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Daily Bread for 8.18.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.17.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.16.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.15.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.14.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.13.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.12.13

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…

Daily Bread for 8.11.13

Good morning. Sunday presents a one-third chance of thunderstorms during the day, but a ninety percent chance for tonight. The high temperature for today will be seventy-four. Some creatures just won’t share the road, as an enduro rider recently learned: On this day in 1929, Babe Ruth becomes the first major-league player to hit 500…

Daily Bread for 8.10.13

Good morning. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-six. Sunrise was 5:56 PM and sunset will be 8:04 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with 14% of its visible disk illuminated. A bit of dog and human teamwork: On 8.10.1945, Japan accepts the Potsdam terms: On this day in 1945, just…

Daily Bread for 8.9.13

Good morning. Friday in town will be partly sunny, with a high of seventy-eighty. We’ll have west winds at 5 to 10 MPH, and just a slight chance of isolated morning showers. On this day in 378, a bad day for the Roman Empire: In one of the most decisive battles in history, a large…

Daily Bread for 8.8.13

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be a mostly sunny day with a high of seventy-seven. Sunrise was at 5:54 AM and sunset will be at 8:06 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with 3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1974, Pres. Nixon announces his resignation, to take effect the…

Daily Bread for 8.7.13

Good morning. We’ll have a partly sunny Wednesday in Whitewater, with a high of eighty, and southwest winds at 5 to 15 MPH. I had no idea that Pres. Garfield had an interest in mathematics, but yesterday I learned that he did. While a member of Congress, he produced a simple proof of the Pythagorean…

Daily Bread for 8.6.13

Good morning. We’ll have a partly sunny day with a high of eighty-three. Common Council meets today at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1945, fewer than fours years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America bombs Hiroshima: …at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first…

Daily Bread for 8.5.13

Good morning. Whitewater will have a Monday of showers with a high of seventy-one. The School Board meets tonight, first in closed session at 6 PM and later to open session. On this day in 1914, a new method of traffic regulation: The world’s first electric traffic signal is put into place on the corner…