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Kiddies Splash for FREE at Noah's Ark June 8

robplat — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:04:15 GMT

If you are young and adventurous, June 8 is your lucky day. Kids, ages eight and under, will receive free admission to Noah’s Ark, America’s largest waterpark, to experience the park’s newest attraction, Tadpole Bay. An island of fun for the little ones, Tadpole Bay is a large, interactive play area that includes 51 different water features.

Tadpole Bay replicates the Noah’s Ark theme, as the nearly 4,000 square-foot attraction features animated giraffes, lions, parrots, and other voyaging animals. The play land soaks close to 600 guests with four kiddie water slides and different chutes that create waterfalls, showers, water wheels and spray guns. Exploration continues with 10 climbing decks and 50 different interactive water blasters, sprayers and buckets. Atop the 8-ft. ark, an 800- gallon tank hovers until it reaches capacity and dumps water on everyone within 25 feet of the splash zone.

Think Spring, Baseball, and Burgers--George Webb's Extends 6-FOR-5 Season

robplat — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:34:57 GMT

Fellow Milwaukeeans, spring will come. I have hope, and recent buzz of George Webb promotions returning during the Brewer's season is an encouraging reminder that winter shall pass. Read below to boost your spirits and tempt your tastebuds.

George Webb Restaurants is firing up the grills to help shake off some of the winter’s blues. For the first time, George Webb is offering its popular 6-for-5 burger promotion during Spring Training. Each time the Milwaukee Brewers score five or more runs during a game, George Webb will serve customers six hamburgers for $5 until midnight the following day.

The George Webb 6-for-5 burger promotion has been in play since 2003. Last season, the Brewers scored five or more runs 75 times.

In addition to extending the 6-for-5 season, George Webb will continue to promise free Webb burgers to the home crowd when the Brewers win 12 in a row. It was back in the 1940s when George Webb started the prediction and it has become the restaurant chain’s most memorable campaign. When the Braves moved to Milwaukee from Boston in 1953, a prediction of 12 wins in a row was painted on the Webb restaurant walls and advertised in newspapers.

On Easter Sunday, April 19, 1987, the prediction came true. Although Webb had never said what he’d do if the Brewers won 12 straight, three days later George Webb restaurants were handing out fresh Webb burgers to residents throughout the state. On April 22, George Webb Restaurants served 168,194 free hamburgers to celebratory fans, from noon to 8 p.m.

2008 is also the year George Webb celebrates 60 years in Milwaukee.

Founded in 1948 at the corner of Ogden and Van Buren streets in Milwaukee, the company is credited as the first 24-hour restaurant chain in Milwaukee. George Webb now operates 41 restaurants throughout metropolitan Milwaukee and eastern Wisconsin, including Appleton, Burlington, Cedarburg, Germantown, Hartford, Kenosha, Oconomowoc, Port Washington, Racine, Watertown, Wauwatosa, West Bend and Webb’s newest location in Peshtigo.

Pilates For Parkinsons

robplat — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:12:49 GMT

Jen Emold, Pilates Director at North Shore Elite Fitness & Racquet Club, 5750 N. Glen Park Rd. in Glendale, recently visited with researchers and physical trainers at the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida-Gainsville, to learn more about using the Pilates Method to improve the flexibility, strength, and balance of people with Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Schlerosis and other movement disorders.

“Movement is important to a person’s overall strength and health,” said Jen Emold. “I want to do more to increase the longevity and quality of life for my clients who suffer from these dibilitating diseases.”

Emold believes the Pilates Method is particularly condusive to helping people with movement disorders. Pilates is a low-impact, non-abrasive exercise program that can help individuals improve and maintain their range of motion, balance and coordination. It also helps develop the mental principles of concentration, repetition and relaxation. In three months, she has seen enormous improvement in one of her own clients using Pilates to offset some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s.

Emold’s uncle, Dennis Steindler, is the executive director at the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, one of the nation's most comprehensive and technologically advanced centers devoted to neuroscience. She was invited to observe and talk with the physical trainers at the Movement Disorders Clinic in September, and will return in spring 2008 to learn more. Emold offers private, individualized sessions for people with movement disorders. For more information, contact Emold at 414-351-2900.

MTEF Awards Milwaukee Youths With Tennis Scholarships From Elite Fitness and Racquet Clubs

robplat — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:29:39 GMT

The Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation (MTEF) recently awarded tennis scholarships to four Milwaukee children at its 9th Annual MTEF “Tennis Ball.” The four finalists were chosen for their leadership ability and skills in tennis and academics while participating in the MTEF Summer Program. They will each receive free group tennis lessons and membership at any of the four Elite Fitness & Racquet Club locations.

