South Bend, Indiana; August 28, 2008

Local

Another Running Gun Battle: A man was taken to the emergency room with a gunshot wound in the arm early this morning after a running gun battle on the South Bend's southwest side.
The battle involved the occupants of two vehicles near Prairie Avenue. It ended at Prairie and Carlisle Streets.
The South Bend Police and K-9 Unit are still investigating.
Conviction In 1995 Fatal Shooting: South Bend resident Jarrode E. Phillips, 33, was convicted of the fatal drive-by shooting of Weldon Jeffries, Jr. in 1995.
The shooting took place at the corner of Illinois and Jefferson Streets on South Bend's west side.
Phillips had already been convicted of federal charges of racketeering, drug trafficking, and weapons offenses. The time from the 1995 crime will be added to that from the first conviction. The old sentence doesn't end until 2020.

Announcements

Pow Wow: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is holding its 23d annual Kee-Boon-Meen-Kaa Pow Wow this Saturday and Sunday at tribal headquarters southwest of Dowagiac. Gates open at 10 a.m. each day.

Uncle Ron's Ramblings

Obama Acceptance Speech Tonight: I know that headline is redundant. The announcement in the TV section already says in big bold letters that tonight is the big night: All three major networks will televise Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
There are three football games tonight and a Smallville rerun (Kara/Supergirl is still trapped in the Phantom Zone until the new season starts; hopefully they won't leave her there) but they should be over by the time network convention coverage starts (if someone has a digital TV they can watch complete prime time coverage on PBS channel 34).
Two of the football games feature the Bears or Colts and the Bear game features Brady Quinn starting at quarterback (see article in Sports).
Bill Clinton, 42d President of the United States, put aside any rumored ill-will last night and urged—in his usual eloquent manner—the assembled Democrats at the convention to work to make the man who defeated his wife for the nomination the 44th.
"Clearly, the job of the next president is to rebuild the American Dream and restore America's standing in the world," the former president said. "Everything I learned in my eight years as president and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job."
President Clinton's speech came after Sen. Hillary Clinton had taken to the stage earlier in the evening to call for an acclimation vote to nominate her former rival.
The evening concluded with Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Biden's acceptance speech reminding the delegates "John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right."
The vice-presidential acceptance speech was supposed to conclude the evening but it wasn't over. The now official presidential nominee made a brief appearance at the podium with his running mate.
The McCain camp stole a little bit of the Democratics' thunder by announcing that he had made his pick for vice-president and would announce it Friday.
Does SBCSC Need a National Search: Can anybody tell me why the South Bend Community School Corporation needs to spend money for a national search on top of the money they spent to buy out former Superintendent Robert Zimmerman.
Interim South Bend Community School Corporation seems to be doing a capable job. He has all the qualifications, he seems to have a good rapport with the board—or they wouldn't have selected him, and he knows this system as well as anybody since he has worked his way up from teacher to acting superintendent.
Why bring in an outsider and then take a chance on that person falling out of favor with the school board.
Consider the SBCSC's history with superintendents would a candidate want to uproot his or her family and move them across the country.
A letter writer to the South Bend Tribune asked that question today. It's a valid one.

Free Press Sports

Wizards 7, #Silver Hawks 2, (#Second Half Eastern Division Champs): Daniel Fournier (L 0-3) gave up seven runs in 1.2 innings for the Hawks.
Matt Oxendine and Derrick Walker had three and two hits respectively for South Bend but they were wasted as the Hawks stranded nine batters.
The Hawks had one bright spot. Clay Zavada retired seven of the eight batters he faced to lower his ERA to 0.54. He struck out five but he did hit one batter.
The Hawks (41-24) are still competing with the Burlington Bees (41-23) for the best record in the second Midwest League half-season.
The two teams meet again tonight at Fort Wayne's Memorial Stadium; game time is 7 p.m.
The Hawks host the first half-season champion Lugnuts this weekend. Tomorrow's game begins at 6:30 p.m.
MLB NL: Cubs 2, Pirates 0; Cardinals 7, Brewers 5; Padres 5, Diamondbacks 4; Mets 6, Phillies 3; Marlins 4, Braves 1; Nationals 5, Dodgers 4; Astros 4, Reds 1; Giants 4, Rockies 1.
MLB AL: Orioles 11, White Sox 3; Twins 6, Mariners 5; Red Sox 11, Yankees 3; Indians 9, Tigers 7; Rays 1, Blue Jays 0; Rangers 3, Royals 2; Athletics 6, Angels 5.
MLS Scores: No games scheduled.
WNBA Scores: No games scheduled during Olympics; season resumes tonight.
Busch, Edwards On Probation: Sprint Cup points leaders Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards have been placed on probation for six races.
The probation stems from an incident between the two Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Busch, who is ahead in the points standings, finished second to points runner-up Edwards and bumped him on the cool-down lap. Edwards retaliated.
Quinn Should Start At Soldier Field Tonight: ND graduate Brady Quinn is the probable starter for the Browns tonight against the Bears.
Browns start Derek Anderson is back at practice but is still feeling the effects from a concussion suffered at the hands of the New York Giants.
Quinn has been running the first team.

Weather
Today High 83 Low 65 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 81 Low 54 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 83 Low 56Clear
Sun High 85 Low 58 Clear
Mon High 86 Low 61 Clear

TV Schedule: 16—7-10 p.m., NFL: Jaguars at Redskins; 10 p.m., *Democratic National Convention; 22—7-10 p.m., NFL: Browns at Bears; 9 p.m., 10 p.m., *Democratic National Convention; 25—8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8-10 p.m., Moment Of Truth; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey's Anatomy; 10 p.m., *Democratic National Convention; 69—7-10 p.m., Bengals at Colts. (*Note: Democratic Convention coverage tonight features Barack Obama's acceptance speech).

Nation/World

Republic of Georgia Update: China and other Asian nations have rebuffed Russia's hopes of international support for the Russian's actions in the Republic of Georgia.
Russia first invaded the rebellious provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, then moved into the rest of Georgia. They announced a cease fire, but then said they would leave checkpoints in the breakaway provinces and in Georgia proper.
This week Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that Russia was recognizing the independence of the two provinces.
The move has brought condemnation from the United States and European Union. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice called Russia's action a "violation of international law."