Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled in the city today.
Yesterday, at 6:30 in the morning, I noted that there would be a “a special meeting of the School Board, where the agenda indicates that virtually the entire meeting is devoted to executive session contractual matters.” Well, there was no secret about what this session meant — that the district administrator would leave at the end of this school year, June 2009. There was always the chance that the session might be postponed, and an implication seemed enough. I’ll post more about this tonight.
The National Weather Service predicts today will bring mostly sunny skies, with a high temperature of 63 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts “cold winds and rain for the Ohio River Valley, followed by clearing and cold conditions.”
Yesterday’s better predictions: NWS.
In Wisconsin History, an example of the Draconian excesses of Prohibition: Wisconsin Historical Society reports that in 1930 the
Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the Janesville Municipal Court’s decision that 76-year-old Silas Bliven of Janesville pay $250 and serve 30 days in county jail at “hard labor” (usually the rock pile) for illegal possession of alcohol.
That’s possession, not distribution, by the way.
In national history today, on this day in 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. Here’s short video on Yeager’s accomplishment, from the 60th anniversary of his barrier-breaking flight: