Good morning.
There’s a chance of snow his morning, with only slight accumulation expected, and then gradual clearing with a high of sixteen. Wind chill values will be between five and fifteen below.
Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM.
On 12.10.1901, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded:
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The ceremony came on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives. In his will, Nobel directed that the bulk of his vast fortune be placed in a fund in which the interest would be “annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” Although Nobel offered no public reason for his creation of the prizes, it is widely believed that he did so out of moral regret over the increasingly lethal uses of his inventions in war.
On this day in 1935, scarlet fever strikes Janesville, and on 12.10.1967, Otis Redding dies in a blame crash:
1935 – Scarlet Fever in Janesville
On this date an outbreak of scarlet fever quarantined 25 Janesville residents. [Source: Janesville Gazette, December 10, 1935, p.5]1967 – 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. [Source: OtisRedding.com]
Here’s the Puzzability entry for Tuesday:
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This Week’s Game — December 9-13
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The Bitter End
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It’s beginning to feel a lot like winter out there. For each day this week, we started with a word and added the sound “brrr” to the end to get a new word. The two-word answer phrase, described by each day’s clue, is the shorter word followed by the “brrr” word.
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Example:
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Saloon employee who cuts men’s hair
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Answer:
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Bar barber
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What to Submit:
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Submit the two-word phrase, with the “brrr” word second (as “Bar barber” in the example), for your answer.
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Tuesday, December 10
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