Good morning,
It’s a partly sunny and cold day for Whitewater, with a high temperature of twenty degrees.
There are three public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today.
At 9 a.m., the Tech Park Board meets, with the agenda available online. The agenda includes, among others, these items:
- the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Whitewater and UW-W
- the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Whitewater and UW-W
- Closed session review under Wisconsin law of the Innovation Center manager hiring process
At 5 p.m. today, there will be a meeting of the Landmarks Committee, with an available online agenda.
At 7 p.m., there will be a public meeting on a restoration plan for the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve.
Neighbors and interested community members are invited to attend a community meeting on Wednesday, December 8th at 7:00 PM, held at the Whitewater Municipal Building in the 1st floor community room. The meeting will be an opportunity to learn about restoration efforts at the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve (formerly Indian Mounds Park). A plan is being prepared to guide the city in the restoration and preservation of this archeologically significant site in Whitewater. The City has contracted with Jennings & Associates, a planning firm that has significant background in both land restoration and planning, as well as archeological preservation.
Lincoln School’s book fair continues today.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1917,
On this date the inventor of the twine-binder, John F. Appleby died. Appleby was raised on a wheat farm in Wisconsin and searched for an easier way to harvest and bundle grains. His invention gathered severed spears into bundles and bound the sheaves with hempen twine. His invention, which was pulled by horses, was a great success. In 1878 William Deering, a farm machinery manufacturer secured the right to use Appleby’s patent and sold 3,000 twine harvesters in a single year. In 1882 the McCormicks (of the McCormick reapers) paid $35,000 for the privilege to manufacture Appleby’s invention. Appleby spent the rest of his life in his shop trying to create additional successful machinery. [Source: Badger Saints and Sinners by Fred L. Holmes]