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Troop 34 Eagle Scout worked to restore Warner Park lagoon and wetlands By Francine Hartman, Boy Scout Troop 34
Isaac Cwik, a senior at East High School, was awarded his Eagle Scout rank in early February at a Court of Honor. Cwik is the 30th member of Boy Scout Troop 34 to earn this rank. He has been busy improving the environment at Warner Park. After Rhythm and Booms relocated to Lake Monona in 2014, the former site Isaac Cwik, Troop 34’s newest Eagle Scout, led of the fireworks display needed a project to restore native plants on the former major restoration. Cwik’s proj- “Fireworks Island” at Warner Park. ect is a big step toward restoring Warner Park’s lagoon and noeing. Upcoming outings include winwetlands. Cwik worked with members ter camping at Moon Lake, a weekend of Troop 34 and other volunteers to har- backpacking trip in April and a Madivest and store native plant seeds. They son heritage hike in May. planted them last spring. Thanks for The East Side History Club’s April their help go to the grassroots environmeeting will focus on the history of Boy mental group Wild Warner, Ed Gunder- Scout and Girl Scout troops in the Atson and Craig Klinke, wood area. Please see the East Side HisOur troop is now formally an affiliate tory Club’s page in this issue of Eastside of Scouts for Equality. We are proud to News for more information. be included in an international directory Troop 34 welcomes all boys, age 11of inclusive scouts. 17, and all families. Please join us at our The troop will participate in “ScoutTuesday meetings from 6:45-8 p.m. at ing for Food” in early March. They’ll be Trinity Lutheran Church. asking for donations to go the Goodman Visit Scoutlander.com (password: Community Center’s Fritz Food Pantry. troop34), see our new Facebook page We offer events every month — or contact our new Scoutmaster, John camping in all weather, skiing and caNicholson, at troop34sm@yahoo.com. l
Madison Veterans for Peace offer scholarship By Paul McMahon, Madison Veterans for Peace
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Lowell to receive a single central elevator
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A $1,200 scholarship will be offered by the Clarence Kailin Chapter of Madison Veterans for Peace to a Madison high school senior who writes the best original essay on the peace topic: “Why I believe war and violence is not the answer.” The scholarship is open to any senior at a Madison public high school who will graduate this spring. Applicants must enroll at Madison College for the
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fall 2016 semester to be eligible. This scholarship has been offered since 2009. Previous winners have been named from all five Madison public high schools. Application materials may be found at madisonvfp.org. The deadline for submission is May 2. If you have questions, please send email to heartlandphoto@ tds.net. l
By John Burkholder, Lowell Elementary School principal
At a recent organization meeting, Madison Metropolitan School District Chief of School Operations Mike Hertting and architect Steve Kieckhafer presented building John Burkholder renovation plans for Lowell School. Initially, plans to improve accessibility at Lowell included the installation of three elevators. Following feedback from the Lowell community, however, the plans were changed to incorporate a single centrally located elevator. Other accessibility changes include a ramp providing access to the lowest level, a ramped parking lot entrance and replacement of our Maple Avenue steps. The architect has devised a plan that will save the sunburst above our main
doors. Maintaining this sunburst became a priority considering that this entrance location has lost a portico and peaked roof facade over the years. While we welcome the work being done to provide access for all, the buildings referendum funds that are making this work possible do not include funding for playground and other outdoor campus locations. The exterior campus redesign plan created by our Lowell playground committee seeks to improve accessibility to the open-air areas of our campus. This outdoor work will take targeted and successful fundraising efforts, but our committee has great energy and aspirations for making the campus redesign a reality. The accessibility work is planned to begin in June. With a little luck, all should be completed by the time school begins again in the fall. l
McPike scholarship fund reaches first goal By Craig Karlen, Milton McPike Memorial Scholarship Fund
On behalf of our committee of Madison East High School alumni, I want to thank all who have generously donated and supported our efforts to get the Milton McPike Memorial Scholarship Fund off the ground in 2015. We are thrilled to announce that the fund has been permanently endowed through the foundation for Madison’s public schools and finished 2015 with a fair market value well over $60,000. We will offer our first renewable
scholarship this spring worth $4,000 total, or $1,000 each year, for four years. The scholarship fund was recently named the recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Evjue Foundation, which brings us even closer to the ultimate goal of raising $100,000 by the end of 2018. Reaching this goal will allow us to offer these scholarships in perpetuity. For more information, please send email to mcpikescholarship@gmail.com. l
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