Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:41 AM and sunset 8:21 PM for 14h 40m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1948, President Truman signs Executive…
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Film: Tuesday, July 26th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Drive My Car
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?? Tuesday, July 26th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Drive My Car @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Drama. 2 hours, 59 minutes (2021). Japanese, shown with English subtitles. Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film 2022. A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with his…
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Daily Bread for 7.19.22: Individual and Household Well-Being
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 89. Sunrise is 5:34 AM and sunset 8:28 PM for 14h 53m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 61.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1903, Maurice Garin wins…
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Daily Bread for 7.18.22: Sure Enough, It’s National Issues that Grip Wisconsinites
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Film: Wednesday, July 20th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk
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Wednesday, July 20th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Documentary One hour 75 years ago, he lost his home and his family. Now he is going back. 95 year old Vladimir Munk, a Holocaust survivor,…
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Daily Bread for 7.15.22: A Necessary, Practical Foundation for a City Manager Search
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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see thunderstorms with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:30 AM and sunset 8:31 PM for 15h 00m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1815, Napoleon surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. Whitewater, Wisconsin (population 14,889) is looking…
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Film: Tuesday, July 12th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Death on the Nile
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Tuesday, July 12th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Death on the Nile @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Crime/Drama/Mystery Rated PG-13, 2 hours, 7 minutes (2022). Based upon the novel by Agatha Christie. 1937: while on vacation on a cruise on the Nile, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot…
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Daily Bread for 7.8.22: Resentment’s a Distinct Local Explanation for Some Residents
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Film: Tuesday, June 28th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Moonfall
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Tuesday, June 28th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Moonfall @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Action/Adventure/Science Fiction Rated PG-13, 2 hours, 10 minutes (2022) Time for some summertime science fiction fun! Once again, It’s the End of the World, as we know it. Our world stands on…
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Daily Bread for 6.22.22: For Whitewater’s Public Institutions, It’s Not Who, It’s What and How
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Film: Wednesday, June 22nd, 1:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Roma
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Wednesday, June 22nd at 1:30 PM, there will be a showing of Roma @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Drama Rated R (language/nudity), 2 hours, 15 minutes (2018), Spanish/Mexican language, with English subtitles. (Rescheduled from February 22: a snow day!) A year in the life of a middle-class family and their…
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Daily Bread for 6.17.22: Two Reasons a Community Can’t Move Toward Private Solutions
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Daily Bread for 6.14.22: When (Local) Government Treats Abnormal as Normal
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 97. Sunrise is 5:15 AM and sunset 8:34 PM for 15h 19m 13s of daytime. The moon is full with 100% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1775, the Continental Army is established by…
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Daily Bread for 6.13.22: Wisconsin Examiner Reports ‘Complaints mount over conduct of Whitewater PD’
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will see afternoon thundershowers with a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:15 AM and sunset 8:34 PM for 15h 18m 47s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1777, Gilbert du Motier,…