Thursday, December 13, 2012
Nominees must have voluntarily contributed to the community. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 9.
- GOVERNMENT
- Jim Price
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Nominations are being accepted for the Wauwatosa Citizen of the Year for 2012. Since 1964, the Wauwatosa Distinguished Citizen Award Council has annually recognized individuals who have made a distinguished contribution to the community life of Wauwatosa. The 2012 Citizen of the Year recognition is planned for April 24 at Bluemound Country Club, 10122 W. North Ave. Nominations may be made by any person, group or organization, but self-nomination will not be accepted. The required nomination forms are available at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall, or you may email Patrick McNally at patrick.mcnally82@gmail.com for an electronic copy. The deadline for nominations to be received by the Wauwatosa City Clerk is Jan. 9. The following rules …
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Community architect of Tosa Pool at Hoyt Park and the Neighborhood Association Council receives her due recognition.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Jim Price
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Monday, April 16, 2012
"About time!" "What were they waiting for?" "There's nobody more deserving." Those and other words of praise were uttered off-the-cuff when it was announced at a recent gathering that Denise Lindberg would be recognized as Wauwatosa's 2011 Distinguished Citizen. What were they waiting for? Actually, some of those who know her well say that Lindberg didn't want – or even believe she deserved – any recognition before her signature project, Tosa Pool at Hoyt Park, was completed, open and running. All that happened last spring and summer. The pool had a wildly successful opening season, and now, perhaps, Lindberg can accept her due from a grateful community. "Denise is one of those amazing people who can see a need in the community and see a …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
But there is room for many more commemorative flags to fly on North Avenue this summer.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Jim Price
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
A new and very personal aspect to a patriotic civic project has gotten off to a strong start, according to the citizen who conceived it. Longtime Tosa citizen Richard Bachman, now retired to Menomonee Falls, has not cut his ties to the city he served so long, including a 24-year stint on the Common Council. One of Bachman's proudest legacies has been his North Avenue Flag Project, which he conceived in the wake of 9/11. For a decade, flags have flown from the light poles along the street, funded wholly through donations. This year, Bachman decided to enhance the program by offering citizens the opportunity to purchase commemorative flags to fly for a summer and then to own when they have been taken down. Wauwatosa Patch gave details of the…
rick bohmann
2:54 pm on Monday, April 16, 2012
It's citizen commitment that benefits the community in so many ways. No one is more deserving that Denise Lindberg for reinventing Hoyt Pool for all of us. more ›