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Help the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin monitor elections.  The League seeks volunteers to be trained as Election Observers and placed in polling places in specific areas around the state.  Every effort will be made to assign you to a location near you.  You don’t need to be a League member to volunteer for this!

The focus will be three-fold:

1. To be sure there is no disenfranchisement
2. To monitor the voter experience, including registration and showing ID
3. To track any problems that can be fixed for future elections.

Requirements:  You’ll need to be available for a minimum of 2 hours on Election Day. Election observers will also need a cell phone to use while volunteering and have their own transportation to and from their assigned polling location.  Learn more by contacting Eileen Newcomer, Voter Education Coordinator, at electionobservation@lwvwi.org  or phone (608) 256-0827.

Urban Forestry Commission – Monday, August 27, 2018, 4:30 pm, City of Whitewater Municipal Building – Cravath Lakefront Room.

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Irvin L. Young Library Board of Trustees Special Meeting – Monday, August 27, 2018, 6:30 pm, Location Irvin Young Library Community Room.

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WUSD School Board – Monday, August 27, 2018, 7:00 pm, Whitewater Unified School District Central Office.

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Joint Review Board – TIF – Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 4:00 pm, City of Whitewater Municipal Building.

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The Whitewater cross country team is once again selling water softener salt as a program fundraiser!  If you are running low, would like to stock up, or don’t have a water softener system but would like to donate money toward the purchase of salt for a homeowner in need, please see this flyer. 

There is a two bag minimum purchase and delivery will take place on Saturday, September 8 between 9:00 am – Noon.  Orders are due to Coach Chad Carstens by Friday, August 24 and can be dropped off at WHS.

Purchase 2 or 200 and the runners will put them inside if you are home, or outside wherever you specify on the order form.  Let us do the heavy lifting!

Questions can be sent directly to Coach Carstens at ccarstens@wwusd.org  Thank you for your continued support!

Hikers on the Ice Age Trail crossing Scuppernong Prairie.  (Photo by Ellen Davis)

The Walworth/Jefferson County Chapter of the Ice Age Trail Alliance will sponsor a free Prairie Wildflower Hike at 9 AM on Saturday, September 1.   Participants will meet at the Highway 12 Ice Age Trail parking area between Sweno Road and County O, east of Whitewater.  From there we will carpool to the prairie with the best color and most variety at the time.

This event is an exploration and celebration of colorful early fall wildflowers, with knowledgeable guides on-hand to answer questions and point out plants of special interest.  The hike — with stops — will probably be between three and four miles, with many photographic opportunities. Wet ground is possible.  Long pants, a sun hat, bug spray, water, and a snack are strongly advised;  prairies can get very hot.  Questions?  Contact hike leader Ellen Davis at 262-740-1113.

To celebrate the Whitewater Arts Alliance mixed media show in August, there’s one remaining demonstration using different materials and techniques in mixed media. The demo will be held at the Cultural Arts Center (402 W Main Street) in Whitewater.

“From Pop Can to Pop Art” by Dawn Hunter, Thursday, August 23, 1 – 3 pm

The demo is free, and no reservation is required. However, for planning purposes, the instructor would appreciate your letting us know if you plan to attend. Please email Linda Long (Lcubed12@gmail.com) or call 262-473-5538 with the demo(s) of interest to you. Thank you.

deconstruct/reconstruct– the new “POP ART” “From Pop Can to Pop Art” by Dawn Hunter, Thursday, August 23, 1-3 pm Dawn recycles aluminum cans into a mosaic/collage creations The images vary from realistic to abstract, with some of the pieces having a 3-D construction quality. Watch Dawn’s intriguing process in which she re-uses aluminum cans and insulation scraps along with wire nails. A once empty can is deconstructed and reconstructed into a piece of beautiful and unique recycled art – the new “POP ART”.

The Making Magic with Mixed Media exhibit is open through August 26th. Gallery hours are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon until 5 pm.

For more info on the Mixed Media exhibit please visit: http://whitewaterarts.org/mixed-media-exhibit.html