Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of fifty-two for Whitewater. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets today at 8 AM. Later this afternoon at 5 PM, a Board of Canvass will conduct a recount of the votes cast for common council candidates in District 4. Foodies have an advantage, perhaps, with today’s…

Good morning. It will be a breezy Tuesday with a high of forty-six that awaits Whitewater. Google’s daily puzzle asks about a president who spoke — just perhaps — too long for his own good: “The president who gave the longest inaugural speech ever had a very short term. How many days did it last?”…

Good morning. It’s a sunny Monday for Whitewater, with a high of fifty-four. Whitewater’s Library Board meets tonight at 6:30 PM. Google marks today as the birthday of Eadweard Muybridge, born 4.9.1830. He’s remembered for his photography and motion studies of animals, and Google’s Doodle highlights that work: Accompanying text: Google honors the english photographer…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with sunny skies and a high temperature of fifty-six. On this day in 1909, explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. The claim was later confirmed by the Navigation Foundation in 1989. The Wisconsin Historical Society records today as a day in…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Thursday looks to be a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of fifty-four. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1860, Wisconsin Congressman Challenged to Duel On this date, with the threat of civil war hanging in the air, John F. Potter,…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday will be a sunny day, with a high of fifty-nine. Not a bad Wednesday, at all. I’ll have a political recap later today of Whitewater’s elections, for Common Council, for the Whitewater Schools referendum, and a post about county election websites from across the area. However you voted, don’t you feel…

Good morning. It’s a partly sunny election day for Whitewater, with a slight chance of afternoon showers, and a high of sixty-six. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls today as an important election day  in our history: 1866 – African-Americans Vote in Wisconsin On this date African-Americans voted for the first time in Wisconsin, after Ezekiel Gillespie successfully sued for the…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Monday will be a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of about fifty-seven. Spring Break ends, and Whitewater and all Wisconsin await three seasons of elections (4.3, 5.8, 6.5, 8.14, 11.6). We live in exciting, interesting times. On this day in 1917, President Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war…

Good morning. It’s a rainy morning for Whitewater, with a high temperature on Friday of forty-seven. Google’s daily puzzle asks about a place, but the answer lies in a famous remark: “What is the modern name of the city which was the battle site associated with the phrase, “Veni, vidi, vici”?” So how far do…

Good morning. It’s a chilly morning for Whitewater, followed by a mostly sunny day with a high of fifty-two. On this day in 1973, the last American soldiers left Vietnam. Thanks to a reminder — that I very much needed — here’s a clip of James Cameron’s dive to the bottom of the ocean — Remarkable. Google’s…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of sixty-four, ahead for Whitewater. On this day in 1978, America saw her worst nuclear disaster, at the Three Mile Island reactor. The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that on this day in 1954, McCarthy Recall Campaign Begins in Sauk City On this date, “Joe…

Good morning. It’s a twenty-percent chance of thunderstorms, and a high of seventy, for Whitewater’s Tuesday. At 4:15 PM today, Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets. On the agenda for the meeting, linked above, at No. 9 one will see an item about a Bird City designation for Whitewater. Two quick point about this designation: (1)…

Good morning. It’s an overcast day, with a chance of showers and a high of forty-six, ahead for Whitewater. On this day in 1979, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed the Camp David peace treaty at the White House. The Wisconsin Historical Society records today as a the day in…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with showers and a high of seventy-seven. Google’s daily puzzle asks about an animal: “What reptile order, which is still among us, lived alongside dinosaurs and swallows stones to stay underwater?” NASA offers a video about the Jet Stream on Jupiter: