A Walworth Elementary School first-grader shares her wish list during a Dec. 1 visit with Santa Claus at Walworth Village Hall as part of the village's inaugural "Lighting the Square" community holiday event. For more photos and coverage, see D3.
The arrival of Santa during the holiday season brings joy for both the young and the young-at-heart. During Santa’s Dec. 1 much-anticipated visit to the Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth for the village’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” celebration, enjoying a group photo with Santa Claus, from left, were Walworth Joint School District No. 1 District Administrator Phill Klamm, Walworth Elementary School mascot Wesley Wildcat and Walworth Elementary School Principal Caitlin Dowden.
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With the 2022 holiday season proving to be a “green Christmas” thus far in Walworth County, Santa Claus arrived from the North Pole at Walworth’s Edwin P. Heyer Park downtown square on Dec. 1 with a transportation assist from his friends at Walworth Fire/Rescue. With a jingle of his bell wreath and a jolly “ho, ho, ho,” Santa greeted Walworth Elementary School first-graders attending the village’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” event.
As Walworth Elementary School mascot Wesley Wildcat looks on, Walworth Village Board President Louise Czala provides a Dec. 1 welcome address to the crowd gathered on the downtown square, Edwin P. Heyer Park, for the village’s festive inaugural “Lighting the Square” event, which culminated with Wesley Wildcat ceremonially lighting the village’s special tree of light.
Walworth Elementary School paraprofessional educator Rebecca Roehl leads the countdown Dec. 1 at the Edwin P. Heyer Park square in downtown Walworth as school mascot Wesley Wildcat prepares to light the municipal holiday tree of light as part of the Village of Walworth’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” activities. Walworth Elementary first-graders were the village’s special guests at the event.
Walworth Police Department Capt. Joaquin I. Alonzo reads the holiday children’s book “Santa Duck” to Walworth Elementary School first-graders during a Dec. 1 visit to the police department as part of the village’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” holiday celebration. In the 2008 book, written and illustrated by David Milgrim, Nicholas Duck loves Christmas as much as the next animal and is happy to try on the new Santa hat that’s mysteriously delivered to his house, but when his friends see him and immediately launch into their Christmas lists, Nicholas Duck doesn’t know what to do until he runs into Santa himself.
Santa Claus leads an informal Christmas parade of Walworth Elementary staff and first-graders along North Main Street to Walworth Village Hall, the Walworth Police Department and Walworth Fire/Rescue on Dec. 1 following the Village of Walworth’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” holiday celebration at Edwin P. Heyer Park on the square in downtown Walworth. Following the 2 p.m. tree-lighting ceremony, the village hosted a variety of indoor holiday activities including ornament-making and visits with Santa at Village Hall, storytime at the Walworth Police Department, and station tours at Walworth Fire/Rescue.
As part of his traffic control duty, Walworth Police Department Officer Travis Reedy (right) provided safe pedestrian passage around Walworth’s historic downtown square for Santa Claus and Walworth Elementary School staff and first grade students on Dec. 1 during the village’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” tree-lighting festivities. Following the tree-lighting ceremony, as seen here, Santa led an informal holiday parade of Walworth Elementary first-graders from Edwin P. Heyer Park to Walworth Village Hall, the Walworth Police Department and Walworth Fire/Rescue for a variety of indoor holiday activities.
Walworth Fire/Rescue Firefighter and Advanced EMT Molly Forstrom gives Walworth Elementary School first-graders a tour of the station and the department’s apparatus bay on Dec. 1 as part of village-sponsored “Lighting the Square” holiday tree-lighting activities at the nearby downtown square, Edwin P. Heyer Park.
Firefighter and Advanced EMT Jay Buchanan, dressed in his firefighting turnout gear and outfitted with a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) unit, talked fire safety and fire prevention at Walworth Fire/Rescue on Dec. 1 as Walworth Elementary School first-graders visited the fire station as part of inaugural village-sponsored “Lighting the Square” holiday activities at downtown’s Walworth’s nearby village square, Edwin P. Heyer Park.
A Walworth Elementary School first-grader checks out Walworth Fire/Rescue’s Bullard thermal imaging camera during a Dec. 1 visit to the fire station as part of the village’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” holiday season kick-off event. Infrared thermal imaging camera detect and measure the infrared radiation or heat signature emanating from objects, helping firefighters local people and hot spots in fire and rescue situations.
