Good morning. A new month begins with partly sunny skies and a high of thirty eight. On this day in 1884, an accident alters studies at UW-Madison: 1884 – Fire Destroys UW Building On this date fire destroyed Science Hall on the UW-Madison campus. As a result, engineering students were forced to use the cramped…
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Daily Bread for 7.7.13
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s Sunday brings a one-third chance of late afternoon showers and thundershowers, with a high of eighty-four. Sunrise was at 5:24 a.m., and sunset will be at 8:36 p.m. There will be a new moon overnight at 2:15 a.m. Photograph of the Hoover Dam (formerly Boulder Dam) from Across the Colorado River. From…
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Meanwhile, in Chicago…
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Monday Music: Talking Heads, This Must Be the Place
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Nuit Blanche
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Pinwheel of Scotties
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Assorted Items
by JOHN ADAMS •
Just a few quick housekeeping items, and a look ahead to features at this site in 2013. Advertising. Two of my sites run advertising (Daily Adams, Daily Wisconsin), but FREE WHITEWATER, as I’ve mentioned before, never will. There’s nothing wrong with advertising, of course, but running advertising in a small town would limit a site’s…
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Daily Bread for 11.24.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a partly sunny Saturday for Whitewater, with a high of thirty-one. On this day in 1849, the John Froelich scarcely known but yet a significant inventor, was born: John Froelich, the inventor of the first internal-combustion traction motor, or tractor, is born on this day in Girard, Iowa. At the end of the…
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Monday Music: Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Halloween Spooks
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Daily Bread for 8.18.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Whitewater’s Saturday forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of seventy-four. On this day in 1991, diehard Soviet leaders launched a coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. But it was Boris Yeltsin, not Gorbachev, who defeated the plotters: Yeltsin and his backers from the Russian parliament then stepped in, calling on the…
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Political Recap: The Whitewater Council Races
by JOHN ADAMS •
The spring primary for Whitewater’s Common Council ended about as one might have thought. The at-large seat broke for Kidd, Abbott won comfortably in her district, and the Binnie-Hartmann District 4 race was very close (probably closer than one would have guessed). One would expect an incumbent or establishment candidate to prevail in Whitewater, and…
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Assessing the (Current) Recall Challengers’ Public Speaking
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As I write, there are three declared challengers to Gov. Walker, should there be (as there will be, really) a gubernatorial recall race. More will enter, but for now it’s Kathleen Falk, Hari Trevedi, and Kathleen Vinehout. I’ll consider their presentations at the challenger-friendly Fourth Annual Grassroots Fest Candidate Forum held February 18, 2012 in…
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Daily Bread for 2.9.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. In Whitewater, it’s more like winter again: sunny and thirty-five. In Maui, it’s nothing like winter: sunny and seventy-five. Whitewater’s Police Commission meets today, at 6 PM. On this day in 1943, the Battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over Japan. A New York Times headline nicely described the result: “Guadalcanal Is Ours.”…