Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 36. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 4:50 PM for 9h 30m 28s of daytime. The moon is waning gibbous with 99.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1977, scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires’…
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Daily Bread for 1.17.22: Which ‘Middle Time’ Proved True for Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 27. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 4:49 PM for 9h 28m 37s of daytime. The moon is full with 99.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets today at 5 PM. On this day in 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg…
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Daily Bread for 1.13.22: Lake Superior’s Forever Chemicals
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 33. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset 4:44 PM for 9h 21m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 83.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1922, the call letters of experimental station 9XM in Madison were replaced by…
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Daily Bread for 1.7.22: The Booming National Economy
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 11. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:38 PM for 9h 13m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 27.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1901, Robert Marion “Fighting Bob” La Follette Sr. is inaugurated as governor…
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Film: Tuesday, January 11th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, The French Dispatch
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, January 11th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of The French Dispatch @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Romance 1 hour, 47 minutes Rated R (nudity, language) (2021) This homage to American journalism tells the tale of a Kansas-based newspaper located in a fictional French town, as it attempts to publish its…
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Daily Bread for 12.28.21: Fire & Rescue
by JOHN ADAMS •
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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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…