Gathered around a special “tree” of white lights on Dec. 1, Walworth Elementary School first-graders were the Village of Walworth’s special guests at its inaugural “Lighting the Square” holiday event at the downtown square, Edwin P. Heyer Park. Other special guests included Santa Claus and Walworth Elementary School mascot Wesley Wildcat.
Santa gives a small present to a Walworth Elemetary School first-grader on Dec. 1 at Walworth Village Hall as part of the village’s inaugural “Lighting the Square” festivities, which included visits with the jolly old elf.
In 19 Photos: 2022 Big Foot High School Homecoming Parade
Big Foot High School eSports Teams
The Big Foot High School eSports Teams were among the school groups participating in the school's 2022 homecoming parade around the square in downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Homecoming royalty
Big Foot High School 2022 homecoming royalty, Queen Jameson Gregory and King Jax Hertel, greet homecoming parade-goers at the Heyer Park square in downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7. For more 2022 Big Foot homecoming photos, see Page B3.
Big Foot High School Homecoming Junior Reps A.J. Hartmann and Lishi Palmer
Big Foot High School homecoming junior class representatives A.J. Hartmann and Lishi Palmer ride in the school's 2022 parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot High School Homecoming Sophomore Reps Jake DeMarco and Eden Harvey
Big Foot High School 2022 homecoming sophomore class representatives Eden Harvey and Jake DeMarco ride in the school spirit homecoming parade in downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot High School Freshman Class of 2026 Homecoming Float
The Big Foot High School freshman Class of 2026 float heads into the downtown Walworth square during the school's Friday, Oct. 7 homecoming parade.
Big Foot High School Homecoming Freshman Reps Michael Alfano and Haylie Wanat
Big Foot High School 2022 homecoming freshman class representatives Michael Alfano and Haylie Wanat ride in the school's homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot-Williams Bay Cross-Country Team
Members of the joint Big Foot-Williams Bay cross-country team were joined by runners from local elementary schools in Big Foot High School's Oct. 7 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth.
Big Foot-Williams Bay Tennis Team
Members of the joint Big Foot-Williams Bay tennis team process in Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot Recreation District
The Big Foot Recreation District was among the participants in Big Food High School's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Oct. 7. The Big Foot Recreation District serves the residents of the Big Foot School District which encompasses the villages of Fontana, Sharon and Walworth, the towns of Walworth and Sharon, and parts of the towns of Delavan and Linn.
Sharon Community School Band
Members of the Sharon Community School Band perform in Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7. Sharon Community School is one of the elementary-middle school feeder school districts for the Grades 9-12 union high school district.
Big Foot High School "United We Stand" volunteer and culture club
Big Foot High School's "United We Stand" volunteer and culture club were one of several school groups and organizations participating in Big Foot's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Sharon Community School Virtual Academy of Agriculture, Science and Technology charter school
Students comprising Sharon Community School's fledgling Virtual Academy of Agriculture, Science and Technology charter school were among the participants in Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot High School Volleyball Team 1
Members of the Big Foot High School volleyball team ride atop a Walworth Fire Department engine during the school's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot High School Volleyball Team 2
Members of the Big Foot High School volleyball team ride atop a Walworth Fire Department engine during the school's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Walworth Middle School Marching Band
The Walworth Middle School Marching Band was among the many participants in Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade through downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7.
Big Foot Wolves Youth Football & Cheerleading
Members of Big Foot Wolves Youth Football and Cheerleading ride through the square in downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7 in the Big Foot High School 2022 homecoming parade.
Reek School Band
The Reek School Band heads into the downtown Walworth square on Friday, Oct. 7 during Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade.
Geneva Lakes RUSH SoccerClub
The Geneva Lakes RUSH Soccer Club float heads into downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7 during Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade.
Fontana Falcons Marching Band performs in the 2022 Big Foot High School homecoming parade
The Fontana Falcons School Band heads into the downtown Walworth square on Friday, Oct. 7 during Big Foot High School's 2022 homecoming parade.
Big Foot High School Sophomore Class of 2025 homecoming float
The Big Foot High School sophomore Class of 2025 homecoming float heads into downtown Walworth on Friday, Oct. 7 during the school's 2022 homecoming parade.
