Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with a sunny day, calm winds at 5 MPH, and a high of seventy. Very pleasant. On this day in 1941, Ted Williams became the last player to hit .400. These generations later, no one in all baseball has equalled that feat: On this day in 1941, the Boston Red…
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Daily Bread for 9.27.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny and mild, with a high of sixty-five. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets this afternoon at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1964, the Warren Commission issued its report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of Pres. Kennedy. Sometimes even the largest animals, like…
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Daily Bread for 9.26.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a sunny midweek day ahead for Whitewater, with a high of sixty-five. On this day in 1960, the first televised presidential debate took place in Chicago between VP Nixon and Sen. Kennedy. (The first presidential debate this year will take place on October 3rd in Denver.) Here’s that debate: Google’s daily puzzle…
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Daily Bread for 9.25.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Our Tuesday will be sunny and warm, with a high of seventy-seven. On this day in 1957, Pres. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard, and sent federal soldiers of the 101st Airborne, to enforce court-ordered integration. Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School…
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Daily Bread for 9.24.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with a sunny day and a high of sixty-nine. On this day in 1789, America saw her first Supreme Court: The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were…
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Daily Bread for 9.23.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny and breezy, with a high of fifty-nine, and winds from the west-northwest at 10 to 20 MPH. On this day in 1779, John Paul Jones won a naval battle in English waters: During the American Revolution, the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard-fought…
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Daily Bread for 9.22.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s Saturday will bring occasional showers, mostly in the morning, and a high of sixty. The city has a treat today: it’s the second day of Pig in the Park, at Whitewater’s Cravath Lakefront. It’s a full schedule of tasty and fun activities: Saturday September 22, 2012 Athletics 8:00 am to 9:00…
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Daily Bread for 9.21.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. The week ends for Whitewater with a likelihood of showers and a high of fifty-nine. There is a reception for city manager candidates today at 4 PM, and a community forum at 6:30 PM today: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. COMMUNITY RECEPTION – MEET AND GREET Innovation Center Atrium, 1221 Innovation Drive in…
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Daily Bread for 9.20.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of sixty-six ahead for Whitewater. On this day in 1973, millions of Americans watched a tennis match: On this day in 1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former…
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Daily Bread for 9.19.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s midweek will be sunny and breezy, with a high of seventy-three. The city’s Zoning Rewrite Steering Committee meets tonight at 6 PM. From Australia, a film maker caught a rare fire devil, a fiery tornado, on film. Astounding: On this day in 1832, the Fox and Sauk signed the treaty that ended…
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Daily Bread for 9.18.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a slight chance of showers and a high of sixty-one for Whitewater today. In the afternoon, Whitewater’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee meets at 3:45 PM. This evening, Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Commission meets at 6:00 PM, with Common Council meeting thereafter at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1793, an architectural beginning: …George…
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Daily Bread for 9.17.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with showers and a high of seventy-two. On this day in 1862, Americans fought the bloodiest one-day battle in American history at Antietam Creek: When fighting began in the foggy dawn hours of September 17, this strategy broke down into a series of uncoordinated advances by Union soldiers under the…
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Daily Bread for 9.16.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be warm and sunny, with a high of eighty-two, and southwest winds at 5 to 15 MPH. On this day in 1620, the Mayflower’s one-hundred-two passengers left England for America: In a difficult Atlantic crossing, the 90-foot Mayflower encountered rough seas and storms and was blown more than 500 miles off…
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Daily Bread for 9.15.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a beautiful Saturday ahead for Whitewater, with sunny skies and a high of seventy-eight. From LiveScience.com, it turns out that not only human babies have odd sleep schedules: some aquatic infants don’t sleep at all. From Google’s daily puzzle, a question of stages and phases: “In the process that includes, prophase, metaphase,…
