Good morning, Whitewater Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets today at 4:30 p.m. In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society remembers the birthday of Seymour Cray: 1925 – Seymour R. Cray Born On this date Seymour R. Cray was born in Chippewa Falls. Cray received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University…

Good morning, Whitewater In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society remembers the birthday of abolitionist Sherman Booth: 1812 – Abolitionist Sherman M. Booth Born On this date abolitionist and editor of the Milwaukee Free Democrat, Sherman M. Booth, was born in New York. At the age of fifteen, he became a country…

Good morning, Whitewater In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a famous award: 1857 – First Sheboygan County Cheese Award On this date N.C. Harmon of Lyman was awarded the first premium prize for cheese made in Sheboygan County. The award was given at the Sheboygan Agricultural Society fair held in…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. On this day in 1952, vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered his Checkers speech, denying allegations of improper campaign financing. The New York Times has a link to the story. Here’s a video recording of Nixon’s 1952 speech: The speech seems…

Good morning, Whitewater There was, at one time, a listening session scheduled on the upcoming city budget, to be held at Fairhaven Retirement Community. (It doesn’t appear, as of this post, on the City of Whitewater’s website calendar, or in the list of Common Council agendas. Mention of it appeared in the latest City Manager’s…

Good morning, Whitewater Tonight, at 6 p.m., Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets. The agenda is available online. The History Channel reports that on this date in 1780, Benedict Arnold committed treason: On this day in 1780, during the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point…

Good morning, Whitewater For the third day, there are no scheduled municipal, public meetings for the City of Whitewater today. Less is more. The History Channel reports that on this day in 1793, George Washington set the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building: On this day in 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone to…

Good morning, Whitewater As with yesterday, there are no scheduled municipal, public meetings for the City of Whitewater today. There’s something better, for all America — it’s Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. The National Constitution Center, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, has a page dedicated…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no scheduled municipal, public meetings for the City of Whitewater today. Here’s today’s almanac: Almanac Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 06:35 AM 07:03 PM Civil Twilight 06:07 AM 07:31 PM Tomorrow 06:36 AM 07:01 PM Tomorrow will be: 3 minutes shorter Amount of sunlight: 12h 28 m…

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,…