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Daily Bread: July 24, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There’s one municipal meeting scheduled for the City of Whitewater today, at 2 p.m. — the Broadband Communication Consortium meets at 2 p.m. Wired reports that in science history on this date, in 1950, ” America Gets a Spaceport.” Cape Canaveral, a name that would become synonymous with the U.S. space program…

Daily Bread: July 23, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public, municipal meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Thursday, July 23, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:36 AM 08:25 PM Civil Twilight 05:03 AM 08:58 PM Tomorrow 05:37 AM 08:24 PM Tomorrow will be: 2 minutes shorter Amount of sunlight: 14h 49m…

Daily Bread: July 22, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater I don’t know of any public, municipal meetings for the City of Whitewater today. Chin up — life will go on, some way, some how… In American history on this date, the story of a small mistake that doomed Mariner I on July 22, 1962, as Wired recounts: When The New York…

Daily Bread: July 21, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There finest deliberative body in all America meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. There’s also a Whitewater Common Council meeting at that same time, here in the city. The agenda is available online. On this date in Wisconsin history, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, General Mitchell demonstrated the effectiveness of air power……

Daily Bread: July 20, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There’s another Whitewater-University Tech Park Board meeting today at 8:00 a.m. The agenda, such as it is, is available online. Later tonight, at 6 p.m., there will be a meeting of the Planning Commission. It’s agenda’s available online, too. Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Monday, July 20, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time…

Daily Bread: July 17, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for today — you have an unobstructed path to the weekend. The Wisconsin Historical Society reports that on this date in 1832, Wisconsin had what might be its first public housing project, so to speak — On this date General Henry Atkinson wrote General Winfield…

Daily Bread: July 16, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a Whitewater-University Tech Park Board meeting today at 2:00 p.m. There’s no agenda available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society reports that on this date in 1941 ….the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge was established after a 20 year struggle by conservationists. The refuge is over 21,000 acres, encompasses the Horicon Marsh, the…

Daily Bread: July 15, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a Community Development Board of Directors Meeting scheduled for today at 4:30 p.m. today. The agenda is available online. Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:29 AM 08:31 PM Civil Twilight 04:55 AM 09:05 PM Tomorrow 05:30 AM 08:30 PM Tomorrow will be: 2…

Daily Bread: Bastille Day Edition

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal, public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:28 AM 08:32 PM Civil Twilight 04:54 AM 09:06 PM Tomorrow 05:29 AM 08:31 PM Tomorrow will be: 2 minutes shorter Amount of sunlight: 15h 4m Amount of daylight:…

Daily Bread: July 13, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There is one public meeting scheduled for the City of Whitewater today, a meeting of the Irvin Young Memorial Library board, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Monday, July 13, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:28 AM 08:32 PM Civil Twilight 04:53 AM 09:06 PM…

Daily Bread: July 10, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. You have a clear path to the weekend… It’s a sad day today, but a happy one in commemoration, also — Wired reports that on this day in 1999, “Aaron S. “Bunny” Lapin, the inventor of pressure-can whipped cream, dies…

Daily Bread: July 9, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Thursday, July 9, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:25 AM 08:34 PM Civil Twilight 04:50 AM 09:09 PM Tomorrow 05:25 AM 08:34 PM Tomorrow will be: roughly the same as today Amount of sunlight: 15h 9m Amount of daylight: 16h 19m Moon phase: Waning gibbous

Daily Bread: July 7, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports on military action near Whitewater, during the Black Hawk War: 1832 – Black Hawk War Encampment in Palmyra On this date during the Black Hawk War, General Atkinson…

Daily Bread: July 6, 2009

Good morning, Whitewater There are three significant public meetings in Whitewater today — the Census Counts committee meets at 3 p.m., and the Park & Recreation Board meets at 4:30 p.m. Earlier, at noon, the Library Board will hold a special meeting to select a fundraising firm to assess feasibility for a planned capital campaign.…