Dec 26 - No Meeting in observation of the Christmas Holiday
Jan 2 - No meeting in observation of the New Years Holiday
Jan - 10 MTSR Holiday Celebration
Jan 12 - GMRP Advanced Team departs for Guatemala
This week at MTSR:
Dr. Louis A. Menchaca - Professor of Music CUW
For over 30 years Lou has enjoyed an enviable career as a music professor, conductor and trumpeter at home and on the road. Since Fall of 1992, Dr. Louis A. Menchaca, Professor of Music, has directed all aspects of instrumental music at CUW. Under his guidance, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble has gained local, regional, national and international attention by performing in concert halls, churches and schools in thirty six states (including Hawaii) and Europe. Current plans are underway for a 2015 international tour to Austria.
Other duties include conducting the Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble as well as serving as department head. He also teaches conducting, music education and graduate music theory review. Music teacher preparation and student-teaching supervision remains a priority in his teaching mission. His band and orchestra alumni hold teaching and administrative positions across the United States.
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Dr. David C. Birner - CUW
Executive Director of International Education
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The answer to water issues isn’t always digging a well or building a toilet. Here are eight cost-effective innovations that could give more people clean water and better sanitation.
Every day in Ethiopia, women and children walk miles to collect water from shallow ponds, most of them contaminated with human and animal waste, parasites, and bacteria. When architect Arturo Vittori, visiting from Italy, saw this firsthand, he vowed to find an easy and affordable way to deliver potable water.
Vittori looked to biomimicry, a discipline that analyzes how wildlife thrives in nature, and that adapts those concepts to solve human problems. The Namib Desert beetle particularly intrigued him: It survives by drawing water from the air. When early-morning fog forms, the beetle tilts its head down and raises its back end toward the sky. The fog condenses on the beetle’s shell, and the water trickles down into its mouth. Vittori emulated the beetle’s strategy – relying on gravity and weather – to create the Warka Water tower, which harvests water from the air.
The structure is elegant and easy to build, relying largely on environmentally sustainable and biodegradable materials, many of which can be sourced locally. The outer shell, made from natural fiber materials like bamboo, provides structural support and holds up hanging mesh that’s coated to collect condensation, which drips into a container at the base of the tower. It can gather up to 100 liters of drinking water in a day and costs about $1,000.
Giant dome could cover Concordia's soccer field By Jeff Rumage
Mequon - Concordia University is floating the concept of an inflatable dome over its soccer field, allowing the field to be used year-round.
Concordia officials presented their plans during a Mequon Plan Commission meeting last week. The proposed dome, which measures 380 feet by 230 feet, would be 75 feet tall at its highest point. The dome would be inflated from November to March, and when not in use, will be stored in a 400-square-foot container adjacent to the soccer field.
Rob Barnhill, the athletic director at Concordia University of Wisconsin, said inflatable domes are growing in popularity in the region, particularly in Minnesota. He said the school's athletic program has grown in recent years, and a dome would provide much-needed space without building a new facility.
"The reason why we need to look at an alternative to our current facility offerings is we've grown our athletic programs," he said. "This is an economical way to address space constraints."
Starting in February, nine sports programs will jostle for space in Concordia's fieldhouse building. Some of those sports would be moved outdoors to the domed facility, if the project moves forward.
The TM Noon Rotary has enjoyed a wonderful long standing relationship with HHS and one of their best programs of the year is when the HHS Choir performs for them.
On Tues Dec 16th Choir Director Rebecca Renee Winnie will bring a portion of the HHS Choir to Ozaukee CC. She will have a mix of Holiday music from different faiths and secular favorites too.
It is the perfect "Trifetca" for only $18.00. Make up with friends at TM Noon, fantastic food from OZ CC and wonderful music form our amazing local talent. If you want to be a part of this please RSVP to Shelley Weston at shelley.weston@gmail.com.
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The TM Noon Rotary has enjoyed a wonderful long standing relationship with HHS and one of their best programs of the year is when the HHS Choir performs for them.