Good morning and Happy Easter. Easter Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventy-five, with southwest winds at ten to fifteen mph. Pope Francis delivered his Easter message earlier today, recorded and now online: On this day in 1836, Wisconsin’s oldest library is first founded: 1836 – Oldest Library in the…
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Daily Bread for 4.19.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in town will be beautiful, with sunny skies and a high of sixty-five. Sunrise today is 6:07 AM and sunset 7:42 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with seventy-eight percent of its visible disk illuminated. In the FW third-annual Easter candy poll, there’s an upset of sorts – jelly…
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Daily Bread for 4.18.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Good Friday in Whitewater will be clear, with a high of fifty-five, and north winds around 5 MPH. On this day in 1906, an earthquake hits San Francisco: At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing hundreds of people as it topples…
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Daily Bread for 4.17.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 4.16.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. We’ll have a pretty Wednesday in Whitewater: sunny, breezy, with a high of fifty-two. What would happen if a pianist and a singer (let’s say Jimmy Fallon and Anne Hathaway) decided to perform rap songs (let’s say Gin and Juice, In Da Club, and B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe) as though they were Broadway…
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Daily Bread for 4.15.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a chilly but mostly sunny tax day for Whitewater, with a high of thirty-eight. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. If you didn’t have the chance (or the viewing conditions) to enjoy the lunar eclipse this early morning, here’s a video replay from the Griffith Observatory. Moving ahead to around 1:40:00…
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Daily Bread for 4.14.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday will be cloudy with a high of thirty-eight. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On this day in 1865, Pres. Lincoln is shot: 1865 – (Civil War) Lincoln Assassinated On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington,…
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Daily Bread for 4.13.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Palm Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of fifty-three. Rainfall will amount to between three-quarters and one inch. Statue of Old Bet in front of the Elephant Hotel, a National Historic Landmark in Somers, NY, USA. Via Wikipedia. On this day in 1796, an elephant arrives to the United States:…
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Daily Bread for 4.12.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday will see showers and thunderstorms in Whitewater, with a high of sixty-nine. Rainfall will amount to between a tenth and a quarter of an inch. How are clocks, phones, and other devices synchronized? Dr. Demetrios Matsakis, Chief Scientist for the U.S. Naval Observatory’s Time Services, has the answer: On this day in…
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Daily Bread for 4.11.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday will be sunny and warm, with a high of sixty-six. On this day in 1814, Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. On this day in 1965, tornadoes strike our part of America: 1965 – Palm Sunday Tornadoes Ravage Midwest On this date six tornadoes, part of the “Palm Sunday” outbreak, ripped…
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Daily Bread for 4.10.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a one-third chance of scattered showers, with a high of fifty-nine, for Whitewater on Thursday. Today is the anniversary of the ASPCA‘s founding: …the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh, 54. In 1863, Bergh had been…
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Daily Bread for 4.9.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday looks to be a beautiful April day: sunny with a high of sixty-three. Private space exploration keeps advancing: A private spaceflight company will launch its third robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station next week. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s unmanned Dragon vehicle loaded down with supplies is expected…
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Daily Bread for 4.8.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. On Tuesday, Whitewater will have a one-in-five chance of afternoon showers, and a high of fifty-four. Sunrise today is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:29 PM. The moon’s in a waxing gibbous phase with 63% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM. On this day…
