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Whitewater’s Independence Holiday Festivities: July 1st – 4th

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Here’s a list of the events of Whitewater’s holiday weekend. For more information, please visit Whitewater’s 4th of July 2011 website.

Friday, July 1st

5:00 PM – Festival Opens

– Midway by Christman Amusement Opens
– American Legion Beer Tent Opens
– Food Vendors Open

Live Music Stage

6:00PM – Pat Peterson

8:00PM – The Blue Olives

10:00 PM – Fireworks

12 Midnight – Festival Closes

Saturday, July 2nd

12 Noon – Festival Opens

– Midway by Christman Amusement Opens
– American Legion Beer Tent Opens
– Food Vendors Open

12:30 PM – Minneiska Ski Show on beautiful Cravath Lake

12:00 Noon – 4:00PM – Arm bands for the carnival

12:00 Noon – 4:00PM – Children’s Petting Zoo (Sponsored by Dalee Water Treatment)

Live Music Stage

2:00PM – Jesus Riders
3:30PM – Hours Left 
5:00PM – Nothing But Trouble
8:00PM to 11:45PM – Peter And The Versatiles

10:00 PM – Fireworks

12 Midnight – Festival Closes

Sunday, July 3rd

10:00AM – ‘Church In The Park’
Put on by First UMC and Whitewater Area Regional Ministries

12 Noon – Festival Opens

– Midway by Christman Amusement Opens
– American Legion Beer Tent Opens
– Food Vendors Open

1:00PM – 3:00PM – Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides.

Brand new this year – Experience the excitement of riding in a hot air balloon. (Weather Permitting)

5:00PM – 9:00PM – Arm bands for the carnival

1:15 PM, 3:15 PM and 5:15 PM – Lumber Jack Shows.

Sponsored by – D.L.K. Enterprises

Brand new this year! Each 45 minute show is jam packed with fun and laughter as the lumberjacks compete in various competitions.

Three afternoon shows.

Live Music Stage

12:00PM – Christo La Roca

6:00PM – Glenn Davis and the Blues Commission

9:30 PM – Minneiska Ski Show at night.

12 Midnight – Festival Closes

Monday, July 4th

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM – 27th Annual Car Show

10:00 AM – Whitewater’s 4th of July Parade – 2011 Program

Minneiska Ski Show on beautiful Cravath Lake (following the parade)

11:00 AM – Festival Opens

– Midway by Christman Amusement Opens
– American Legion Beer Tent Opens
– Food Vendors Open

Live Music Stage

1:30PM – 3:30PM – The Steve Meisner Band
4:00PM – 5:30PM – Euphoria
6:00PM – 7:30PM – WinklerHatfield Band 
8:00PM – 11:30PM – CrossFire

10:00 PM – Fireworks

12 Midnight – Festival Closes

Daily Bread

Daily Bread for 7.1.11

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Good morning.

It’s a particularly hot day ahead for Whitewater, with a forecast of ninety-five for the high, and a chance of showers in the afternoon or evening.

No Comment Forum or poll this weekend, as I will run both along with a series on the decades-long (four, actually) drug war.

For this weekend, it’s all exploration and adventure for Whitewater, with an impressive list of activities from July 1 to July 4.  I’ll have the full calendar up shortly, and readers can visit the July 4th committee’s website at www.ww4th.com.

On this day in 1967, Wisconsin had one less prohibition than previously:

1967 – Sale of Oleo Becomes Legal

On this date it became legal to purchase Oleomargarine in Wisconsin. For decades, margarine was considered a contraband spread. Sale of the butter impostor resulted in fines or possible jail terms. Oleomargarine was sold legally in Illinois and frequently smuggled into Wisconsin.

Source: Wisconsin Historical Society