It’s a partly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature in the lower eighties.
In six senate districts across Wisconsin, our fellow citizens will have a chance to decide whether to retain their GOP state senators, or replace them with Democratic challengers. (In two more districts, they’re be a recall election on August 16th.) At FREE WHITEWATER, I’ll post today on the importance of entering the fray, of being heard.
Over at Daily Wisconsin, I’ll have links to stories about the elections, from every district and about every race. Both websites’ Twitter feeds (@FREEWHITEWATER and @dailywisconsin) will have tweets during the day and throughout election night.
We’ve a rich heritage in Wisconsin, from the early days of American settlement in this area, to settlement long before the United States.
Our effigy mounds are an archeological and cultural wonder, well-worth preserving and studying. Embedded below is a video presentation and tour of the mounds, the work of volunteers committed to maintaining them.
(For more about efforts to preserve this site, see Kevin Hoffman’s Whitewater considering plan to maintain effigy mounds: “Whitewater’s 14 effigy mounds are estimated to be between 700 and 1,100 years old. They are shaped like birds, minks and other spiritual beings and are considered burial sites for Native Americans.”)
The Alzheimer’s Association offers a September 12th program, as outlined in this press release:
Program on Early Detection to be Offered by Alzheimer’s Association
With 10 Million Baby Boomers at Risk, Early Detection is Critical to Future Planning
LAKE GENEVA, WI – August 4, 2011 – The Alzheimer’s Association will present a community workshop called “Have You Lost Your Keys Lately?” on Monday, September 12, 2011 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Highlands of Geneva Crossing, 721 S. Curtis Street in Lake Geneva. This interactive workshop will identify the difference between typical age-related changes, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia.
The program is ideal for individuals who may be witnessing memory loss or behavioral changes in themselves or a loved one, and want to learn the facts about early detection in order to plan for the future. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from people who have the disease and find out how to recognize the signs.
There is no charge to attend this program, and it is open to all members of the community. Registration is required; to register call Bonnie at 920-728-4088 or send an email to bonnie.beam@alz.org.
About the Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research whose mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. For more information about Alzheimer’s disease and local services visit www.alz.org/sewi or call the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900.
It’s a rainy day with a high temperature of eighty-one ahead for Whitewater.
In Whitewater at 6 p.m. tonight, the Planning Commission meets at the municipal building. The meeting agenda is available online.
On this day in 1974, President Nixon announced his resignation, effective noon the next day.
A controversial company in Indonesia has helped relocate a seven-year old Sumatran tiger (now named Putri), apparently a victim of a declining habitat:
The Alzheimer’s Association offers a September 12th program, as outlined in this press release:
Program on Early Detection to be Offered by Alzheimer’s Association
With 10 Million Baby Boomers at Risk, Early Detection is Critical to Future Planning
LAKE GENEVA, WI – August 4, 2011 – The Alzheimer’s Association will present a community workshop called “Have You Lost Your Keys Lately?” on Monday, September 12, 2011 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.at the Highlands of Geneva Crossing, 721 S. Curtis Street in Lake Geneva. This interactive workshop will identify the difference between typical age-related changes, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia.
The program is ideal for individuals who may be witnessing memory loss or behavioral changes in themselves or a loved one, and want to learn the facts about early detection in order to plan for the future. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from people who have the disease and find out how to recognize the signs.
There is no charge to attend this program, and it is open to all members of the community. Registration is required; to register call Bonnie at 920-728-4088 or send an email to bonnie.beam@alz.org.
About the Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research whose mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. For more information about Alzheimer’s disease and local services visitwww.alz.org/sewi or call the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900.
Second, more generally (and good for classroom use), the Cato Institute has a short video on the importance of the federal credit rating (embedded below).
Third, although the change in rating is important, that hardly says the rating agencies are correct now, or in other evaluations. They’re not always right.
(Locally, the Moody’s rating for Whitewater’s tech-park bonds, and other obligations, looks like nothing so much as a variously superficial, over-hyped, or shoddy analysis. See, On Whitewater, Wisconsin’s Recent Bond Rating, from January 2010.)
Finally, those who are trying to assign blame to officeholders now in Washington should look back a few years: the previous Congress, and previous Administration, share responsibility for the present situation.
So should a city be able to ban — or effective ban by severe restrictions — food trucks in a town (as Atlanta has done with street vendors)? What do you think?
Here’s a poll, for those who’d like to participate by voting, and below is a comment forum for opinions expressed that way.
My view:
Additional food vendors help consumers, and won’t hurt restaurants who — by virtue of their storefronts — can sell on service, value for price, etc. Many patronize merchants in town, as I do, for their expertise and value-added guidance. I look for good customer service, and return to those shops. A nice restaurant, for example, is a nice restaurant for both its food and its atmosphere. (I’ve yet to start restaurant reviews, but I will!)
In fact, there’s probably an untapped clientele in Whitewater that will patronize merchants who show potential customers the benefits of good guidance and expertise.
Where merchants of this high-quality need a break is from excessive municipal fees, taxes, and regulations.
An appealing restaurant has no reason to fear a food truck. Any restaurant has reason to worry about being over-taxed, required to pay all sorts of fees that are simply additional taxes, and waste time with busy-work regulatory compliance.)
There’s a powerful difference between being sympathetic to small businesses (of course) and endorsing concerns that use government to prop themselves up at the expense of competition (a bad bet for ‘disfavored’ businesses, and for all taxpaying consumers).
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Although I’m not a parishioner, I’m happy to post a notice from Eagle United Methodist Church about their 140th Anniversary. Congratulations and best wishes to the congregation –
Eagle United Methodist Church will be celebrating its 140th Anniversary August 13th & August 14th 2011.
The public is welcome to attend one or both free events:
Saturday, Aug.13th 5:00 p.m. a Special Worship including: Contemporary, gospel & traditional music, skits and scripture. Join with some of our past pastors for a luncheon after the service.
Sunday, Aug. 14th 10:00 a.m. service with choir, organ and piano music, scripture, and message. A community dinner starts at 12:00 noon with music and entertainment on the church lawn. Review the church’s history located in the church library open both days.
EAGLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
305 E. MAIN STREET
EAGLE, WI
