Good morning, Whitewater
There are no municipal public meetings scheduled in the city today. Civil society needs neither government calendar nor agenda — it’s ours freely to shape and enjoy.
At the high school , there are three meetings today. At 6 p.m., there is a model U.N. meeting. At 7 p.m., in the auditorium, there is an ELL (English Language Learners) awards program. Also at 7 p.m., there is a Future Farmers of America meeting.
The National Weather Service predicts that today offers a likelihood of thunderstorms with a high in the upper sixties. The Farmers’ Almanac awkwardly says that today will be “wet, especially for the Great Lakes.” They mean the area around the Great Lakes, of course. They’re also concerned about possible tornadoes for Illinois and Indiana.
On this date in 1861, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, the “First Recorded Kidney Removal Occurs.” The WHS relates that “on this date Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott, a Milwaukee surgeon, performed the first recorded removal of a diseased kidney.” I do not know if they mean in Wisconsin, in America, or in history. If it’s in history, then the operation would be a milestone, albeit overdue in human experience.