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Fran Achen Photo Competition Results

Results of the Fran Achen Photo Competition are as follows:

Best of Show: Jeff McDonald, “Sturgeon Bay Light”

Accomplished – 1st Place: William Eklund, “Test 4 Echo”
Accomplished – 2nd Place: Mary Ellsworth, “Hen and Chicks”
Accomplished – 3rd Place: Karl Mohr, “American Homestead”
Accomplished – Honorable Mention: Everett Long, “Snowy Egret in Breeding Plumage”
Accomplished – Honorable Mention: James J Marsala, “Wheels of Change”
Accomplished – Honorable Mention: David Throgmartin, “Great Horned Owl”

Amateur – 1st Place: Joseph Suchy, “Fire and Ice”
Amateur – 2nd Place: Sandy Ott, “Barn Ghost”
Amateur – 3rd Place: Robert Buell, “Winter Scene – Bark River”
Amateur – Honorable Mention: Robert Buell, “The Forest Floor”
Amateur – Honorable Mention: Signe Trewyn, “Morning’s Work”

Youth/Teen – 1st Place: Cambell Alexander, “Resting Butterfly”
Youth/Teen – 2nd Place: Morgan Janovec, “Scintillam”
Youth/Teen – 3rd Place: Linnea Tabaka, “On the Web”

Loving Vincent – Wednesday, July 18 at 12:30 PM, Seniors in the Park

From Wikipedia:

Loving Vincent is a 2017 experimental animated biographical drama film about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh, and in particular, the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animated feature film. The film, written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is a Polish production, funded by the Polish Film Institute, and partially through a Kickstarter campaign.

First conceived as a 7-minute short movie in 2008, Loving Vincent was idealized by Dorota Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist’s story through his letters.

Each of the film’s 65,000 frames is an oil painting on canvas, using the same technique as Van Gogh, created by a team of 125 painters. The film premiered at the 2017 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. It won Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.

The film received positive reviews with critics praising the performances and received three nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Director and Best Actress – Drama for Williams.

When: Wednesday, July 18 at 12:30 PM

Where: Seniors in the Park

Savory Sounds Summer Concert: Brass Knuckles, July 19 at 11:30 am

Brass Knuckles

July 19 at 11:30 am

 Birge Fountain in front of the Cultural Arts Center, 402 W. Main St.

Brass Knuckles Brass Quintet with Percussion is comprised of professional musicians who are also educators and have taught in public schools, universities, and colleges, as well as teaching in a private lesson studio. The musicians’ variety in performance background venues lends to a wide variety of styles in their repertoire. Their experiences include other brass ensembles, concert bands, touring bands, jazz ensembles, drum and bugle corps, percussion ensembles, and orchestras. All have been on numerous recordings with a variety of ensembles and will be recording their first Knuckles CD in 2019. They currently are available for concerts, weddings, wedding receptions, parties, memorials, special events, school events, and anything else you can imagine and Savory Sounds is excited to have them perform on the series.

The WAA is grateful to our partners-Fairhaven Senior Services, First Citizens State Bank, Fort Community Credit Union, Olm and Associates, and PremierBank–for helping to make these events possible.

Upcoming City Meetings: Week of July 16 to July 22

Downtown Whitewater Board of Directors – Monday, July 16, 2018, 5:00 pm, Discover Whitewater Conference Room. For agenda, 

WUSD Policy Review Committee – Monday, July 16, 2018, 6:00 pm, Whitewater Unified School District Central Office. For agenda, 

Library Board of Trustees – Monday, July 16, 2018, 6:30 pm, Irvin L. Young Memorial Library – Community Room. For agenda, 

WUSD Citizens Financial Advisory Committee – Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 6:00 pm, Whitewater Unified School District Central Office. For agenda, 

City of Whitewater Common Council – Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 6:30 pm, City of Whitewater Municipal Building. For agenda, 

Parks and Recreation Board – Wednesday, July 18, 2018, 5:30 pm, City of Whitewater Municipal Building – Cravath Lake Front Room. For agenda, 

“Schoolhouse Rock, Live!” set to run through July 14

The Whitewater Summer School Playhouse presents: “Schoolhouse Rock, Live!”  Performances are July 12 – 13 at 7 pm and July 14 at 2 pm at the WHS auditorium.  The Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning educational cartoon series and pop culture phenomenon is one of the most popular musicals ever to hit the stage. A generation of American kids grew up singing the catchy tunes that were an integral part of “Schoolhouse Rock.” These animated shorts incorporate songs that illustrate educational subjects such as history, science, multiplication tables and basic grammar. Memorable songs as “Just a Bill,” “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly,” and “Conjunction Junction”.

