Daily Bread for 8.6.12

Good morning.

Whitewater’s week begins with sunny, clear skies, and a high temperature of eighty-four.

At 4 PM this afternoon, the city’s Parks and Recreation Board meets.

NASA’s Curiosity rover landed successfully on Mars earlier this morning,  It’s a triumph for science, and evidence of America’s ambition and ingenuity:

Google’s daily puzzle asks about a government policy during hard times, from years ago: “How many dollars per troy ounce did the government pay to confiscate citizens’ gold after it was outlawed in the U.S.?”