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Swim Team Alumni Giving Back to Team

September 22, 2021

Whitewater High School is lucky to have several alumni involved with the Girls’ Swim Program.

Sarah Reynolds (2012) is the current Head Coach, Emma DuVal (2012) is the current Assistant Coach, Anna Yeazel (2017) volunteered as a timer, and Morgan Radaj (2019) officiated Tuesday’s swim meet against Jefferson/Cambridge.

All four alumni participated in Girls’ Swim while in high school; we appreciate you giving back!

Article and Photos Submitted by Gina Foucault

This Weekend’s Garage Sale Plus Advance Notice of a Household Sale

September 22, 2021

Garage sale September 25 and 26th 8 a.m. till closing
@ 692 N Walton Dr, Whitewater

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Household Sale
Jean Zuill
944 Conger Street
Whitewater
Saturday, October 2 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 3 9:00 a.m. – noon
(Numbers, used to control number of people in the house, issued one hour prior to sale on Saturday, 1/2 hour prior to sale on Sunday.)

Glassware: Blue Corn Flower Corningware, Pyrex covered casseroles, Fenton, Rockdale & Rowe Pottery, Willow Tree figures

Antiques & Collectibles: Fran Achen Photo, Cane seated chairs, Sterling silver flatware, Wool braided rugs, Mosler, Bachmann & Co. safe, Pressback high chair, Dropleaf table & chairs

Furniture: Sterns & Foster sofa, End tables, Wing back chairs, Maple dresser, Desk

Household Items: Transport chair, Dehumidifier, Nesco roaster, Holiday decorations, Usual kitchen items

Garage: Lawn Boy mower, Rubbermaid Roughneck lawn cart and much much more

See Craigslist or estatesales.net for complete listing and pictures.

Sale conducted by Shirley Erdman
All sales final / No refunds / Cash / Sold in “As Is” condition / No early sales / Not responsible for accidents
Please bring help and tools for removing your items on the day of purchase – our staff is unable to lift or load items.

For any questions contact Shirley Erdman, 920-563-9039.

Sonict presents Ogni Suono Saxophone Duo

September 22, 2021

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the UW-W College of Arts & Communication, Dept. of Music

Sonict presents Ogni Suono Saxophone Duo

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is pleased to announce that Ogni Suono Saxophone Duo will be presented by Sonict on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:30 pm in the Light Recital Hall. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online at tickets.uww.edu or by calling (262) 472-2222. Masks are required for anyone entering a campus building and each performance in the Light Recital Hall will have a social distance seating option. The Light Recital Hall is located in the Greenhill Center of the Arts at 950 W. Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. Do not come to campus if you are ill. For the most up to date campus safety information, visit the Warhawks are Back webpage at the link below. uww.edu/warhawks-are-back.

Formed by American saxophonists Noa Even and Phil Pierick in 2010, Ogni Suono is committed to expanding and promoting repertoire for saxophone duo by commissioning and performing new works. The duo values the longevity and repeated attention to new works over the novelty and revolving door of mass commissioning. Their debut album, “Invisible Seams,” features some of the duo’s first collaborations with composers. Supported by a grant from New Music USA, Noa and Phil launched “SaxoVoce” in 2015, commissioning works that explore the wide-ranging musical, dramatic, and theatrical possibilities inherent in the synthesis of saxophone and voice. From haunting whispers to nonsensical shouts, each composer uniquely integrates the human voice. Many of these works can be found on the duo’s 2018 album, “SaxoVoce,” on New Focus Recordings.

Ogni Suono celebrates ten years together with the premiere of /tele/path by Atlanta-based Singaporean composer Emily Koh alongside a retrospective of the twenty-some works commissioned by the duo from the past decade and Shelley Washington’s BIG Talk. This includes selected works from our 2018 album “SaxoVoce” (New Focus Recordings) and our 2015 release “Invisible Seams”. The full program includes “Two Broken Records: by Hong-Da Chin, “Chroma” by Chris Fisher-Lochhead, “BIG Talk” by Shelley Washington, “Dart: don’t be his shadow” by Quinn Collins, “Walking After Midnight” by David REminick, and the world premiere of “/tele/path” by Emily Koh.

