Good morning.
We’ll have a sunny Thursday in Whitewater, with a high of eighty.
Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets this evening at 6 PM.
It’s the anniversary today, from 1818, of the birthday of America’s first professional woman in astronomy, Maria Mitchell:
Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889)…was an American astronomer, who in 1847, by using a telescope, discovered a comet which as a result became known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet”. She won a gold medal prize for her discovery which was presented to her by King Frederick VII of Denmark. The medal said “Not in vain do we watch the setting and rising of the stars”. Mitchell was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
On this day in 1832, Black Hawk’s escape fails:
1832 – Black Hawk’s Escape Across Mississippi Blocked
On this date the armed steamboat the Warrior reached the British Band on the Mississippi where they hoped to cross the river and escape the American troops. After being guided by a Sioux Indian, the ship which held an artillery piece, dropped anchor, making the Sauk escape virtually impossible. Black Hawk attempted to surrender to the Warrior, waving a white cloth, but the crew either did not understand or did not accept the message. The ship and its men opened fire, killing a number of unprepared Indians. [Source: Along the Black Hawk Trail by William F. Stark, p. 140-141]
Puzzability has a series this week, from 7.29 to 8.2, entitled Last Laughs:
Last Laughs
For your amusement this week, we started each day with the name of a TV star who won an Emmy for his or her lead performance in a comedy series. Then we replaced all the letters in each word—except the last letter—with asterisks.
Example:
***Y ****R ****E
Answer:
Mary Tyler Moore
Here’s Thursday’s puzzle:
**A *****R