Good morning. It’s a high of seventy-two with a chance of rain ahead for Whitewater. Today is an anniversary of a battle in the Black Hawk War — 1832’s Battle of the Pecatonica — On this date the Battle of Pecatonica took place between a band of Kickapoo Indians and troops led by Henry Dodge.…
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Daily Bread for 6.15.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a day of heavy thunderstorms ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-two degrees. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets today at 10 a.m. The meeting agenda is available online. Today, in 1832, brought new developments in the Black Hawk War: On this date General Winfield Scott was ordered by President Andrew…
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Daily Bread for 6.14.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a partly cloudy day with a high temperature of seventy-two in store for Whitewater. It’s a memorable day in Wisconsin history — on this day in 1855, …. Robert M. La Follette was born in Primrose, Dane County. A renowned lawyer, politician, governor, and U.S. Senator, La Follette was the son of…
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Daily Bread for 6.13.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. The forecast calls for pleasant weather ahead, with mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of seventy-four. Whitewater’s Library Board meets tonight, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is available online. Wired offers a list of Animals’ Most Amazing Acoustic Feats, with audio clips of lions roaring, blue whales singing, and the striking…
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Daily Bread for 6.10.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a cool and rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-four degrees. School’s out, and for countless thousands across Wisconsin, summer begins. J.J. Abrams has a new movie, Super 8, out today. It’s both homage to film-making and suspense film. One of the great pleasures of summer is the…
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Daily Bread for 6.9.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a cooler, but still humid, day awaiting Whitewater: the predicted high temperature is 67, with a chance of showers. It’s the last day of school for the Whitewater Unified School District. Congratulations on a year well and successfully finished. Google commemorates the birthday of Wisconsin-born Les Paul today with a Google Doodle:…
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Daily Bread for 6.8.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday forecast calls for scattered strong storms, with a high temperature of ninety-two. Donald Driver visited Washington School on Monday, as a reward for that school’s state-leading clothing collecting drive for Goodwill Industries. Dan Plutchak’s Students share winning ways with Packers’ great Donald Driver nicely describes Driver’s visit. Wired’s science video section offers…
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Daily Bread for 6.7.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 6.6.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a hot day ahead for Whitewater, with an expected high temperature of ninety-three degrees. I’ll write what everyone will say today: stay hydrated. Two days ago, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel republished, in memory of the anniversary today of D-Day, the editorial they published on June 6, 1944. It is as evocative today…
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Daily Bread for 6.3.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-five degrees. There’s a dedication this morning at 8 a.m. of a less-than-one-mile-long, two-million-dollar spur between Starin Road and the Business Park. In our schools, there are various end-of-the-year adventures before the last day of school on June 9th. Have fun,…
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Daily Bread for 6.2.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 6.1.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a sunny day in the forecast for Whitewater, with a high temperature in the mid-seventies. The Space Shuttle Endeavour was docked at the International Space Station, on the last mission of that spacecraft. The technology’s now old, the program soon to end, with NASA unsure about its future. For it all, each…
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Daily Bread for 5.31.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a warm day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-four degrees. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1899, the Gideons Got Going On this night two salesmen, John H. Nicholson and Samuel E. Hill, crossed paths a second time, in Beaver Dam. The pair had first…
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Daily Bread for 5.27.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Today’s Whitewater forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of sixty-three degrees. From the Wisconsin Historical Society, a reminder that there are no terrestrial utopias, the trying for one notwithstanding: 1844 – Utopian Community Founded Near Ripon On this date the first settler moved to the Fourierite utopian community…
