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Daily Bread: December 10, 2008

Good morning, Whitewater

There are no municipal public meetings scheduled in the City of Whitewater, this Wednesday.

The National Weather Service predicts increasing clouds with a high of 21 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac continues its a four-day series predicting heavy snow for Wisconsin.

Yesterday’s better prediction: Even.

In Wisconsin history for this day, in 1967, a sad day for our state, and points beyond, as Otis Redding Dies.

On this date a twin-engine Beechcraft carrying Otis Redding crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, killing Redding and four members of his touring band, the Bar-Kays. Otis Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

Here’s a video of Redding’s Sittin’ On (The Dock of the Bay):

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