Good morning, Whitewater
In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a famous award:
1857 – First Sheboygan County Cheese Award
On this date N.C. Harmon of Lyman was awarded the first premium prize for cheese made in Sheboygan County. The award was given at the Sheboygan Agricultural Society fair held in Sheboygan Falls. The next year saw John J. Smith procure the first cheese vat in Sheboygan County. He manufactured cheese on a cooperative plan, collecting curd from his neighbors. Both are early events in the long and important history of cheesemaking in Sheboygan. [Source: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Genealogy and History]
Closer to home, there’s information about an award, too. Congratulations to the Risdall Marketing Group, part of the Risdall Advertising Agency, of New Brighton, Minnesota, for their design of the Whitewater Unified School District’s website. The Minnesota firm submitted its design of the website for a contest, and won one of the Web Marketing Association’s WebAwards. I wondered if the website was locally designed (it didn’t seem so). Now, about that “Whippet” …
In honor of the occasion, a video uploaded to YouTube in 2006 of real whippets playing:
Here’s today’s almanac:
| Thursday, September 24, 2009 | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Official Time | 06:44 AM | 06:49 PM |
| Civil Twilight | 06:15 AM | 07:17 PM |
| Tomorrow | 06:45 AM | 06:47 PM |
| Tomorrow will be: | 3 minutes shorter | |
| Amount of sunlight: | 12h 5 m | |
| Amount of daylight: | 13h 2 m | |
| Moon phase: | Waxing Crescent | |