years at the top of the Cravath Lakefront Amphitheater for a $50,000 donation. Donations over $10,000 will be recognized on a plaque at the base of the structure.

“The City of Whitewater is excited to have a facility to bring people to the downtown and lake front,” said Eric Boettcher, Parks and Recreation Director. “This new amphitheater should truly enhance existing events and music and we couldn’t be happier to see it move forward.”

To make a donation, click here. Click the Donate Now button and the site will direct you to choose a dollar amount, how often you wish to donate and which cause you wish to support. Donors can also choose to share a note of why you are supporting the cause.

Choral Union Rehearsing An American Portrait

     ​Janesville Choral Union will begin rehearsals for a spring concert, An American Portrait.  The concert traces the history of our country in music, from the Revolutionary War through the 20th century, in a number of short pieces from various periods.

     Rehearsals begin on Monday, March 9th, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Cargill United Methodist Church, 2000 Wesley Avenue, Janesville, WI.  A single concert will be given Sunday, May 17th at 2:00 p.m.  Registration costs $20 to help defray costs (waived for students) and starts at 6:15.

     Singers of all abilities are welcome.  If you can carry a tune and keep count, please join us.  There are no auditions.  Newcomers sit next to more experienced singers who help out.

UW-La Crosse announces December 2019 graduates

LA CROSSE, Wis.(February 25, 2020) – The following area students completed degree requirements at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in December.

UW-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of the 13 four-year institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. UWL has more than 10,500 full and part-time students enrolled in 101 undergraduate, 28 graduate and two doctoral academic programs.
      
UW-La Crosse – www.uwlax.edu – is the state’s top-ranked public or private higher education institution by U.S. News & World Reports for master’s degree institutions and has been ranked among the top four Midwestern public institutions for more than a decade. UW-La Crosse remains one of only two Wisconsin colleges to consistently make Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the top 100 best values nationwide in public colleges.
      
Students earning degrees in December included:
Whitewater, WI

 Peter McCrea, Bachelor of Science, Psychology Major

Chills are an inescapable part of this year’s Wisconsin winter, but another kind of chill – the spine-chilling, terrified excitement variety – is in store for everyone taking in a performance of the Whitewater High School Players production of “Tale of Poe” Feb 27-29 at 7:30 p.m. and Mar. 1 at 2:00 p.m. in the Whitewater High School Auditorium.

Of course … attending the performance on leap year’s extra day on Feb. 29 would be even more memorable!

Reserved seat tickets ($9 adult, $5 students) can be purchased an hour before the performances at the box office or ordered by calling 262-472-8178.

Based on six faithful adaptations of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s most haunting works, the stage curtains open to Poe’s wonderfully creepy world, including old favorites, “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” The Masque of the Red Death, “The Raven,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

Also included is a staging of a less familiar dark comedy story by Poe.  “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether” depicts the visit of an unnamed narrator to a mental asylum in southern France known for a revolutionary new method of treating mental illnesses called the “system of soothing.”  However, recently this treatment has been replaced by a much stricter system based on the work of a “Doctor Tarr” and a “Professor Fether”.

Under the direction of Jim McCulloch, the talented cast includes Olivia Amundson, Gio Anello, Emma Clarksen, Sierra Gonzales, Maggie Jay, Josh Kirley, Mckenzie LaFlash, Ilana Lothes, Audrey Mayer, Ben McCulloch, Chris Porcaro, Chloe Prince, Aldo Rodriguez, Amber Rossmiller, Lucas Scherer, Skylar Staebler, Haley Street, Madison Strickler, Evie Troxel, Anderson Waelchli, Carter Waelchli, Marco Wence, and Matt Zingheim.

The No. 4 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team will host a semifinal of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (Presented by Culver’s) this Thursday, Feb. 27, against the lowest remaining seed.

Tip-off for Thursday’s game is slated for 7 p.m. inside Kachel Gymnasium.

The Warhawks (23-2 overall) are the tournament’s top seed after winning the WIAC regular season championship for the ninth time in program history with a 13-1 league record.

The winner of Thursday’s game will advance to Saturday’s final, which will take place at the home of the highest remaining seed.
 
Tickets for Thursday’s game are available online at tickets.uww.edu and at the door approximately 90 minutes prior to tip-off. Cost of admission is $9 for adults, $6 for youth and seniors, and free for WIAC students with identification.

Potential opponents for Thursday’s game include UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stout and UW-Stevens Point. No. 4 seed UW-Oshkosh hosts No. 5 seed UW-Stout Tuesday at 7 p.m., while No. 6 seed UW-Stevens Point visits third-seeded UW-La Crosse Tuesday at 6 p.m.