“The saying ‘sound like a broken record’ means to say something over and over again. In ‘Two Broken Records’, each saxophone is treated as a broken record that is constantly in a love-hate relationship with the other. Argument and harmony can be heard back-to-back, or even overlapped during the emotional interaction between these two mischievous broken records.” —Hong-Da Chin

“Chroma explores a series of questions relating to color and time: Is color an intensive or an extensive phenomenon? Is our experience of color an instantaneous apperception or does it unfold temporally? At what temporal level do rational durational relationships create the experience of implied rhythmic striae? When does harmony become color and color harmony?”  —Chris Fisher-Lochhead

“‘BIG Talk’ was written for two baritone saxophones as a personal response to the repulsive prevalence of rape culture that can be observed in catcalling and sexual harassment that female-identifying persons experience and endure on a daily basis. Many women experience these situations enough to psychologically alter their self-perception and their perception of others in a long-lasting negative way: fear, anger, depression—emotions that seep deeper into the self and permeate deeper into society. This unrelenting, churning duo is written to be somewhat of an endurance piece that incorporates all aspects of the body—the muscular ability to play the piece, the wind to power the horn, the focus to see it through… I carefully considered the everyday endurance of a constant barrage of physical and verbal abuse, how we as women bear the brunt of the cultural burden, how we are expected to silently maintain physical and emotional poise to align with many “social graces” and how sick of it I am. How sick of it we are. The piece, the poetry, and the visual components are all linked to send a very clear and targeted message: stop perpetuating rape culture by any and every means necessary.” —Shelley Washington

“‘Dart: the verb. don’t be his shadow’: In 2001 or 2002, when I was still living in Cincinnati, I went to see a Juilliard jazz trumpeter play a guest concert at the Blue Wisp. A local trumpeter showed up (presumably uninvited) to sit in. At one point an aging hipster, donning a beret and smoking a Black and Mild, got up from the bar and confronted the intruder while he was playing, pointing at him and saying, ‘Don’t be his shadow, man. Don’t be his shadow.’ And so much of the piece focuses on heterophonic close canons and near-unison playing, sometimes slipping into true unisons. The end of the piece quotes ‘A Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond’ from Captain Beefheart’s 1980 album Doc at the Radar Station.” —Quinn Collins

“‘Walking After Midnight’ deals with the unsettling and mysterious phenomenon of somnambulism, or sleepwalking, as it’s commonly known. The text for the piece’s two movements comes from a pair of autobiographical stories by a friend of mine. For the past year or so, nearly everything I’ve written has been part of a massive evening-length cycle of pieces about sleep called Sleep Cycle. Each work in the cycle deals with a different sleep-related topic (sleep-talking, sleepwalking, dreams, lullabies, and lucid dreaming) and each is for a different instrumentation (singing flutist, singing saxophone duo, vocal quartet, singing string octet, and a sixteen-piece ensemble made up of all of the above musicians plus a percussionist). The first story is about my friend’s childhood experiences of sleepwalking. In the absence of caregivers he could count on throughout a traumatic childhood, there emerged from within a support figure in the form of his own ghost—a floating Doppelgänger whose radiant smile provided him comfort and reassurance through it all. In the second story, my friend—now an adult—is the one in the supporting role, soothing and protecting his young son through his recurrent night terrors. The stories are a testament to my friend’s resilience and courage, and I feel honored and grateful for his trust, his generosity, and most of all, for his continued friendship.”       —David Reminick

“‘/tele/path’ is dedicated to the saxophone duo Ogni Suono on the occasion of their 10th anniversary. The word ‘telepath’, made from the Greek roots ‘tele’, meaning distance, and ‘pathos’ meaning feeling, perception, passion, affliction, or experience, describes the duo’s pandemic situation, and the circumstance of this collaboration—working together over a distance. The general form of the work echoes the trajectory of Ogni Suono’s becoming—in the beginning, both saxophones are in close proximity on stage and play strictly in time together, but as the piece progresses, the saxophonists move further apart on stage, each playing more freely and soloistically, but still with the ebb and understanding of an established duo. “ —Emily Koh

Ogni Suono has appeared on concert series such as Permutations (New York), Journeys in Sound (Boston), Frequency (Chicago), Sonic Circuits (Washington, DC) Outpost (University of California-Riverside), Switchboard Presents (San Francisco), nienteForte (New Orleans), Interference (Flagstaff), and SONICT (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater). The duo’s international performances include a 2019 tour through China and Taiwan, the inaugural Singapore Saxophone Symposium, Romanian-American Musical Days Festival in Sibiu (Romania), Berlin University of the Arts, Felicja Blumental Music Center in Tel Aviv, Night of the Museums Festival in Budapest, and World Saxophone Congresses in Scotland and France.

