Wednesday, April 1, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; April 1, 2009

Announcements

City of South Bend:

Redevelopment Commission Meeting--April 3, 10 a.m., County-City Building 13th floor conference room.
▪Common Council--Monday, April 13, 7 p.m., fourth-floor Council Chambers.
▪Board of Public Works Meeting--Monday, April 13, 9:30 a.m., Room 1308, County-City Building.

Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc.:

▪Neighborhood Yoga--gentle yoga practice for beginners and continuing students Monday afternoons from 4-5:15 p.m. at the NNN Neighborhood Center. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat.
Questions? Call Ann at 289-8366 or email at aclark@saintmarys.e
▪Adopt-A-Block Kickoff--Saturday, April 18, 8 a.m., NNN Office.

The Morris Performing Arts Center

South Bend Symphony Orchestra: April 4, 8 p.m.; featuring Bethel College Concert Choir.
▪Annie--April 10, 8 p.m. and April 11, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Recycling Containers: St. Joseph County residents who still don't have their new recycling bins can call Borden Waste-Away Services at 1-800-683-6801.
Announcements: Send announcements to southbendfreepress@gmail.com.

S.B. Free Press Sports

NBA Basketball: Pacers 107, Bulls 105; Cavaliers 79, Pistons 73; Bobcats 94, Lakers 84; 76ers 98, Hawks 85; Mavericks 108, Timberwolves 88; Thunder 96, Spurs 95; Nuggets 111, Knicks 104; Trailblazers 125, Jazz 104; Hornets 111, Kings 110.
ND Scores: Basketball, Men's NIT Semifinals, Tuesday, Madison Square Garden--Baylor 76, San Diego St. 62; Penn St. 67, ND 59; Luke Harangody named second team All-American; Lacrosse, Men--(3) ND 9, Villanova 7 (8-0 start equals best in ND history); Tennis, Women--(4) Baylor 5, (3) ND 2; Golf, Southwestern Invitational (Georgetown, TX)--Saint Mary's finishes second; Hockey--Christian Hanson signs with Toronto Maple Leafs; Baseball, Softball--rained out; Football--former two-way tackle Gus Cifelli, 84, who helped lead ND to three national championships while playing for Frank Leahy, dies; also played for Lions, Packers, Steelers, and Eagles in NFL.
NHL Scores: Canadiens 4, Blackhawks 1; Blue Jackets 2, Predators 1; Bruins 3, Lightning 1; Panthers 5, Senators 2; Canucks 2, Wild 1 (OT); Ducks 5, Oilers 3; Stars 3, Kings 2.
College Basketball: Men, NCAA Semifinals, April 4 (Ford's Field, Detroit)--Michigan St. vs. U Conn, 6:07 p.m.; ; Villanova vs. UNC, 8:47 p.m. (WSBT-TV);
Women, NCAA Oklahoma City Region--Oklahoma 74, Purdue 68; Trenton Region--U Conn 83, Arizona St. 64.
NCAA Notes: Kentucky--Kentucky hires Memphis' John Calipari as new head basketball coach.
MLB Exhibition Scores: Angels 8, Cubs 4; Rockies 4, White Sox 1; Cardinals 7, Orioles 3; Dodgers 10, Diamondbacks 9; Yankees 6, Reds 3; Twins 12, Pirates 8; Athletics 7, Royals 2; Red Sox 8, Rays 7; Giants 10, Rangers 3; Nationals 7, Tigers 2; Mets 9, Panthers 2; Mariners 12, Indians 4; Phillies 9, Blue Jays 1; Padres 6, Brewers 5; Astros 8, Braves 3.
MLB Notes: Tigers--Tigers eat $14,000,000 in salary to release Gary Sheffield; Sheffield needs one more homer to reach 500 for career.
Deaths: Herman Franks, 95, managed Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, and Gaylord Perry with Giants; also managed Cubs from 1977-79.

Local

Local Headlines: Hummer--GM still in talks about future of Hummer brand; Taxes--Indiana House tries to move up tax caps a year; fueling budget angst at local government levels.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: G20 Summit--U.S., Russia say they want to reduce Nuke warheads; President Obama meets with British PM Gordon Brown and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; president urges other nations to not fall into the kind of protectionism and other mistakes that helped fuel the Great Depression; G-20 protestors break into Royal Bank of Scotland; North Dakota--Red River continues to drop near Fargo; Pakistan--suspected U.S. missile kills 12 alleged militants; Wall St.--stock market has best month in six years; Economy--private sector axes 742,000 jobs in March; Walgreens giving free care to jobless and uninsured; Alaska--feds drop corruption charges against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens because prosecutors withheld evidence from Stevens' defense attorneys; Mt. Redoubt volcano spews 25,000-feet-high ash plume; North Carolina--mass shooting at nursing home apparently act of revenge against wife who worked there; wife had just left shooting suspect; South Asia--6,000 rare Irawaddy dolphins found in freshwater inlet near Bay of Bengal in South Asia.
Entertainment: ER--ER ends 15-year run on NBC with final original episode Thursday.
Deaths--former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin, 82, his administration ended era of military dictatorships in Argentina; actor Andy Hallett, 33; played horned, green-skinned, good-guy demon Lorne in "Angel" TV series.

Weather
Today High 53 Low 38 Partly Cloudy/Wind
Thu High 61 Low 38 PM Showers
Fri
High 44 Low 32 Showers/Wind
Sat
High 53 Low 34 Mostly Sunny
Sun
High 54 Low 37 Rain

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