Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see snow or freezing rain with a high of 35. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:28 PM for 9h 03m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 34.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman…
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Business, City, Culture, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 12.27.21: Kwik Trip is a Rural Wisconsinite’s Bodega
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 41. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:28 PM for 9h 03m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 44.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1929, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the “liquidation of the kulaks…
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Film: Tuesday, December 28th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, About Time
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, December 28th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of About Time @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Romance/Fantasy 2 hours, 3 minutes Rated R (language/mild sex) (2013) On his 21st birthday, a young man learns from his father that he has an unusual gift: the ability to travel back in time…
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Daily Bread for 12.13.21: ‘Most’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 46. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset 4:21 PM for 9h 03m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 73.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 12 PM, and her Planning Commission meets at 6 PM.…
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Film: Tuesday, December 14th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Mixed Nuts
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, December 14th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of Mixed Nuts @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Holiday 1 hour, 37 minutes Rated PG-13 (1994) Unusual events occur on Christmas Eve at a crisis hotline in Venice, CA. Nora Ephron (“Sleepless in Seattle”) wrote and directed this Yuletide comedy starring Steve Martin,…
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Daily Bread for 12.4.21: Whitewater’s Police Chief Placed on Administrative Leave
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Film: Tuesday, November 30, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Dream Horse
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, November 30th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of Dream Horse @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Biography/Comedy/Drama/Sports 1 hour, 53 minutes Rated PG (2020) The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by a small town Welsh bartender (Toni Collette) with no equestrian experience.…
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Film: Tuesday, November 23, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Home for the Holidays
by JOHN ADAMS •
> Tuesday, November 23rd at 1 PM, there will be a showing of Home for the Holidays @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Romance 1 hour, 43 minutes Rated PG-13 (1995) A requested film for the Thanksgiving season. A forty-year-old single woman flies home to spend Thanksgiving with her wild, wacky, dysfunctional family. Starring…
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Daily Bread for 11.13.21: Toxic Positivity Is Worse than Annoying as Public Policy
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 4:32 PM for 9h 47m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 70.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1940, Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the…
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Film: Tuesday, November 9th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, On the Rocks
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, November 9th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of On the Rocks @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Romance 1 hour, 36 minutes Rated R (mild profanity) (2020) A seventies-something retired art dealer (Bill Murray) is a happy-go-lucky flirtatious ladies man with a roving eye. His married daughter (Rashida Jones) suspects her…
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Boo! Scariest Things in Whitewater, 2021
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s the fifteenth annual FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater. (The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 editions are available for comparison.) The list runs in reverse order, from mildly scary to truly frightening. 10. Feedin’ Wildlife. I didn’t know — but local officials claim to…
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Daily Bread for 10.27.21: Rebecca Kleefisch’s Republican ‘Mercenaries’
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Daily Bread for 10.25.21: Late in the Day Even for Sociability
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 5:55 PM for 10h 34m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, the Community Development Authority Seed Capital Committee meets…