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Volleyball Falls to East Troy

September 22, 2021

Whippet Volleyball fell to East Troy 3-0 on Tuesday, September 21. Below are the individual stats for the evening:

Happy First Day of Fall – Wed., 9/22

September 22, 2021
The above image, “Happy first day of fall” by Darwin Bell is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Autumn, also known as Fall in North American English,[1] is one of the four temperate seasons. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere). Autumn is the season when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools considerably. Day length decreases and night length increases as the season progresses until the Winter Solstice in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere). One of its main features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed.

Some cultures regard the autumnal equinox as “mid-autumn”, while others with a longer temperature lag treat the equinox as the start of autumn.[2] In the English-speaking world, autumn traditionally began with Lammas Day and ended around Hallowe’en, the approximate mid-points between midsummer, the autumnal equinox, and midwinter. Meteorologists (and Australia[3][4] and most of the temperate countries in the southern hemisphere)[5][6] use a definition based on Gregorian calendar months, with autumn being September, October, and November in the northern hemisphere,[7] and March, April, and May in the southern hemisphere.

In North America, autumn traditionally starts with the September equinox (21 to 24 September)[8] and ends with the winter solstice (21 or 22 December).[9] Popular culture in the United States associates Labor Day, the first Monday in September, as the end of summer and the start of autumn; certain summer traditions, such as wearing white, are discouraged after that date.[10] As daytime and nighttime temperatures decrease, trees change colour and then shed their leaves.[11] In traditional East Asian solar term, autumn starts on or around 8 August and ends on or about 7 November. In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are September, October and November.[12] However, according to the Irish Calendar, which is based on ancient Gaelic traditions, autumn lasts throughout the months of August, September and October, or possibly a few days later, depending on tradition. In the Irish language, September is known as Meán Fómhair (“middle of autumn”) and October as Deireadh Fómhair (“end of autumn”).[13][14] Persians celebrate the beginning of the autumn as Mehregan to honor Mithra (Mehr).

(Source: wikipedia)

First English Lutheran Church Quilting Group Makes Record 287 Quilts

September 21, 2021
Photo courtesy of Tom Ganser

Editor’s note: The following was written by Nancy Wendt.

The First English Lutheran Church quilting group is proud to have set a record of making 287 quilts this year.  Most of the quilts will be shipped to Lutheran World Relief.  However, fifteen will be donated to Bethel House, along with ten others going to the Salvation Army in Janesville.  We are so grateful to the women who help by sewing quilt tops at home and to all who so generously donate fabric and/or sheets so this ministry can continue.  We are always in need of both material and sheets to use as backs for our quilts.

Library Hosting Local Author Peggy Race on Zoom

September 21, 2021

The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library will host local author Peggy Race, this Thursday, September 23rd, at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom.  Participants should register for the Zoom program on the library’s website www.whitewaterlibrary.org in order to receive the link to the program an hour before it begins.  If you need help registering, please call the library and we will assist you.

Discover Whitewater Series Ninth Year of Success

September 20, 2021

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by Knight Public Affairs, LLC.

The Greater Whitewater Committee (GWC)’s annual Discover Whitewater Series (DWS): Half Marathon and 5K exceeded last year’s participation numbers for its ninth year, on Sept. 19, 2021. 

The DWS Planning Committee were joined by over 380 participants, more than 240 volunteers and more than 60 sponsors for a hugely successful event. There were sunny skies for everyone that turned out to support the Whitewater community and the runners had the perfect temperature of 64 degrees at the start of both races.

UW-W Interim Chancellor Dr. Jim Henderson and UW-W Athletic Director Ryan Callahan arrived bright and early on race day to give the welcoming remarks and wish all the participants a great race. 

