Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see showers and thunderstorms with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset 7:54 PM for 14h 06m 04s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1864, Joseph Bailey Saves a Union Fleet: On this date, Joseph Bailey began…
City
City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Open Government, Public Records
Daily Bread for 4.23.22: Two Examples in Which the City of Whitewater Fell Short on Open Government
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:58 AM and sunset 7:46 PM for 13h 48m 01s of daytime. The moon is in its third quarter with 49.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1985, Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is…
City, Film
Film: Tuesday, April 26th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Parallel Mothers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, April 26th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of Parallel Mothers @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Drama Rated R (sexuality) 2 hours, 3 minutes (2021) Spanish with English subtitles The story of two mothers who give birth the same day: one is exultant, the other, an adolescent, is scared,…
City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Populists, School District
Daily Bread for 4.14.22: The Environment That Populism Exploits
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 44. Sunrise is 6:13 AM and sunset 7:36 PM for 13h 23m 33s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Board of Zoning Appeals meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1912, the British passenger…
City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Populists, School District
Daily Bread for 4.13.22: The Environment That Populism Creates
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see scattered thundershowers with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:14 AM and sunset 7:35 PM for 13h 20m 46s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 87.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1970, an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting…
City, Daily Bread, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 4.8.22: UW System Postpones Free-Speech Survey
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered rain and snow showers with a high of 36. Sunrise is 6:23 AM and sunset 7:29 PM for 13h 06m 40s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 43.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.…
City, Film
Film: Tuesday, April 12th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, The Smallest Show on Earth
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, April 12th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of The Smallest Show on Earth @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy Rated G 1 hour, 20 minutes, black and white (1957) A young couple (Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna) inherit a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed “The Flea Pit,”…
City, Daily Bread, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 4.7.22: The Explanation(s) for the UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Resignation
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see scattered rain and snow showers with a high of 40. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:28 PM for 13h 03m 50s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 33.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM, the Common Council meets at…
City, Daily Bread, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 4.6.22: 4 Points On Whitewater’s Spring ’22 Election
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good afternoon. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with afternoon showers and a high of 54. Sunrise is 6:26 AM and sunset 7:27 PM for 13h 01m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 26.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1831, the Sauk Indians leave Illinois & Wisconsin: On this…
City, Daily Bread, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 4.5.22: UW-Whitewater’s Chronic Administrative Turmoil
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:26 PM for 12h 58m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 17% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, and Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission…
America, City, Constitution, Daily Bread, Law, Politics
Daily Bread for 3.30.22: Whitewater’s Still Part of America
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see rain with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:38 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 40m 50s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1867, the United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, or about 2-cent/acre.…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Education, University
Daily Bread for 3.29.22: Enrollment and Culture, Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see afternoon showers with a high of 36. Sunrise is 6:40 AM and sunset 7:18 PM for 12h 37m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 8.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Involvement & Cable TV Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 3.27.22: Émigrés
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 33. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 7:15 PM for 12h 32m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 24.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1915, Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified…
City, Film
Film: Tuesday, March 29th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
by JOHN ADAMS •
It’s Oscars Month and the Seniors in the Park Bijou Theatre will be showing three of the Nominated Films. The Academy Awards ceremony is Sunday evening, March 27th. Tuesday, March 29th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of The Eyes of Tammy Faye @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Biography/Drama/Romance Rated…