Marguerite Mary Clancy, 92, of Delavan Lake and currently of Elkhorn, died at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn on April 6, 2014. Marguerite was born May 11, 1921, in Chicago to Joseph A. Schrimpl and Angela M. Lavin. She married John J. Clancy on Oct. 23, 1948, in Chicago. John […]
Month: April 2014
ROBERT J. “BOB” BROWN
Robert J. “Bob” Brown, 91, of Delavan, died March 15, 2014. Bob was born in Elkhorn to Clarence and Martha (Pelkey) Brown. He graduated from Delavan High School in 1940. He attended Michigan State University and graduated in 1945 with a degree in mechanical engineering. His was first employed with […]
Take a trip to Never Land
Say “Good-bye and good riddance” to the long Wisconsin winter with a dreamy trip to Never Land at Whitewater Middle School’s production of “Peter Pan Jr.,” slated Thursday and Friday, April 10-11 at 7 p.m. in the Whitewater High School Auditorium. The Thursday, April 10, show is “Pay What You […]
Library to open MakerSpace April 11
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is pleased to announce the opening of its MakerSpace on Friday, April 11 at 2:30 p.m. with open hours set for Monday – Thursday 2:30–5:30 p.m. MakerSpaces are the spaces and materials dedicated to knowledge sharing and content creation. The library will support access […]
Mapping the Milky Way
UW-W scientists using images from NASA space telescope By Jeff Angileri Contributor Vast, wondrous, captivating – the Milky Way Galaxy with its myriad stars, solar systems and planets – was revealed two weeks ago in an unprecedented galactic portrait. It was unveiled at the 30th TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference […]
Panthers have promise, relying on youth
By Troy A. Bruzewski Sports correspondent If youth prevails, the Palmyra-Eagle High School baseball team may be primed for an upset. The Panthers enter the 2014 schedule following a year with a disappointing regular season but one that finished with postseason success. The team managed just three wins in April […]
School board needs to ‘walk the walk’ of unity
To the Palmyra-Eagle Area School Board and administrative team: As we reach the end of the school year, we are also nearing the time of year when teachers are given their non-renewal notices for next year. I have become aware that Eagle Elementary School is scheduled for a reduction of […]
Palmyra-Eagle name change on school board agenda
By Heather Ruenz Editor The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District is facing a dire situation, losing students, teachers and money at an alarming rate, according to district officials. In an effort to make the district more appealing, a strategic plan was put in place, beginning with a proposal to change the […]
Deaths from 150 years ago relived through poetry
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Beth Lueck’s lecture, “Bearing Witness: American Poets on Suffering and Death in the Civil War,” focused on poems by the well-known American poets Walt Whitman and Emily Dickenson, along with a poem by Obadiah Ethelbert Baker, a school teacher and Union soldier who enlisted in the […]
DanceScapes to take the stage April 6-8
The beauty and creativity of movement comes to life in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Theatre/Dance Department’s annual dance performance, DanceScapes. Performances will take place Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, April 7-8 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnett Theatre in Greenhill Center of the Arts. This event […]