The top runners in the women’s half marathon:First Place: 1:19:24.45 – Runner 982 Naomi FultonSecond Place: 1:23:28.93 – Runner 1015 Samantha SlatteryThird Place: 1:29:23.80 – Runner 1009 Lauren MordiniThe top runners in the men’s half marathon:First Place: 1:10:27.05 – Runner 1027 Alexander CushmanSecond Place: 1:11:41.55 – Runner 931 Danny MacHmuellerThird Place: 1:15:31.97 – Runner 1025 David Krall
The top runners in the women’s 5K:First Place: 19:00.22 – Runner 1465 Kayla WolfSecond Place: 19:44.60 – Runner 1539 Jessie BraunThird Place: 21:31.60 – Runner 1489 Heidi ManeThe top runners in the men’s 5K:First Place: 16:53.98 – Runner 1501 Benjamin StrickerSecond Place: 17:23.27 – Runner 1376 Mark ElworthyThird Place: 18:09.54 – Runner 1519 Corbin Bevry 

For all race results, visit www.runwhitewater.com, under race results. 

For some runners, it was their first time racing in the Discover Whitewater Series. A common theme from first time runners, including first place winner Naomi Fulton, was that the DWS is overwhelmingly organized and friendly. 

Every year the DWS is in conjunction with the Working for Whitewater’s Wellness (W3) Fit Kid Shuffle on Saturday, Sept. 18. During the Shuffle, children 10-years-old and younger participated in a one-mile run. This year the Shuffle had 46 participants. 

The main goals of the DWS are to build a stronger community and showcase the City of Whitewater. All proceeds from the event are put directly back into the community each year.  The five local non-profit partners are Bethel House, Whitewater LEADS, Working for Whitewater’s Wellness, Whitewater Unified School District and the J-Hawk Aquatics Club. 

“Everyone involved in the DWS has a mission to support the Whitewater community,” DWS Race Director Dawson Miller said. “It’s always an honor and joy to see the community come together every year.”

The DWS would like to thank everyone involved in making the ninth year a success. The Whitewater community is a great place to visit, live and work. 

The DWS Planning Committee is already starting on next year’s race; new editions and features for 2022 are in the works. Save the date for September 18, 2022 for our tenth anniversary of the Discover Whitewater Series. We hope everyone will join us!

About the DWS

The goal of the DWS is to promote the City of Whitewater and highlight its greatest features, while keeping everyone in the community active. All the proceeds from the race are donated to five local non-profit partners: Bethel House (which provides interim housing for homeless families), Whitewater LEADS, Working for Whitewater’s Wellness (W3), Whitewater Unified School District and the J-Hawk Aquatic Club. The DWS partners with the city, business community, university and the school district to make this a tremendous event that benefits all who participate. For more information about the race visit www.runwhitewater.com.

Obituaries

Obituary: Kandi Lynn Kincaid (Cardinal)

In Loving Memory of Kandi Lynn Kincaid (Cardinal)Beloved Daughter, Sister, Mother, Grandmother, and Friend It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kandi Lynn Kincaid, daughter of Eunice and Richard Kincaid, on December 28th at 7 PM. Kandi passed away peacefully in bed, enjoying one of her favorite pastimes—watching crime shows. Kandi was a woman of many passions. She was a devoted fan of the Chicago Bears, found joy in listening to 2Pac, and had an unwavering love for animals, always standing against cruelty of any kind. Her smile could light up a room, and her warmth … Read more

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Obituary: Dr. George Harold Seeburger, 89, of Lake Mills

Dr. George Harold Seeburger, 89, of Lake Mills passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025 at Lilac Springs Assisted Living in Lake Mills. George was born on July 20, 1935 in Phillips, Wisconsin to George and Nellie (Knight) Seeburger.  He graduated from Phillips High School and received an undergraduate degree from UW Stevens Point and went on to earn his PhD from the University of Georgia Athens. He was a biology professor at UW Whitewater up until his retirement. George married Nancy Carole Skalitzky on November 6, 1959 in Waukegan, Illinois. Nancy passed on November 13, 2021.  They enjoyed traveling … Read more

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Obituary: William J. “Bill” West, 75

William J. “Bill” West, 75, of Whitewater passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at Fort Memorial Hospital in Fort Atkinson. Bill was born on September 8, 1949 to John and Bessie (Sutherland) West in Fort Atkinson. He worked at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater for twelve years. Bill enjoyed watching the Packers and NASCAR. He is survived by his girlfriend, Sandy Hahn; and many friends and family. A memorial visitation will take place on Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 11 AM until 1 PM at Nitardy Funeral Home, 550 N. Newcomb St., Whitewater, WI 53190. Inurnment will take … Read more

