It was awesome seeing so many locals enjoying the festivities with our guests, downtown yesterday. I was able to meet bikers from all over Wisconsin, across America, and overseas. New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, and Beloit... ya gotta love America.
Today even more is to be expected. If you haven't been yet, don't miss today.
Farmer's Market will still go on from 7-12. Look across the river for fresh product AND Radio Disney!!
Live music in Cutler Park (at the library) in the afternoon and evening.
Two Milwaukee women were arrested in Waukesha on Tuesday for 'working as escorts without a permit'. Let that be a lesson to all you Milwaukee prostitutes. Get your stink'n papers in order before you decide to sell your bodies, minds, and souls to us Waukeshaians. Don't you know we check for that stuff??? By the way, that brings the number of these arrests to 19 since MARCH!!!
Kudos to the Waukesha county Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Unit. They won the 'Investigation of the Year award by a state drug officers association'. Great job cleaning up our streets. By the way, the major arrests were made as a result from a 'tip'. Let's keep our eyes open Waukesha.This isn't the military... We ask, we tell!
Flight for Life has new headquarters at our very own Crites Field. The public is invited to their open house Sept. 6 from 10-12 at their new hanger. http://www.freemanol.com/ for all above articles.
Did you know about this? School bus offers safe, eco-friendly transportation Maybe I just never wanted to think about it, which is why I was blown away to learn that the average school bus get about 7 miles to the gallon.
Should parents be leery of the new Kettle Moraine High School schedule? After all, it does sound as though the school board has spent considerable time planning to "innovate, and improve education." It's called: “Learning Without Boundaries.”
What has some parents concerned is the random feeling schedule. (Yes, I know most kids have no problem adjusting to craziness. However, what about those common children who are already struggling to make assignments, get to class on time, etc???) Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday offer 51 minute classes with 30 minute lunch and 5 minute passing. Tuesday, however, offers 41 minute classes, 25 minute lunches and 5 minute passing.
The result is an early release on Tuesdays. (That's the other thing most parents are concerned with.)
The school board says that this schedule will enable teacher an opportunity to work together-improving their teaching. Students will have the option to stay later and work with other students or use the library. (I fear that only a select few will use that opportunity, the same few who would normally use it and the ones who have the invitation to leave, will.) I guess time will tell. The school board says this will help consistency, but I'm having a hard time believing that. I have been wrong before. Hope I am this time too. http://ms.kmsd.edu/Highschool.cfm?subpage=107025
"To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Souther bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist."
Well, as if the festivities already planned for the Harley Davidson's Ride to 105 Weekend in Waukesha, weren't enough, the BID announced that there's more!
This Saturday only, the Waukesha Farmer's Market will be located on the North Side of the Fox River. Right next to RiverPark Community Church (a fabulous non-denominational Christian community church) at 210 Bank Street.
Let me encourage you to join me down there. I've never been disappointed by the selection of vendors we have here. We always end up leaving happy with a great selection of veggies, cheeses, bakery, and samplings from some of the local downtown businesses. But THIS Saturday, Aug. 30 (where DID the month go???) we have another guest...
Radio Disney will be at the market from 10-11 am hosting “Quest for the Cup” The kids who show up will have the opportunity to get involved with some really fun activities. It sounds like a good time for the whole family.
We sometimes forget that it wasn't that long ago in which we were found not worthy to vote, work or become educated. It was acceptable for husbands to discipline their wives for whatever they found worthy of discipline.
To all my girlfriends, Here is to the day when our voice is heard and respected. Here is to the days when the glass ceiling no longer exists nor the many inequalities, in which our society justifies, stand in the way of our dreams. This is for you! Women's Equality Day, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
With vision and determination, American women have helped build our great Nation. On Women's Equality Day, we remember the dedication of women who overcame many obstacles in order to secure the right to vote.
The struggle for women's rights is a story of strong women willing to take the lead and pave the way toward equal voting rights for all American citizens. In 1848, a group of determined women came together in Seneca Falls, New York, to proclaim that "all men and women are created equal," and demand suffrage. On August 26, 1920, their voices were finally heard, and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote.
As we look back on the journey to women gaining suffrage, we remember the sacrifices of people like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. More than 160 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, we celebrate the spirit, leadership, and hard work of those pioneering women. We also recognize the women who continue in this tradition by acting as role models in their communities, helping raise the next generation of Americans, leading in their professions, and serving in the Armed Forces protecting our country. These women are continuing on the path set by those who came before them, so that all Americans can realize the great promise of our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 26, 2008, as Women's Equality Day. I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and observe this day with appropriate programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand thistwenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
Ovens are preheating all over downtown Waukesha today in preparation for our guests to start rolling and rumbling through town. I just hope nobody is baking a souffle! (It will, no doubt, fall.)
From the large banners being hung across the streets, to the very cute cuddly sign hanging in Cuddles, and newer chrome plated merchandise on display, to the Cutler park theater prep., there is no doubt that we are expecting company.
I'm anticipating the loud arrival to be greeted hospitably. With our warm Waukesha arms wide open as we happily endure the elevated volume, displaced scenery, lingering smells of beer, and anticipated bins (hopefully not streets) filled with an abundance of trash. And for what? Well, my dear friends, we are glad you are coming, but please don't forget your wallets.
With the emptier look of vacated storefronts and the large, highly anticipated hotel construction project, wouldn't it be grand for this week to boost our downtown economy? After all, why not? We have a beautiful downtown. Really beautiful. With some really great shops, cafes, restaurants, and services.
I say 'get out your money belts' to all you merchants. May our guests enjoy your hospitality and may our community be there to help out as well. I know I will!
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