The scholarship recipients include:

Milwaukee resident Devon Page, a 15-year-old sophomore at Marquette University High School

Milwaukee resident Deysha Jenkins, a 14-year-old who attends eigth grade at Brown Deer Middle School

West Milwaukee resident Blake Marlowe, a 13-year-old in eigth grade at
Nathan HaleHigh School and

Milwaukee resident Richard Serna, an 8-year-old in third grade at St. Adalbert’s School.

“These kids demonstrated standout leadership skills in their commitment to the goals of MTEF, their ability to relate and be a role model to others, as well as in their passion for tennis and desire to improve their skills in year-round play,” says Monica Thomas, MTEF TEAM program director and First Serve coordinator.

All of the finalists participated in First Serve’s National Student Athlete Competition. Devon Page won the Boys 18 and under division of the summer season-ending Mayor’s Cup Junior Metro Tournament and Deysha Jenkins was a finalist in the Girls 14 and under division. Mayor Tom Barrett presented the citywide tournament in conjunction with the MPS Recreation Department.

About MTEF

The Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation is a non-profit organization, delivering a full menu of programs and services to the entire Milwaukee area community. The overall mission of MTEF is to make Milwaukee a better place to live, work, play and learn by combining tennis instruction and academic support in a disciplined, structured program while teaching work ethic, conflict resolution, sportsmanship and fundamental life skills. The organization currently serves more than 3,700 kids.

About Elite Fitness and Racquet Clubs

With 31 tennis courts, extensive weight-training and cardiovascular areas, state-of-the-art equipment and group classes free with membership at any of their four locations, Elite Fitness and Racquet clubs are the foremost fitness and tennis centers in southeastern Wisconsin. Highlander Elite, located at 13825 W. Burleigh Rd. in Brookfield, Bluemound Elite at 600 N. Barker Road, also in Brookfield, North Shore Elite at 5750 N. Glen Park Rd. in Glendale and Mequon Elite at 11616 N. Port Washington Road make up the entire Elite Fitness and Racquet Club family.

Community Team Makes Great Strides in Fighting Breast Cancer Placing Third in Susan G. Komen Race

robplat — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:02 GMT

When Wauwatosa resident Danielle Horner began building her “Race for the Cure” team this past May, she simply wanted a 25-member team to raise $1,000 to help in the battle against breast cancer. With the support of her family and friends at Elite Fitness & Racquet Clubs, Danielle and her siblings, who lost their mother to breast cancer earlier this year, produced an 88-member community team, raising nearly $12,000 and placing third in the 2007 Susan G. Komen Milwaukee Race For the Cure.

This was Horner’s ninth year racing in the Susan G. Komen Milwaukee Race for the Cure, and her first race without her mother at her side. “I’m very passionate about this race, not just because of my mother, but because breast cancer affects the lives of so many families, ” Horner said. “However, this year, we really wanted our success to be a tribute to her.”

In honor of Horner’s mother, the “Patti Martin Memorial Team” wore pink bandanas. The team’s fund-raising efforts took third place, topping hundreds of larger corporate teams. In the community team category, the team placed second. “I know my mom was watching over us. I could just feel it. And know she is proud of what we accomplished,” said Horner.

About The Susan G. Komen Milwaukee Race for the Cure

The Komen Milwaukee Race occurs annually to both celebrate survival and to honor those who have lost their courageous battle against this disease. This year’s race was a record-breaking year with more than 10,600 participants raising $855,000 in donations. Seventy-five percent of the funds received stay in southeast Wisconsin to fight breast cancer through breast health education, screening and treatment programs; while the remaining 25 percent helps support Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research.

About Elite Fitness & Racquet Clubs

With 31 tennis courts, extensive weight-training and cardiovascular areas, state-of-the-art equipment and group classes free with membership at any of its four locations, Elite Fitness and Racquet Clubs are one of the foremost fitness and tennis centers in southeast Wisconsin. The Elite Fitness and Racquet Clubs family includes: Highlander Elite, 13825 W. Burleigh Rd., Brookfield; Bluemound Elite, 600 N. Barker Rd, Brookfield; North Shore Elite, 5750 N. Glen Park Rd., Glendale; and Mequon Elite at 11616 N. Port Washington Road.