Directed by Jim McCulloch and Liz Elliott, and choreographed by Lynn Lema,  the talented talented cast and crew include:  Denver Isbell, Azurliz Rodriguez, Audrey Mayer, Morgan Zingsheim, Ella Spear, Willow Vogelzang, Josh Kirley, Lauren Harkness, Nicole Sedmak, Afton Clapper, Caleb Clapper, Stephanie Wence, Ella Willman, Anderson Waelchli, Calvin Baker, Jillian Harkness, Angie McKelvey, Jarvis Porcaro, Myles Morse, Emma Clarksen, Alex Martin, Colin Dugan, Alec Holt, Madison Strickler, Keith Cameron, Aldo Rodriguez, Maggie Jay, Chloe Prince, Ghati Binagi, Gio Anello, Henry Bresser, Lucus Scherer, Weston Lema, Marco Wence, Chris Porcaro, Olive Coburn, Ben McCulloch, Skylar Staebler, Brooke Bazeley, Sophie Mayer, Colin Chenoweth, Betzy Palomec, Nick Kuzoff, Carter Waelchli. Cally Julson, Josie Hintz, Dakota Isbell, Payton Bungen, Sophie Walton, Emma VanDaele, Maddie Elworthy, Lydia-Wiley-Deal, Andra Matthews, Becky Hoesly, and Marren McCulloch.

Tickets are available by calling the Whitewater High School Box office at 262-472-8178 or can be purchased at the door.  Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and all seats are reserved.

Summer on the Mall events continue on July 18 with “Safari at the UC”

Most college students may head home once the spring semester ends, but that doesn’t mean the action ends for the Whitewater campus during the summer. 

Every year, the University Center at UW-Whitewater hosts three Summer on the Mall events. It has the energy and aspects of a festival – live bands, delicious food, games to win prizes, philanthropic causes, and fun activities for children and adults. The event is open to the community and acts as a “pace changer” for the faculty, staff, and students.

For the first event held on June 20, purple decorations and balloons enriched the outdoor setting, with UC employees demonstrating their enthusiasm for Whitewater with the theme “Purple Pride.” Music was provided by The Sentinels, a band founded in 2012 that played pop and rock covers of various 70’s and 80’s songs. Michael Inloes, a member of the band, is also a UW-Whitewater alumnus.

Catering the event was the UW-Whitewater’s Dining Services, having their menu reflect the event’s theme of “Purple Pride” with purple nachos, Bigelow BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Roseman Roasted Wraps, and various other entrees named after campus buildings. Activities included door prizes, trivia, a Warhawk Plinko board, a purple pond Duck game, Bocce Ball and Connect 4 by Warhawk Alley, as well as a children’s and adults’ art workshops hosted by Roberta’ s Art Gallery.

While fun and action-packed, the events aren’t driven solely on entertainment; they have a philanthropic cause as well. The first Summer on the Mall event donated proceeds to the Warhawk Emergency Fund and to the UW-Whitewater Campus Food Pantry, two organizations that help UW-Whitewater students in financial hardship and need. Many local businesses also helped support the event, providing prizes for the games for people to play and win. By the end, the June’s Summer on the Mall raised over $500 in donations.

The University Center holds three different events, each with a unique theme, all on the north side of the UC from 11 am to 1 pm (location will be moved to inside the UC for rainy weather). You can catch the second event on July 18 with the theme “Safari at the UC”, and the third event will be “Back to the 80’s” on August 8.

“Stuff the Truck” for the Whitewater Food Pantry – July 14 from 8 am to 2 pm

Please help the GSF Foundation “Stuff” the truck on Saturday, July 14 from 8 am to 2 pm. in the parking lot of the UWW Community Outreach Center located at 1260 W Main St, Whitewater, WI 53190, (the old Sentry building)

According to pantry staff, they are currently serving 300+ families. Please help us fill the shelves as the pantry has already used the food from the Post Office food drive. In the summer there is more demand for use of the pantry with children home for lunch. Items the pantry has in high need include Mac and Cheese, Peanut Butter and Jelly (both grape and strawberry) Pancake mix and syrup, Spaghetti and sauce, canned fruits and veggies, soup–chicken noodle, Bush’s baked beans, cereals such as Frosted Flakes, Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops.

Please help us make sure that all families have food this summer all day every day!