Daily Bread for 1.21.14

Good morning.

It will be sunny and cold today, with a high of four degrees, and wind chill values between ten and twenty below.

Whitewater’s Alcohol and Licensing Committee meets at 6 PM, and Common Council at 6:30 PM this evening.

We’re not the only ones with interesting weather. A Russian videographer recorded a sundog in Moscow recently. It’s lovely (and more so by contrast with the dull and uniform architecture of the neighborhood):

On this day in 1959, Carl Dean Switzer of the original Our Gang Little Rascals dies in a fight that a jury later determines was justifiable homicide:

Carl Dean Switzer, the actor who as a child played “Alfalfa” in the Our Gang comedy film series, dies at age 31 in a fight, allegedly about money, in a Mission Hills, California, home. Alfalfa, the freckle-faced boy with a warbling singing voice and a cowlick protruding from the top of his head, was Switzer’s best-known role.

On this day in 1935, one Janesville teen seems incorrigible:

1935 – Five Janesville Youths Arrested
On this date five Janesville boys, ages 13-16, were arrested for a string of burglaries, including the thefts of cigarettes, whisky and blankets. While in the police station, one of the boys tried to crack the safe in the chief’s office. [Source: Janesville Gazette]

Here’s Puzzability‘s game for Tuesday:

This Week’s Game — January 20-24

Alternative Musicians

Some people can really sing their hearts out. For each day this week, we began with the name of a solo singer who has won a Record of the Year Grammy Award. Then we removed any spaces and punctuation and deleted every other letter, leaving just the odd letters. The day’s clue shows those remaining letters in order.

Example:

MCALAKO

Answer:

Michael Jackson

What to Submit:

Submit the singer’s name (as “Michael Jackson” in the example) for your answer.

Tuesday, January 21

RBRALC