Good morning. Whitewater will have a sunny Sunday, with a high of eighty-eight. Sunrise was at 6:12 AM and sunset will be 7:41 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with 75% of its visible disk illuminated. From 4th of 6 articles in the series, via Wikipedia’s Wikimedia Commons. “Rough image of lithograph…
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Daily Bread for 8.24.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 8.23.13
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Good morning. Friday brings a sunny day with a high of seventy-nine and winds at 5 to 10 mph. On this day in 1784, the State of Franklin declares its independence: …four counties in western North Carolina declare their independence as the state of Franklin. The counties lay in what would eventually become Tennessee. The…
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Daily Bread for 8.22.13
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Good morning. We’ve a forty-percent chance of scattered showers today, with a high of eighty-three. It’s the 151st anniversary of Claude Debussy‘s birth, and Google’s created a musical doodle for the occasion: On this day in 1861, a future governor of Wisconsin heads into action during the Civil War: 1861 – (Civil War) Future Gov.…
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Daily Bread for 8.21.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of eighty-eight. Today at 1 PM, at the Starin Park Community Building, there will be a free showing of the award-winning film, No. It’s the story of an actual advertising campaign against dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1988. In the early 1970s, with the…
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Daily Bread for 8.20.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of eighty-five. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1911, a communications first: …a dispatcher in the New York Times office sends the first telegram around the world via commercial service…. The Times decided to send its 1911 telegram…
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Daily Bread for 8.19.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 8.18.13
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Good morning. We’ve a beautiful day ahead: sunny, with a high of 80 and south winds around 5 mph in the afternoon. On this day in 1590, the English find a New World colony mysteriously deserted: John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a supply-trip to England…
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Daily Bread for 8.17.13
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Good morning. Saturday in town will be sunny, with a high near 79, and winds of the southeast around 5 mph. On this day seventy years ago, the Iron Horse confirms why he’d earned the nickname the Iron Horse: On August 17, 1933, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive…
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Daily Bread for 8.16.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s weeks ends with Mostly sunny skies, a high near 78, and north winds of 5 mph. On this day in 1896, it’s Gold! – While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory on this day in 1896, George Carmack reportedly spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed. His…
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Daily Bread for 8.15.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventy-five. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets at 8 AM, Downtown Whitewater’s Design Committee at 3 PM, and the Whitewater Community Development Authority meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1969, Woodstock opens in Bethel, New York: …the Woodstock Music Festival opens…
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Daily Bread for 8.14.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. The middle of Whitewater’s week will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-one, with light, northwest winds of around 5 mph in the afternoon. On this day in 1945, the Japanese people, themselves, learn that will surrender unconditionally to the Allies: …an official announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies is…
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Daily Bread for 8.13.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a beautiful Tuesday ahead for Whitewater, with mostly sunny skies and a high of seventy. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets today at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1961, Soviet-backed East Germany began construction of the Berlin Wall: Shortly after midnight on this day in 1961, East German soldiers begin laying…
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Daily Bread for 8.12.13
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Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with a partly sunny Monday and a high of seventy-seven. There’s a twenty percent chance of isolated showers in the later afternoon. The Planning Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On this day in 1898, an armistice ends the Spanish-American war: The brief and one-sided Spanish-American War comes to an…
