Good morning. Sunday will be a sunny day with a high of fifty-seven degrees. On this day in 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey appears in theaters: Originally entitled A Journey Beyond the Stars, Kubrick’s film was released in April 1968 as 2001: A Space Odyssey. Jumping seamlessly from Africa in the Pleistocene Era to…
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Daily Bread for 4.5.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. We have a sunny day ahead in Whitewater today, with a high of fifty. On this day in 1792 — the first presidential veto of legislation: George Washington exercises the first presidential veto of a Congressional bill on this day in 1792. The bill introduced a new plan for dividing seats in the…
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Daily Bread for 4.4.14
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Daily Bread for 4.3.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in the Whippet City brings a forty-precent chance of rain today (ninety percent tonight), with a daytime high of forty-two. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM today, and Common Council at 6:30 PM. I haven’t had a pet mouse since I was a child, but I wish I’d known then how…
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Daily Bread for 4.2.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. We’ll have an increasingly cloudy day with a high of forty-seven. At 3 PM, there will be a municipal meeting to discuss a marketing program for the City of Whitewater. At 6:30 PM, there will be a Police & Fire commission meeting. On this day in 1865, Gen. Grant achieves a Union victory,…
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Daily Bread for 4.1.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be windy, but increasingly sunny, with a high of forty-six. Whitewater’s Fire and Rescue Task Force meets this evening at 6:30 PM. Google’s announced, this April 1st morning, an upgrade to their mapping application to find the greatest Pokémon master through Google Maps for Android or iPhone. This may…
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Daily Bread for 3.31.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday brings a chance (about twenty percent) of showers in the afternoon, and a high of sixty-four. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset is 7:20 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with just one-percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1998, a change of leagues – 1998 – Brewers…
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Daily Bread for 3.30.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunrise today is 6:41 AM, and sunset is 7:19 PM. It’s a new moon at 1:45 PM today. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of fifty-six degrees. On this day in 1981, mentally ill gunman John Hinckley shot Pres. Reagan in Washington, D.C. Hinckley also shot three other people…
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Daily Bread for 3.29.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be a day of gradual clearing, with a high of forty-four. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset is 7:18 PM today. The moon’s a waning crescent, with two precent of its visible disk illuminated. Birds, and especially large numbers in flight, are often fascinating. In the video below, Starlings…
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Daily Bread for 3.28.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday brings a day of gradual clearing to Whitewater, with a high of forty-five. Sunrise today is 6:44 AM and sunset is 7:14 PM. On this day in 1979, a reactor overheats at Three Mile Island: The most serious nuclear accident in United States history takes place at the Three Mile Island plant…
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Daily Bread for 3.27.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. We’ll have a rainy Thursday, with perhaps a bit of snow mixed in, with a high later today of forty-four. No accumulation is expected. On 3.27.1865, a meeting of Union leaders: On this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln meets with Union generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman at City Point,…
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Daily Bread for 3.26.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of thirty-eight, with south winds from 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Later this afternoon, the Community Development Authority board is scheduled to meet at 5 PM. On this day in 1953, a medical accomplishment becomes public: On March 26, 1953, American…
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Daily Bread for 3.25.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s spring, but Tuesday will be a blustery day with a high of twenty-five. Sunrise is 6:49 AM and sunset 7:13 PM. The moon’s a waning crescent with 32% of its visible disk illuminated. Today in town, the Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1911, America experiences one…
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Daily Bread for 3.24.14
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Our week begins with mostly cloudy skies and a high of thirty-five. Sunrise is 6:51 AM and sunset 7:12 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with forty-three percent of its visible disk illuminated. Dogs are, through domestication, naturally attuned and responsive to human actions. Most dogs want to please, and are trusting…
