GOOD BOOKS: "We Need To Talk About Alice" from Plenty on Vimeo. (See all the process, character design, style frames, at plenty.tv/work/good-books-we-need-to-talk-about-alice ) “We need to talk about Alice” was commissioned by New Zealand based agency String Theory and created to be part of Good Books’ “Great Writers Series,” a collection of short films made…
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Charity, Film
Film: The Soup and Soul Kitchen
by JOHN ADAMS •
Charity, City, Good Ideas
The ‘Nearly Naked’ Run/Walk for Whitewater’s Community Clothes Closet
by JOHN ADAMS •
On Sunday, December 7th @ 11 AM, here’s a chance to join others in a very clever idea in support of a very good cause: Whitewater’s inaugural Nearly Naked 5K Run/Walk. Participants in the 5K run/walk will bundle up in clothing they’d like to donate to Whitewater’s Community Clothes Closet, and remove those items at…
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Bill Gates Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
by JOHN ADAMS •
Charity, Food, Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: The Wurst Challenge
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Wurst Challenge: Charity or Gluttony? In Ypsilanti, Michigan, a children’s art center was the beneficiary of the Wurst Challenge, in which contestants tried to eat twenty-foot-long sausages to raise money for the FLY Children’s Art Center. Participants raised more than they had hoped, for a total of about $6,000 dollars. What do you think:…
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Stuff the Bus
by JOHN ADAMS •
Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, Food, Good Ideas
Whitewater’s Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
by JOHN ADAMS •
My youngest and I went to Sunday’s Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast at the high school. We had a great time. Light, perfectly-prepared pancakes, the very size of a pan, with link sausages, syrup, butter, and one’s choice of coffee, juice, or water. For a small price, one could order extra sausage, too, as we did. Once…
Charity, Government Spending, Nature, Walworth County
The Nature Conservancy
by JOHN ADAMS •
If a man wanted to leave a legacy of land to remain forever in its natural state, then he could donate it to the Nature Conservancy (http://www.nature.org/), a charity that preserves donated nature land in exactly that way. I’m indebted to a sharp reader who offered this suggestion for proposed parkland for Walworth County. I’ve…
Charity, Education, School District
Welcome, New Teachers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Welcome to Whitewater, Wisconsin. I’m sure our city will be better for your presence. In these weeks and months ahead, so very many helpful people will offer advice and guidance to you. A few others, unhelpfully, will draw close and whisper ever so softly about how you should think, feel, and act to be a…
Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, City, Sports
On the Field of Dreams Project: In Support of Starting Construction Now
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last night, Whitewater’s Common Council discussed beginning construction of the Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams, to build a baseball diamond and related facilities on a part of Starin Park. I’ve written previously in support of the project, and believe Council made the right decision last night to begin construction by awarding an adjusted bid. See,…
Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, City, New Whitewater
Scenes from Whitewater’s 2013 Polar Plunge® for Special Olympics
by JOHN ADAMS •
On February 16, 2013, Whitewater held her annual Polar Plunge® for Special Olympics. On a day with wind chills scarcely above zero, and water of only thirty-six degrees, hundreds of volunteers and donors raised tens of thousands for the Special Olympics of Wisconsin. There’s no greater measure of a community than its charity. Below are…
Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, City, Good Ideas, New Whitewater, Poverty
Sunday, 10.7.12: Whitewater CROP Hunger Walk 2012
by JOHN ADAMS •
Details: Location – Begins at Fairhaven Retirement Home (435 W. Starin Road, Whitewater) and ends at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (46 S. Church St., Whitewater). Registration – 12:30 p.m., Walk: 1:00 p.m. See, for additional details or donation link, Whitewater CROP Hunger Walk 2012 – CROP Hunger Walk.
Charity, City, Sports
On the 7.24.12 Special Council Session: Supporting Treyton Kilar’s Field of Dreams Project
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tonight, at 6:30 PM, there will be a special session of Whitewater’s Common Council to consider whether to select a bid for artificial turf for the Treyton’s Field of Dreams project, and to authorize down payment on the project. Council’s decision tonight may determine whether the project meets the continuing requirements for a Pepsi Challenge…