Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 6:30 PM for 11h 33m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 67.8% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union…
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Daily Bread for 9.28.22: Local and National Views of Child Poverty
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
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Daily Bread for 9.27.22: Housing Opportunity and Opportunity’s Adversaries
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 56. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:42 PM for 11h 53m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1777, Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes…
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Daily Bread for 9.26.22: Up from Business to Markets
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 60. Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:44 PM for 11h 56m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, and the Whitewater Unified School District’s board…
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Daily Bread for 9.22.22: The Next Morning
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 61. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 6:51 PM for 12h 08m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 904, the warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of…
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Daily Bread for 9.13.22: A Feature of Democracy Applicable Everywhere, Including Whitewater, Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with high of 73. Sunrise is 6:33 AM and sunset 7:07 PM for 12h 33m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Board goes into closed session, not to reconvene, at 5 PM. …
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Daily Bread for 9.10.22: A Report on the Starin Park Water Tower
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see scatted afternoon showers with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:30 AM and sunset 7:12 PM for 12h 42m 30s of daytime. The moon is full with all of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1813, the United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie…
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Daily Bread for 9.8.22: On Immigrants and Community Relations
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with high of 82. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:16 PM for 12h 48m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 94.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1966, the landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired…
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Daily Bread for 9.7.22: Whitewater’s Hiring Process for a City Manager
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 80. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 7:18 PM for 12h 51m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 88.4% of its visible disk illuminated. During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1778, France successfully invades Dominica in the British West…
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Daily Bread for 9.6.22: The Boosters’ Big Capital but Small Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 76. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 53m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1803, British scientist John…
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Daily Bread for 8.22.22: Of David French, Traditions, and Examples
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:09 AM and sunset 7:45 PM for 13h 35m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 20.4% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School Board goes into closed session shortly after 6 PM, and resumes…
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Daily Bread for 8.19.22: Residency Matters, Practically and Ethically
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:06 AM and sunset 7:49 PM for 13h 43m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 45.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast…
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Daily Bread for 8.17.22: The Populists’ Dominance-and-Submission Ritual
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:04 AM and sunset 7:53 PM for 13h 48m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 66% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks & Recreation Board meet at 5:30 PM. On this day in 2008, American swimmer Michael Phelps…
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Daily Bread for 8.1.22: Two Postures, Two Results
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:47 AM and sunset 8:14 PM for 14h 27m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 13% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1774, British scientist…