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The 4th annual Golf Fore! Whitewater Kids golf tourney will be held on Sunday, August 19, at the Prairie Woods Golf Course. Each year community members, businesses or services are nominated/selected to be the recipient of the Friend of Whitewater Kids awards. Those that are selected to receive this award is a result of the tremendous support for WUSD and for the many contributions of time and resources they have made that have positively impacted the lives of the children in our school community. The 2018 recipients are Whitewater Lions Club, Rocky Rococo, and Fort HealthCare Foundation. The recipients will be acknowledged at the golf outing.

There is still time to show your support at the golf tourney. Please visit the Golf Fore! webpage for more details on hole sponsorship, team registration, silent auction/prize donations, dinner only registration.

To download the registration brochure, 

Donating to the Little Free Pantry is an opportunity to help build a sense of community while providing for your neighbors in need.

The Library Little Free Pantry, located in the lobby of the Whitewater Public Library at 431 W. Center Street, is often stocked with nonperishable food items, hygiene products, and household items for neighbors who need them. Right now, supplies are very low.

If you are able to help refill our pantry, donations can be brought to the library and left in the box across from the returns desk. Items especially popular include: Peanut butter

• Canned tuna and chicken
• Canned vegetables
• Boxed pasta and jarred sauce
• Bags of rice, lentils, and beans
• Soup packets
• One box complete meal kits
• Toothbrushes
• Toothpaste
• Feminine hygiene supplies
• Bars of soap
• Dish soap
• Laundry detergent

Urban Forestry Commission  – Monday, July 17, 2018, 4:30 pm, City of Whitewater Municipal Building – Cravath Lakefront Room. For agenda, 

WUSD School Board – Monday, July 23, 2018, 7:00 pm, Whitewater Unified School District Central Office. For agenda, 

CDA Board of Directors – Thursday, July 26, 2018, 5:30 pm, Innovation Center, Room 105. For agenda, 

Wisconsin Makers, 200 E. Clay Street, is having a mini workshop on July 25, from Noon to 2 pm and again from 3 pm to 5 pm.  We will build a Zombie Apocalypse Tool like the one shown in the photo. It will be custom fit to your hand using power tools.   No experience necessary.   Stop in and make this tool so that you are prepared for the next Zombie Apocalypse. There will be a Zombie Tool maker on hand to instruct you. Like us on https://www.facebook.com/wisconsinmakers/ and join our Meetup https://www.meetup.com/WisconsinMakers/.

Join UW-Whitewater today, Friday, July 20, from 4:30 – 6:30 pm, as we celebrate 150 years in the community with our next free concert — the acoustic country-folk trio the WhiskeyBelles. Also featured:

• Catering by the SweetSpot, including wraps, grain bowls, desserts, and wrap pinwheels for the kids
• Beverage tent with soda, water, lemonade, beer, wine, Wisconsin Old Fashioned
• Free balloon artist and Warhawk Alley will be open with free bowling, billiards, and ping pong!
• Free 30-minute campus history walking tours starting at 5 and 6 p.m.
• Tabling includes the University Bookstore, the Ice Age Trail, Roberta’s Art Gallery, and UW-Whitewater’s Summeround theatre season

Bring your own picnic or purchase a meal from our vendors — just no carry-ins of alcohol, please. Because rain is expected, all events will take place in the University Center. Free parking is available nearby in lots 1 and 12, and drop off is available at the center.

The Summer Concert Series is one of many ways UW-Whitewater is marking its Sesquicentennial. For details on other upcoming events, visit uww.edu/150.

An outdoor nature exploration event for children will take place at 2 PM on Sunday, July 22, in the picnic shelter at Natureland County Park, W8338 Territorial Road (at the southwest end of Whitewater Lake).  The telling of Eric Carle’s popular audience-participation story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and Lois Ehlert’s “Waiting for Wings” will be followed by hands-on craft activities.  Finally, we will explore the park to discover and examine butterflies, caterpillars, and other insects — and observe what they are doing.  Bug boxes, magnifying glasses, and butterfly nets welcome!

Children should be prepared to walk in wooded and open prairie areas.  Water bottles, protective shoes, long pants, sunscreen, and insect repellant are recommended.  Parking, a water pump, and restrooms are on site, with an overflow parking area just up the hill.  This family-friendly event is presented by the Walworth/Jefferson County Chapter of the Ice Age Trail Alliance.

For additional information, contact Barb Converse at 262-473-7304.

A young boy proudly holds two insects:  a Japanese beetle and a mystery bug.