Good morning, Whitewater There are three municipal, public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. At ten, the Whitewater-University Tech Park board meets. At 6:00 p.m., Alcohol Licensing Committee meets. At 6:30 p.m., Common Council meets. The Common Council agenda is available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a famous treaty signed on this…

Good morning, Whitewater There are a few municipal, public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. At noon, the Seniors in the Park Senior Forum meets in the community building at Starin Park. At 4:30 p.m., the Community Development Board of Directors meets. There’s also a meeting of the Business Park Marketing Committee this…

Good morning, Whitewater The New York Times frontpage stories on September 11, 2001 are available online. There are no municipal, public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. In our schools, it’s Eagle Day and Spirit Day at Washington School. Taste of Whitewater begins tonight at 5 p.m. Details are available in my calendar…

Good morning, Whitewater You’re in luck. You’ve more than a municipal meeting today — you’ve a task force to which to look forward. It sounds so decisive, serious, and urgent, doesn’t it? Perhaps not so much — it’s Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Task Force. The meeting’s today at 4:30 p.m., and the agenda is available online.…

Good morning, Whitewater Whitewater’s Park & Recreation Board meets this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society reports that on this day in 1951, actor Tom Wopat was born: On this date Tom Wopat was born in Lodi. Wopat attended UW where he performed in musicals. A credited television,…

Good morning, Whitewater Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. The Wisconsin Historical Society reports that on this day in 1958, women could lawfully drink while standing at a bar: 1958 – Janesville Women Belly Up to the Bar On this date the Janesville city council voted 4-2 to finally end a paternalistic and discriminatory…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal, public meetings scheduled for today for the City of Whitewater. Your holiday weekend is unobstructed. It’s Spirit Day at Whitewater Middle School. Here’s today’s almanac: Almanac Friday, September 4, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 06:22 AM 07:24 PM Civil Twilight 05:53 AM 07:53 PM Tomorrow 06:23 AM 07:22…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal, public meetings scheduled for today for the City of Whitewater. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that today is the anniversary of Britain’s formal surrender to America, ending her war against American independence: 1783 – Paris Peace Treaty Signed On this date the Paris Peace Treaty was signed. The…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal, public meetings scheduled for today for the City of Whitewater. Yesterday was the anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. Today is the anniversary of its end — the surrender of the Japanese Empire to the Allies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. The Associated Press reported on…

Good morning, Whitewater School begings today. There’s one public, municipal meeting scheduled for today in Whitewater. At 6: 30 p.m., Common Council meets. The agenda is available online. On this day in 1939, the Second World War began. Here’s today’s almanac: Almanac Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 06:19 AM 07:29 PM Civil…

Good morning, Whitewater There are two public, municipal meetings scheduled for today in Whitewater. At 3 p.m., the Whitewater-University Tech park Board meets. The agenda is available online. Later, at 6 p.m., there is a special — but public — meeting of the Planning Commission. That agenda is also available online. Here’s today’s almanac: Almanac…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public, municipal meetings scheduled for today in Whitewater. There is one tomorrow, though, so your weekend isn’t completely safe. It’s the landmarks Commission, so the risk is probably slight. It was on this day in 1963 that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public, municipal meetings scheduled for today in Whitewater. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a famous invention, otherwise nearly forgotten: 1878 – Typewriter Patented On this date Christopher Latham Sholes patented the typewriter. The idea for this invention began at Kleinsteuber’s Machine Shop in Milwaukee in the late 1860s. A…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public, municipal meetings scheduled for today in Whitewater. The New York Times recalls that on this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment went into effect: The half-century struggle for woman suffrage in the United States reached its climax at 8 o’clock this morning, when Bainbridge Colby, as Secretary of…