Good Morning, Whitewater
The National Weather Service forecast is for a high of 71 degrees, and patchy fog. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts blustery showers.
Once again, there are no public meetings listed for the City of Whitewater today. Civil society rolls along, unaffected.
In our school district, it’s spring picture day at Lincoln School, home of the Lincoln Leopards. I’ve also been following Dr. Leslie Steinhaus’s applications for positions outside Whitewater. I posted an update from the Holmen School District website yesterday morning. Dr. Steinhaus is no longer a candidate for these positions, and will remain at Whitewater for the coming year.
It’s also a great day in Wisconsin history. On this day in 1954, Hank Aaron hit his first major league home run. He went on to hit 754 more, and his total of 755 is an astonishing accomplishment.
This is also the anniversary of the day in 1940 when Herman Anthony patented a leak-proof battery. Anthony was an engineer at Wisconsin’s Rayovac. There an interesting story about the innovation over at Wired entitled, “April 23, 1940: Batteries Included, and they Don’t Leak.”