Good morning.
We’ll have occasional morning drizzle in the Whippet City, with patchy fog. Thereafter, Wednesday will gradually become sunnier, with a high of 83.
Downtown Whitewater’s Board of Directors meets this morning at 8 AM.
Sixteen-year-old Noah Graham had an unexpected and violent encounter with a wolf, but now Noah’s fortunately recovering and the wolf’s dead:
On this day in 1937, Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
On August 28, 1928, Babe Ruth has a good day:
1928 – Babe Ruth Cracks Homer in Milwaukee
On this date Babe Ruth hit a towering game-winning home run in the ninth inning to give his team a 5-4 victory in a baseball exhibition at Borchert Field in Milwaukee. Lou Gehrig also played at this event. [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
For the week of August 26 to 30, Puzzability offers a back-to-school series entitled, Welcome, students:
Welcome, Students
For this week’s class act, we started each day with a word or phrase, added the seven letters in the word STUDENT, and rearranged all the letters to get a new phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the shorter one first.
Example:
Skating venues; Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man love interest
Answer:
Rinks; Kirsten Dunst
What to Submit:
Submit both pieces, with the shorter one first (as “Rinks; Kirsten Dunst” in the example), for your answer.
Here’s today’s puzzle:
Wednesday, August 28
Very close friends; agency responsible for making American coins