Good morning.
Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 83. Sunrise is 6:02 and sunset is 7:55 for 13 hours 53 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 17.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1960, Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet, setting three records that held until 2012: high-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
After an injury while hiking this July, Sanders is ready to get back on the trail:
Ninety-one-year-old Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders was less than 150 miles from completing his goal of becoming the oldest person ever to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail when health concerns, combined with the loss of a close family member, forced him off the trail. Now he says he’s been cleared to get back to hiking and will return to the AT to finish what he started.
See Kelly Floro, At 91, Dale “Greybeard” Sanders Got Injured Just 142 Miles Shy of the AT Age Record — But He’s Not Giving Up, The Trek, August 14, 2026.
Admirable.
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Forthcoming topics (in no particular order): Development in Downtown Whitewater, Power Lines Near the City, A New Ethics Ordinance, and Polling Places in the City (further considerations).
In California, coyotes seize control of an abandoned construction site:
See also Cat v. Coyote, Cat Defeats Three Coyotes in Combat, Cat Defends Arizona Home Against Coyote, and The Trouble That Coyotes Cause.