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THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE MADISON TIMES WEEKLY NEWSPAPER |
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| WHAT'S UP Compiled by A. David Dahmer |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & MEETINGS
Nomination forms for the 2004 Dane County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition award are now available online at www.co.dane.wi.us. Completed nomination forms must be submitted to the County Executive's Office no later than 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5. For more information, call Isadore Knox, 266-4192.
The Madison Senior Center and the South Madison Coalition for the Elderly will sponsor a meal on Thursday, Dec. 25, at the Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St. Doors will open at 11 a.m. for a social hour with hors d'oeuvres. The meal, which features roast turkey and all the trimmings, will be served at noon. Make a reservation by calling 251-8405 no later than noon Thursday, Dec. 18.
The Madison Area Family Advisory/Advocacy Council (MAFAAC), a nonprofit multicultural organization, will host a spaghetti dinner and fund-raiser 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at St. Mark’s Church, 605 Spruce St. Enjoy good food and conversation and celebrate MAFAAC’s first anniversary. Suggested donation is $10, or $15 per family.
Search for signs of animal activity out in the wintry woods and meadows at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (ALNC), 300 Femrite Drive in Monona, Sunday, Jan. 11. Naturalist Sue Denholm will share the survival strategies of plants and animals that help them endure Wisconsin winters in a new program, "Keeping Warm in the Winter Woods." Afterward, we will warm up in the Nature Center's replica of Aldo Leopold's shack with a hot beverage by the fire and a rousing round of "Happy Birthday" to Leopold himself, who was born 118 years ago. Preregistration with payment required; call 221-4038. $7 per person, $18 per family, or $5 per ALNC member, $12 ALNC member family.
An informal brown-bag lunch-and-lecture series will be held the first and third Tuesdays of every month through November at the Wisconsin Historical Museum on the Square, 30 N. Carroll Street The next event, “Struggle For Justice: The Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement Programs,” will be held Jan. 20 at 12:15 p.m. Visitors are invited to bring a lunch and enjoy a program of historical perspective. Suggested donation is $2 per person.
Hospicecare Inc. invites shoppers at the Hilldale Shopping Center to place a gift under its Holiday Tree during the Hilldale Merchants Association's Holiday Tree Walk Nov. 20-Dec. 24. All gifts will benefit the patients and families served by HospiceCare. For more information about the program, call Ansley Thirion at 327-7198.
About one month remains until the deadline for the 2004 - 2005 Gates Millennium Scholars award, funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The award was established in 1999 to provide outstanding Asian Pacific Islander Americans, African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Hispanic Americans with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in all discipline areas. Students (nominees), nominators, and recommenders are encouraged to apply online or download Nomination Materials on the GMS Web site www.gmsp.org All completed nomination materials must be postmarked or submitted online no later than Jan. 16.
Madison Overeaters Anonymous (OA) will hold a holiday meeting Thursday, Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m. at Meriter Hospital 202 S. Park St., lower level. OA is open to women, men, and young people with any kind of food problem. No dues or membership fees. For more information, call 663-8823 or visit www.oamadison.org.
Ujima Counseling Services for African American familes seeks donations in the form of Christmas food baskets, volunteer grant writing, gift certificates, or money. All donations will go toward the 2004 financial goal of replacing the recent budget cut and toward helping needy families. Call 251-4888 and ask for Fabu.
Sponsored by Humana Inc., Let Happiness Ring is a program providing free telephone time for senior citizens during the holidays. Special phone lines are installed at area senior centers, and seniors are invited to make free long distance calls within the continental United States. Three phones will be set up in the Green Bay area, and there will be seven in and around Madison, including at the Colonial Club Senior Center, Sun Prairie; the Fitchburg Senior Center; the Madison Senior Center; the Middleton Senior Center; the Monona Senior Center; the Oregon Area Senior Center; and the Westside Coalition for the Aging. Dates and hours vary, but most locations are open weekdays Dec. 8-Dec. 23. For more information, call Mark Mathis, 920-337-5354, or e-mail mmathis@humana.com.
The next national test date for the ACT (American College Testing) assessment is Feb. 7. College-bound students should register by the Jan. 2 postmark deadline. Students can register online at www.act.org, or they can get a registration packet from their high school guidance counselor and register by mail. The test fee is $26. For more information, contact Ken Gullette, 319-337-1028, or e-mail Ken.Gullette@act.org.
Help is available to change or advance your career or to enter or re-enter the workforce. To promote workplace equality, Business and Professional Women of Madison (BPW) awards scholarships to individuals pursuing higher education in Dane County. In spring 2004, scholarships of $1,000 or more per recipient will be awarded for the fall 2004 semester. Applicants must have a record of academic performance balanced with community involvement, nonacademic interests, and experiences; be accepted by a technical college, trade school, or university in Dane County; be attending school in fall 2004 at the above institution; be pursuing additional education to enter, advance, or change a career; have demonstrated the ability to overcome challenges; and must demonstrate financial need. Applications and two letters of recommendation from nonrelatives must be postmarked by Feb. 27, 2004. Oral interviews for finalists will be held in early March, and scholarship recipients will be announced by March 31. To get a scholarship application, call Rebecca Hohlstein at 836-4505, e-mail Bhohlstein@aol.com, or visit http://www.madison.com/communities/bpw to download application materials. Displaced homemakers and nontraditional students are encouraged to apply.
The American Red Cross needs help saving lives during the holiday season with the 18th annual Holiday Blood Drive at the Alliant Energy Center Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Anyone who is at least 17 years old, weighs at least 110 pounds, and is in good health may be eligible to give blood. For more information, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or 227-1357, or visit www.givelife.org.
Madison Community Co-op is offering 10 $1,000 grants to organizations or groups that work with students in grades preschool to 12 in the Madison Metropolitan School District area. Projects using grant money must foster leadership and community, serve low-income and/or minority students, or provide for largely unmet needs of students. Application deadline is Jan. 15. For more information, visit www.madisoncommunitycoop and click GRANTS, or e-mail questions to mccgrants@ yahoo.com
Get that hard-to-buy-for-person a gift certificate good toward any Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) program. Perfect for last-minute shopping. Classes generally cost $20-$75. MSCR offers a variety of recreational programs. For more information, call 204-3000 or visit the MSCR Web site at www.mscr.org.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK “Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.” — Zora Neale Hurston |
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