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Obituary: David Harold Baker Jr., 61, of Portland, OR

David Harold Baker Jr., beloved husband, father, stepfather, son, and brother, passed away on December 16, 2024, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 61. Born on August 10, 1963, in Beaufort, South Carolina, David was the firstborn child of David Baker Sr. and the late Betty Jean Baker (née Wickham) while his father served in the United States Marine Corps. David spent his early years in Wyoming, where the family lived until his parents divorced. In 1976, David moved to Oregon with his father, and he graduated from high school in 1982. Shortly after, he moved to Wisconsin to … Read more

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Obituary: Allen C. Hicks, 85

Allen C. Hicks, 85 of Whitewater passed away on Saturday, January 4th, 2025 at Huntington Memory Care in Janesville. Al, the oldest of seven boys, was born on July 5th, 1939, in Belvidere, Illinois to Walt and Laura (Keller) Hicks. A few years later, the family bought a dairy farm in Whitewater and became very active in the Whitewater community. There was always work to be done or something to be repaired on the farm which led to Al’s lifelong love of tinkering. He was very active in high school sports which continued on into his adult years playing in … Read more

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Obituary: Jeanette Ila Hansen, 91

Jeanette Ila Hansen, 91, Whitewater passed away on December 24, 2024 at Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek, WI, having lived independently almost all her later life. Jeanette was born on May 12, 1933 in Whitewater, WI to Alvin and Maybell (Maasz) Cox.  She married Norman Hansen on November 2, 1950 and they were married for 59 years.  Jeanette enjoyed fishing, reading, indoor gardening, collecting dolls, and cooking; and she made many beautiful items with crocheting, knitting, and sewing.  She was generous and seemed to have a good word to say about almost everyone she met. She especially loved … Read more

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Obituary: Isaac Richard Unger, 31

Isaac Richard Unger left the field on Christmas Day, and is now at peace. He was born in Whitewater, WI on April 1st, 1993 to Paul and Mary Jo (née Peiffer) Unger. Isaac was born ten days late on a silly holiday, and lived his life as such–never rushed, and with a lighthearted sense of humor. Isaac graduated from Madison East High School in 2011, and then attended UW-River Falls from 2011-2016, where he studied English and philosophy. Isaac was a sports lover, not only as a spectator, but as a participant. Isaac grew up playing soccer, basketball (Badger Sporting … Read more

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Obituary: John George Mack, 61

John George Mack passed away into eternal glory on December 24th, 2024. John was born December 1, 1963, in Fort Atkinson, WI to Ronald and Mary Alice (Hanson) Mack of Whitewater.   John was a 1982 Whitewater High School graduate. In 1983 just out of high school John started his first wood company selling wholesale through all the major gift markets including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York. At the time his clients included 8 out of the 10 retail chains and several thousand independent stores nationwide. John had so many wonderful customers and associates.   As the wholesale gift market shifted to cheaper overseas … Read more

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Obituary: Clifford Maynard Witte, 103

Clifford Maynard Witte, age 103, of Whitewater, WI completed his earthly journey on December 24, 2024 in his home surrounded by his loving family.  Clifford was born on September 13, 1921 on a farm in Mount Horeb, WI, and was the third child of Ella and Eli Witte.  Clifford served his country by joining the Navy in 1942 during WWII, and served alongside his two brothers. Later he used the GI bill to attend Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, IA. There he met the love of his life, Beulah (Billie) Ohrberg, and they married on Nov 7, 1946. Shortly after … Read more

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Obituary: Mary Ann Burkhardt, 79

Mary Ann Burkhardt, 79, passed away December 24, 2024, at Edgerton Hospital, surrounded by loved ones following a brief illness. Mary was born on September 14, 1945, in Chicago, IL, to Raymond and Helen (Pasternak) Burkhardt. She attended elementary school in Chicago and Good Counsel Catholic Girls High School, before her family moved to Whitewater where she graduated from WHS in 1963.  She worked at Gus’s Pizza Palace, Whitewater Products, and finally, Jones Dairy Farm until her retirement 33 years later.  She enjoyed bowling, snowmobiling, boating, golf, riding her motorcycle, and playing softball for the Long Branch Saloon.  She was … Read more

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