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Daily Bread 3.11.11

Good morning, It’s a mostly sunny day for Whitewater today, with a high temperature of forty-two degrees. The Comment Forum will be on hiatus today, but back next week. The New York Times recalls that on this day in 1941, President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill: Five minutes after the bill was signed the President…

Daily Bread for 3.10.11

Good morning, It’s a day of clearing and milder weather ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of thirty-seven degrees. There will be a meeting of Whitewater’s Police Commission tonight, at 6 p.m. The agenda is available online. Note: Link to agenda updated to reflect amended agenda.

Daily Bread for 3.9.11

Good morning, It’s a day of rain and snow for Whitewater, with a high temperature of thirty-five degrees. No matter how much some might hope for spring, there’s an undeniable power and beauty to snow, evidence of the power of nature, of the beauty of the created order. Book fairs continue at Lincoln School and…

Daily Bread for 3.8.11

Our forecast calls for a cloudy day in Whitewater, with a high temperature of forty degrees. In our schools today, book fairs continue at Lakeview School and the middle school.  There’s a 3 p.m. meeting of the PTO at Lincoln School, proud home of the Leopards.

Daily Bread for 3.7.11

Good morning, Today’s forecast calls for a mostly cloudy day with a high temperature of thirty-seven degrees. There’s are book fairs at Lakeview School and the middle school today. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a dark day in American history, but misplaces the date by a day.  The Society writes that on March 7th, 1857,…

Daily Bread for 3.4.11

Good morning, It’s a rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of forty-six degrees. In our schools today, it’s Eagle and Spirt Day at Washington School, and the musical You Can’t Take It with You continues tonight at the high school. NASA’s Messenger probe is mapping the surface of Mercury. It’s mostly done,…

Daily Bread for 3.3.11

Good morning, Today’s forecast for the Whippet City calls for a mostly cloudy day, with a high temperature of thirty-eight degrees. Today is the anniversary of the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, born in 1847.

Daily Bread for 3.2.11

Good morning, It’s a mostly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of twenty-four degrees. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The agenda is available online. It’s Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in 1904, and passed away in 1991.

Daily Bread for 3.1.11

Good morning, It’s a new month, that much closer to spring. For Tuesday, the forecast calls for a breezy day with a high temperature of forty degrees. There’s a Common Council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Today is the day on which, in 1961, the Peace Corps was founded.  Their…

Daily Bread for 2.28.11

Good morning, It’s a day of increasingly clear weather forecast for the Whippet City, with a high around twenty-nine. There’s a regular meeting of Whitewater’s school board tonight, with a closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m., and an opening session beginning at 7 p.m. For the Lakeview School PTA, it’s Culver’s Night from 4 to…

Daily Bread for 2.25.11

Good morning, Here in the Whippet City, we’re in for a slight chance of snow with a high temperature of twenty-nine degrees. There’s no school today. Play responsibly. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that a famous newspaperman dies on this date, in 1969: 1969 – Dewey D. Dunn Dies On this date Dewey D. Dunn…

Daily Bread for 2.24.11

Good morning, Today’s forecast for the Whippet City calls for a cloudy day, with a high temperature of thirty-four degrees. It’s Spirit Day at Whitewater Middle School, and Market Day at the high school. Wired has a intriguing video posted about how animals like the sandfish lizard swim through sand. The team found sine-wave-like movement…

Daily Bread for 2.23.11

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly cloudy day, with a high temperature of thirty-four degrees. There will be a meeting of the Tech Park Board today at 8 a.m. The agenda is available online. The Wisconsin Historical recalls that today is the birthday of William Horlick: On this date William Horlick was born…

Daily Bread for 2.22.11

Good morning, Today’s Whitewater forecast calls for a chance of flurries, with a high temperature of twenty-nine. The New York Times recalls that on this day in 1980, the United States scored a stunning upset of the Soviet Union in hockey, 4-3. They reported on the American victory: Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 22 — In…