Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings today. The weekend comes early, Whitewater. It’s a memorable date in Wisconsin history, today: On this date in 1849, the University of Wisconsin opened. The Wisconsin Historical Society tells of those early days — On this day in 1849 the University of Wisconsin began with 20…

Good morning, Whitewater The Whitewater Landmarks Commission meets today at 5:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting is available online. There’s an executive session of the School Board tonight, and under our law, that type of meeting is closed to the public. Interestingly, in my most recent pop quiz poll of concerns facing Whitewater (admittedly…

Good morning, Whitewater There are two municipal public meetings scheduled for today: A Whitewater-University Technology Park meeting at 12:30 p.m., and a Common Council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. (The agenda for the Common Council meeting, scanned as a pdf and readable as though an image file, is available online.) In our schools today, a…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for today. You’re on your own today, responsible for your own betterment. It’s a holiday today, and in Wisconsin, Jimmy the Groundhog, with his own website, will offer his forecast shortly. (The more famous Punxsutawney Phil, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and Groundhog Day move fame, has…

Good morning, Whitewater There are municipal public meetings scheduled for today. Some days in Wisconsin history are less memorable than others. Yesterday was the birthday of actress Heather Graham, and today brings the birthday (from 1916) of actor Frank Andrew Parker: On this date Franciszek Andrzej Paikowski (Frank Andrew Parker) was born in Milwaukee. He…

Good morning, Whitewater Tonight at 7 p.m. there will be a meeting of the East Campus Neighborhood Association at the community building in Starin Park. The agenda of the association is available online. Agenda items include remarks from City of Whitewater City Manager Kevin Brunner, Councilmember Roy Nosek, City Attorney Wallace McDonell and Neighborhood Services…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. There was, yesterday, a CDA Board of Directors meeting at 4:30 p.m. On this day in American history, in 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded: On January 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. There is, however, a regular school board meeting of the Whitewater Unified School District tonight, at 7 p.m. Even better, however, is the FFA event in Elkhorn, this afternoon and tonight. The former meeting only serves, really, to support the latter event…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s no school for students in Whitewater today. Enjoy your three-day weekend. There are no municipal city public meetings, either. On this day in history in 1957, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, we find a sad day in Wisconsin history: “Edward Cochems Died.” So who was he? I didn’t recall either,…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a League of Women Voters talk tonight, at 7 p.m., in the Common Council chambers on Polling Issues and Analysis from Professor Bill Mickelsen, UW- Whitewater, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science. More information on upcoming League events may be found in the January 2009 LWV newsletter. In our schools, First…

Good morning, Whitewater School’s back in session for students. All that time spent reading Chaucer playing World of Warcraft over the last few days will finally pay off. Good for you. At 5 p.m., the Alcohol Licensing Committee meets. The agenda is available online. There’s a meeting of the Whitewater Common Council tonight. At 6:30…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a 6 p.m. meeting of the Planning Commission tonight at the Municipal Building. The agenda for the meeting is available online, and here are posted hightlights for your free market enjoyment — 2. Hearing of Citizen Comments. No formal Plan Commission action will be taken during this meeting ON CITIZEN COMMENTS…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s chilly cold again today, in Whitewater, in Wisconsin, and much of America. There’s no school again today. There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. Today’s the anniversary of a bad, bad day in American history, when a great, free republic — ours — thought that…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s chilly today, in Whitewater, but it was much warmer in Los Angeles in 1967. More on that contrast, below. In Whitewater, it’s so chilly, that there’s no school. Play, play, play — responsibly. Juveniles may be a matter of concern somewhere in the city, but go ahead — enjoy a day…