Good morning.
On Tuesday, Whitewater will have a one-in-five chance of afternoon showers, and a high of fifty-four. Sunrise today is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:29 PM. The moon’s in a waxing gibbous phase with 63% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1974, a new home run record —
…Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714 homers. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, was with Aaron that night to cheer when he hit a 4th inning pitch off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Al Downing….
On April 8, 1905, Wisconsin does what no one else in America had done previously:
1905 – First High School Basketball Tournament
On this date Fond du Lac won the Lawrence College Invitational, the first high school basketball tournament held not only in Wisconsin, but in the United States. [Source: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association]
Here’s the Tuesday game from Puzzability‘s Dog Eared series:
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This Week’s Game — April 7-11
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Dog Eared
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We’re barking orders this week. For each day, we started with the name of a dog breed. Then, for the day’s clue, we broke it down into a series of words that, when said in order, sounds like the original breed. You’ll probably need to say the words out loud to get the answers.
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Example:
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Chair, mensch, ebb, hurt
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Answer:
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German shepherd
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What to Submit:
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Submit the breed (as “German shepherd” in the example) for your answer.
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Tuesday, April 8
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