(May 9) The Million Penny box is now located at Commercial Bank. The bank donated 20,000 pennies ($200) to the senior van fund. You are invited in and see the pennies grow to one million!! The penny box is currently at 258,728 pennies.

The Coburn Company donated a much appreciated $1,000 toward the purchase of the van.

(May 8) WHS Senior Awards Night Class of 2008

Valedictorians - Qichen Zhang and Nicole Tautges		Salutatorians - Meghan Marino and Elizabeth Ide
American Legion Athlete of the Year Award presented by State Representative and American Legion President Steve Nass to Grant Bughman		Optimist Club Female Athlete of the Year Award presented by Gary Harms to Megan Theune
Jan Nehring Effort Award to Meghan Marino and presented by Ken Nehring		Phyllis Sievert Cross Country Award and Jack Daniel Cross Country Award presented to Sara Levine and Alex Adkinson by Dirk Seibold
Michael Borglin with the John Phillip Sousa Award, Semper Fidelis Award to Kate Grady and the Wilber K. Lyle Award to Nichole Tautges		EEL Star Award to Armando Sandoval, Tanya Morales and Rolando Rodriquez

Award Recipients

(May 8) The 4th of July Committee is gathering pictures of last year festival to put up on their web site.They want people to send them pictures to post them for everyone to see. Please send your pictures to webmaster@ww4th.com and you can view them on the http://www.ww4th.com/ web site. This is a good way to post your pictures for all to see the festival from different views.

(May 7) Appointment of citizen members to Boards and Commissions:
Birge Fountain - Rod Dalee

Board of Zoning Appeals - Donald Vail, Beverly Stone, Lamont Sharp and Alternate ToniLee Piechura, 1 alternate position remains open

Cable TV - Jim Winship, 1 position remains open

Handicapped Discrimination Committee - Tom Downs

Community Development Authority - Al Stanek

Ethics - 2 positions remain open

Landmarks - Carol Christ

Library - John Bauer, Laura Morrow

Park and Recreation - George DeVries

Plan Commission - Kristine Zaballos and Greg Torres

Police & Fire Commission with 1 opening and 5 applicants - Incumbent Rosa Margarita Veuduzco, Toni Lee Piechura, Dennis Knopp, Shannon Schepp, Beverly Stone. This position will be filled later.

(May 76) Council Meeting Notes - 4 hour meeting

(May 7) Teacher Appreciation Week!

Mr. Doug Parker (l) and Dr. Vance Dalzin (r) made a delicious lunch for faculty & staff in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week!!

(May 6) Kiwanis Breakfast Club Check Presentaion

Pat Brooks [l] presenting a check for $1080 for the Family Partnership Program for the Whitewater Aquatic Center to to Steve Ryan [r] VP of the WAC Board of Directors. Pat is chairman of the Whitewater Breakfast Kiwanis Youth Services Committee which is dedicated to the Kiwanis International emphasis upon youth around the world.

(May 6) Plan Commission Hosted Neighborhood Planning Meeting.

City of Whitewater’s Plan and Architectural Review Commission hosted a special public meeting for the South Whitewater Neighborhood Development Plan. This was the third in a series of meetings that the City will host as it completes the detailed, long range plan for land use, transportation, and neighborhood design on the south side of the city. At this meeting, City staff and consultants presented a detailed land use, open space, and road pattern plan for the Elkhorn Road Corridor for review and comment.

A vocal and well represented Trippe Lake Condo Association provided input to help in the planning process. The 25+ members in attendance had selected individuals speak to the need to preserve the lake setting and limit construction of big box or other retail shops and concentrate on residential development. All Commission members spoke of the issue with general support but with also a need to recognize the property owners who may wish some commercial development. Another public hearing will be held in June after a rework of options that were presented at this meeting. This detailed study will become a part of the long-range plan for the City and will be an important component of future land use, utility extension, and road pattern decisions.

(May 6) Police Day Ceremony to Take Place Next Friday The annual Police Day Ceremony will be held next Friday, May 9 at 3:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Municipal Center. UWW Police Chief Matt Kiederlen will be the key note speaker.

What makes the Police Day Ceremony particularly noteworthy this year is that PD will be celebrating its 150 Year Anniversary of the Whitewater Police Department. It was in 1858 that the Village of Whitewater, with a population of 2,000 residents, established its first police force consisting of two "Watchmen", James Schromm and Dominic O'Donnell. In celebration of this occasion, the Police Department is updating the WPD History Book (A Chronicle of Law Enforcement in Whitewater, The History of the Whitewater Police Department) as a "150th Anniversary Edition". The Department intends to distribute the updated version to current and past employees and to offer additional copies to the public in continued support of our Law Enforcement Scholarship Fund.

SPORTS

(May 9)Softball Doubleheader Results - WHS 0 Jefferson 2 and WHS 1 Jefferson 11

Coach Nelson's Comments - The first game was a really well played ball game by both teams. We just couldn't hit Kayla Clemens all night, combined for the two games we had 4 hits, and Hannah Maurer had all 4 of them, and it is a little difficult to hit yourself in. We made some contact and made her work, but Clemens is a good pitcher and she got the better of us. Defensively we played really well. I was really proud of Laura Kaspar who practiced 1st base last night for the first time ever and she played very well. Beth pitched well again in the two games scattering Jefferson's hits and the fielders backed her up when they did get some runners.

The second game was a good game as well, until the bottom of the 5th when we made a couple of errors and Beth ran out of gas. This was her 4th game in 4 days and she just was empty and after an error she slowed down a bit and Jefferson strung together 4 straight hits. Abby came in for her first varsity pitching action ever and the nerves showed as she walked the first two batters before settling down and throwing strikes. By this time though we had all run out of gas mentally and we made another error and Jefferson got another hit to put it away. I talked to the girls afterwards about not letting one rough inning ruin 11 good innings of softball. Not being able to hit Clemens is nothing to be embarrassed about, but we do need to continue to work on our hitting though. No rest for the weary though as we have 2 more games this week as we head to East Troy tomorrow.

WHS Spring Athletic Schedules Start clicking here for School Home Page and click on Athletics and then Click on Spring Sports and choose the the Sport.

Photographers covering Whippet Sports -
Bob Mischka - Variety of WHS Sports

Susan Reinholz WHS Boys Baseball also
Miscellaneous WHS photos (Will require registering with snapfish.com)
Thanks Bob and Susan for doing this service for our students, families and also for access by the Banner.

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