Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:05 and sunset is 7:50 for 13 hours 45 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 44.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
There will be a ribbon-cutting for the Whitewater Fire Department Training Facility at 4 PM, and the Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1692, during the Salem Witch Trials, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, John Willard, and clergyman George Burroughs are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
“Promises made, promises kept.” Other presidents have employed variations of that phrase, although few with the gusto of President Trump; he even proclaims it on the White House website. When it comes to the economy, though, “promises not kept” would be a more apt description of the first 19 months of Trump 2.0. And many of the promises he has kept are causing as much damage as critics predicted. All in all, while Mr. Trump continues to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had, by far,” the record to date falls far short of that lofty pronouncement.
Forthcomingtopics (in no particular order): Development in Downtown Whitewater (Follow-Up), the Value of a UW-Whitewater Education, A New Ethics Ordinance, and Polling Places in the City (Further Considerations).
Weeks without rain have caused Italy’s Tiber River to fall to unusually low levels, revealing the remains of an ancient Roman bridge near the Vatican. Traditionally known as Nero’s bridge, archaeologists believe the structure may actually date back to the reign of Emperor Caligula.
