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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.
Members of labor and faith-based organizations and community members are invited to the third annual Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice Clergy-Labor Luncheon Wednesday, Jan. 28, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Lake Edge Lutheran Church, 4032 Monona Drive. This year's theme is corporate social responsibility and worker justice. The cost is $20, or $35 for the luncheon and a one-year membership in the ICWJ. For more information or to make a reservation, call the ICWJ, 255-0376, or e-mail worker@workerjustice.org by Jan. 21.
Ruben Navarrette Jr., a columnist and editorial board member for the Dallas Morning News, will speak to the Madison Civics Club at a luncheon meeting Saturday, Jan. 17. Navarrette will share insights on immigration policies, trade, the current relationship between Mexico and the United States, and their effects on economic justice. For more information, call 231-1995.
The next meeting of the North Fish Hatchery Road Steering Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 21, 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Rd. Schreiber Anderson and Deb Ersland have been hard at work conducting the various stakeholder and landowner interviews and have also compiled the comments from the Community Forum. For more information, visit the Web site at www.city.fitchburg.wi.us.
The Socialist Potluck will be held on Saturday, Jan. 10, 5:30 p.m. at Wil Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Clarence and Julie Kailin and Judith Klehr will talk about their trip to Spain and there will be a video of two Spanish war heroes. For more information, call 241-2829
An informative meeting on the status of dental care in Madison will be held at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St., Friday, Jan. 9 1 p.m. For more information, call 256-7626 or 251-1634.or 251-6211.
Brian Cain of Catholic Charities will be the featured speaker for Madison-Area Urban Ministry (MUM) Thursday, Jan. 15, 8:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1021 Spaight St. For more information, call 256-0906.
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 or 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.com and click GRANTS, or e-mail questions to mccgrants@ yahoo.com.
Volunteers are needed to help plan and organize MAFAAC's second annual conference on "Race and Education: Closing the Achievement Gap," scheduled for Saturday, April 24, at Wright Middle School. The first planning meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 8, 7 p.m. Contact Leila at 233-5566 or lpine@tds.net for details.
Search for signs of animal activity out in the wintry woods and meadows at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (ALNC), 300 Femrite Drive, Monona, Sunday, Jan. 11. Secure your reservation with a check or credit card by calling 221-4038. $7 per person or $18 per family, $5 per ALNC member or $12 per ALNC family.
A public forum, “Free Trade and Military Interventionism,” will be held Sunday, Jan. 11, 1-3 p.m. in the main auditorium of First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr. The forum, which will include Ed Garvey, Donna Vukelich, and other speakers, has been organized in response to Oliver North’s visit to Madison on Jan. 13 and 14 to be the keynote speaker at the “Madison Business Day” event sponsored by the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC). There will also be a peaceful demonstration to protest North’s presence Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7-8 p.m. outside the Madison Club, at the corner of E. Wilson St. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., where the WMC is holding a fundraising dinner in honor of North.
Catherine Beilman, co-chair of the Public Policy Committee for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) will speak at the Church Women United forum on Jan. 9, at Dale Heights Presbyterian Church, 5501 University Ave. Registration and coffee will be at 9 a.m., followed by the program at 10 a.m. For more information, call 663-8450 or 259-1258.
The Town and Country Resource Conservation and Development (RCD), a new organization dedicated to the health of southeastern Wisconsin’s economy, people, and environment, will hold its kickoff meeting Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Oconomowoc Public Library, 200 South St., Oconomowoc. For more information, visit the Web site www.townandcountryrcd.org.
Common Wealth Development’s Youth-Business Mentoring Program is in the process of preparing for several new pre-employment trainings. Mock interviewers are needed to act as managers/supervisors, businesses owners and to interview students as if the student was actually interviewing for a job. Volunteers generally interview two or three students per training and are needed for: • Shabazz High School, 1601 N. Sherman Ave., Thursday, Jan. 8, 12:10-1:30 p.m. • Sennett Middle School, 502 Pflaum Road, Thursday, Jan. 15th 10:50 a.m.-12:25 p.m.; and Thursday, Feb. 5, 9:45-11 a.m.; Thursday, March 4, 10:50 a.m.-12:25 p.m. • East High School, 2222 E. Washington Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1:15-2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Tariq Pasha at tariq@cwd.org or 256-3527, ext 13.
The Inaugural Chris McHugh Memorial Holiday Hockey Tournament will take place at Hartmeyer Ice Arena, 1834 Commercial Ave., Friday, Jan. 2 and Saturday, Jan. 3. The event is intended to honor the memory of Chris McHugh and to help fund cancer research. Tickets will be available at the door for $4 per game. For more information, contact Jan Luell at 846-3046 or by e-mail at jluell@charter.net.
By Youth For Youth (BYFY), an organization made up of high school students, is accepting proposals for the $26,350 the group will be allocating next year. BYFY will select creative student and youth-led initiatives in Dane County that strive to improve schools and communities. For more information, please contact By Youth For Youth participant Alejandro Aleman, 332-6084, or United Way of Dane County staff member Kathy Hubbard, 246-4373 or kathyh@uwdc.org.
About two weeks remain until the deadline for the 2004-2005 Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) award, which is funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Students (nominees), nominators, and recommenders are encouraged to apply online or to 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.
Orchard Ridge Nursery School, 1025 McKenna Blvd., will hold its annual open house for interested new families Sunday, Jan. 25, noon-2 p.m. For more information, call 274-8407.
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