Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of seventy-four and east winds of 5 to 10 mph.
The Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM in the City Manger’s Secret Lair Conference Room, on the second floor of City Hall.
On this day in 1836, Texas elects a president:
….Sam Houston is elected as president of the Republic of Texas, which earned its independence from Mexico in a successful military rebellion….
Houston was appointed military commander of the Texas army.
Though the rebellion suffered a crushing blow at the Alamo in early 1836, Houston was soon able to turn his army’s fortunes around. On April 21, he led some 800 Texans in a surprise defeat of 1,500 Mexican soldiers under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the San Jacinto River. Santa Anna was captured and brought to Houston, where he was forced to sign an armistice that would grant Texas its freedom. After receiving medical treatment for his war wounds in New Orleans, Houston returned to win election as president of the Republic of Texas on September 5. In victory, Houston declared that “Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations….It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.”
Houston served as the republic’s president until 1838, then again from 1841 to 1844. Despite plans for retirement, Houston helped Texas win admission to the United States in 1845 and was elected as one of the state’s first two senators. He served three terms in the Senate and ran successfully for Texas’ governorship in 1859. As the Civil War loomed, Houston argued unsuccessfully against secession, and was deposed from office in March 1861 after refusing to swear allegiance to the Confederacy. He died of pneumonia in 1863.
Puzzability‘s series for the week is entitled, Labor Unions:
Labor Unions
We’re sure you can work this all out. For each day this Labor Day week, we started with the name of a TV character and his or her occupation. Each day’s clue shows the name and the occupation melded together in a string of letters, with each in order but intermingled with the other.
Example:
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Answer: Andy Taylor/sheriff
What to Submit: Submit the character’s name and his or her occupation, in that order (as “Andy Taylor/sheriff” in the example), for your answer.
Here’s today’s puzzle:
Thursday, September 5
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