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Daily Bread for 6.30.13

Good morning. Sunday brings mostly sunny skies and a high of seventy-six to Whitewater. Sunrise this morning was at 5:20 a.m., and sunset will be at 8:37 p.m. The moon is a waning crescent with 45% of the its visible disk illuminated. Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind arrives on this day in 1936: In…

Daily Bread for 6.29.13

Good morning. We’ve a day of showers and thunderstorms for Whitewater today, with a high of seventy. Perhaps you’ve had coffee this morning, as I have. You may have wondered: what’s really in that cup? Wonder no more:

Daily Bread for 6.28.13

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with an eighty percent chance of showers and a high of seventy-six. On this day in 1953, an automotive beginning: …workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the…

Daily Bread for 6.27.13

Good morning. We’ll have about a one-third chance of thunderstorms today, with a high of eighty-five, and light west winds of 5 to 10 mph. At 4:30 PM this afternoon, there will be a meeting of the Community Development Authority. Like many others, I’ve always liked the science fiction film Independence Day. It’s simply a…

Daily Bread for 6.26.13

Good morning. We’ll have a sixty percent chance of thunderstorms today, mostly in the morning, with a high of eighty-five. Downtown Whitewater’s board meets this morning at 8 AM, and the Fire-Rescue Task Force will meet later today at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1948, America begins the Berlin Airlift: U.S. and British pilots…

Daily Bread for 6.25.13

Good morning. Whitewater will hold a public meeting this afternoon, beginning at 4:30 PM, to reveal plans for the reconstruction of the downtown’s East Gate Way. Following open house introductions, two identical presentations will take place at 5 to 5:30 PM and 6 to 6:30 PM. At the Cravath Lakefront Community Building. The Urban Forestry…

Daily Bread for 6.24.13

Good morning. Monday brings an even chance of scattered thunderstorms and high of eighty-four. Whitewater’s Fire-Rescue Task Force meets tonight at 6:30 PM. At 7 PM, Whitewater’s School Board meets in open session following an earlier closed session discussion. On 6.24.1997, a report about the 1947 Roswell incident: On July 24, 1997, barely a week…

Daily Bread for 6.23.13

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of eighty-eight, and a slight chance of late afternoon showers. If you’ve a house full of wild baboons, and one of them has not the slightest worry about your threats for it to leave, then you’ve a situation like this: On this day…

Daily Bread for 6.22.13

Good morning. Saturday brings an even percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon. We’ll have a high of eighty-four, and south winds at 5 to 10 mph. Sunrise was 5:17 a.m., and sunset will be 8:37 p.m. It’s a waxing gibbous moon, with 99% of its the visible disk illuminated. Cartographers Stephan…

Daily Bread for 6.21.13

Good morning. Summer comes to Whitewater on a partly sunny day, with a high of eighty-five, and a likelihood of afternoon thundershowers. On this day in 1788, the U.S. Constitution receives ratification from a ninth state: New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making…

Daily Bread for 6.20.13

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of eighty-four. Sunrise today was at 5:16 AM, and sunset will be at 8:37 AM. It’s a waxing gibbous moon with 89% of the its visible disk illuminated. Multiply all the pizza sales in Russia by all the deliverymen and all the ways…

Daily Bread for 6.19.13

Good morning. Mid-week in Whitewater will be sunny and mild, with a high of seventy-five. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets this morning at 8 AM. Seniors in the Park offers a free showing of Searching for Sugar Man today at 12:30 PM at Starin Park’s Community Building. On this day in 1917, a change of…

Daily Bread for 6.18.13

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-two. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On 6.18.1812, America goes to war: The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison signs the declaration into law–and the War…

Daily Bread for 6.17.13

Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with a sunny day with a high of eighty-six, and a one-in-five chance of isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Whitewater’s LIbrary Board meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1972, five burglars – but not just any five – were arrested: In the early morning of June 17,…