Good morning, Whitewater.
Saturday in town will be sunny, with a high of nine degrees. Sunrise is 6:53 and sunset 5:24, for 10h 30m 05s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 30.8% of its visible disk illuminated.
It’s Freeze Fest today and the Special Olympics Polar Plunge at the Cravath Lakefront today. Check-In and Registration begins at from 10 AM, with an 11 AM Chili Cook-off, and a 12:00 PM Opening Ceremony & Plunging. There will also be a Snow Dogs presentation at the Irvin Young Library (11 AM -1 PM).
Among all things polar, a polar bear cub in Toronto recently saw snow for the first time, and liked what he saw:
Take a look at our polar bear cub seeing snow for the first time! ? #TOpolarbearcub
Posted by The Toronto Zoo on Friday, February 12, 2016
On this day in 1935, state government intervened in the marketplace to prevent lower gasoline prices:
1935 – Gasoline Price Wars Quelled
On this date, in an effort to stop gasoline price wars, the state of Wisconsin established a minimum price of 16 cents per gallon for gasoline. [Source: Janesville Gazette]