Thursday, April 16, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; April 16, 2009

Announcements

City of South Bend:

▪Common Council--April 27, 7 p.m., fourth-floor Council Chambers.
▪Board of Public Works Meeting--April 27, 9:30 a.m., Room 1308, County-City Building.
Redevelopment Commission Meeting--April 17, 10 a.m., 13th floor, County-City Building.
▪Parks and Recreation Board--April 20, 4 p.m., O'Brien Administration and Recreation Center, 321 E. Walter Street.

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

▪Riverdance, April 14, 7:30 p.m.; and April 15, 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
▪Crosby, Stills and Nash: tickets on sale.
▪Umphrey's McGee: April 17, 8 p.m.
▪The Comedy Relief Package With Sommore: April 25, 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

Midwest League: Silver Hawks 4-1, Lugnuts 2-3; Great Lakes Loons visit Cove tonight; game time is 6:05 p.m.
ND Scores: Basketball, Men--Luke Harangody to announce today whether he will enter this year's NBA draft; Women--Melissa Lechlitner named MVP for 2008-09 season; Baseball, U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago--Northwestern 5, ND 1; Tennis, Saint Mary's--SMC 7, Bethel 2; Lacrosse--Scott Rodgers and Jillian Byers nominated for Tewaaton Trophy.
Bethel Scores: Tennis, Women--see "ND Scores" above; Baseball--Bethel 3-1, St. Francis (IN) 0-6.
NBA: Pacers 115, Bucks 108; Raptors 109, Bulls 98; Kings 97, Timberwolves 90; Mavericks 95, Rockets 84; Celtics 115, Wizards 107; Grizzlies 98, Hawks 90; Knicks 102, Nets 73; 76ers 111, Cavaliers 110 (OT); Magic 98, Bobcats 73; Heat 102, Pistons 96 (OT); Spurs 105, Hornets 98 (OT); Trailblazers 104, Nuggets 76; Thunder 126, Clippers 85; Suns 117, Warriors 113.
NHL Playoffs: Rangers 4, Capitals 3 (Rangers lead 1-0); Penguins 4, Flyers 1 (Penguins lead 1-0); Devils 4, Hurricanes 1 (Devils lead 1-0); Canucks 2, Blues 1 (Canucks lead 1-0).
MLB National League: Rockies 5, Cubs 2; Cardinals 12, Diamondbacks 7; Astros 4, Pirates 1; Phillies at Nationals, PPD; Mets 7, Padres 2; Marlins 10, Braves 4; Brewers 9, Reds 3; Dodgers 5, Giants 4.
MLB American League: Tigers 9, White Sox 0; Mariners 11, Angels 3 (Ken Griffey, Jr., becomes first players to hit 400 hrs. for one club {Mariners} and 200 for another [Reds] Ichiro gets hit number 3,085 [includes Japanese and U.S. major leagues] to break record of retired Japanese League star Isao Harimoto; Harimoto was flown by Japanese TV network to Seattle for the game); Indians 5, Royals 4; Red Sox 8, Athletics 2; Yankees 4, Rays 3; Rangers 19, Orioles 6; Blue Jays 12, Twins 2.

Local

Local Headlines: Deployment--160 members of Indiana National Guard's 1313th Engineer Company will be activated next month for deployment to Iraq; Voting--St. Joseph County mulls cutting voting precincts; under proposed plan number of precincts would go from 230 to 70 but citizens could vote at any of them; SJC Election Board Chairman James Korpal says move could save county $100,000; Border--Indiana House and Senate pass bill to retrace Indiana-Michigan border; Investigation--physicians at Doctors' Hospital in Bremen investigated for Medicare fraud; More Investigation--SBPD investigates report that fetal remains were found in a garage on South Bend's west side; Tea Time--tax protestors hold "tea parties" across nation, including St. Joseph County.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--Obamas reveal they paid $855,000 in federal taxes and $78,000 in state income taxes on $2,656,902 in adjusted gross income in 2008; most of income came from book royalties; President Obama visits Mexico; Economy--JP Morgan Chase posts better than expected profit; Harley Davidson to cut jobs as 1Q profit dips; Southwest Airlines posts first quarter loss; Nokia profit plunges 90% in first quarter; D.C.--American merchant sailors who thwarted pirates return to U.S.; North Korea--expelled UN nuclear inspectors leave North Korea; Snakes On Plane--baby pythons escape during flight in Australia.
Entertainment: NASA--instead of a Space Station node, NASA names a treadmill after comedian Stephen Colbert; Rudy Show--Keshia Knight Pulliam (Rudy Huxtable) and live-in boyfriend Kaseem Penn to have cable reality show to be called "Keshia and Kasheem;" American Idol--"Idol" judges use veto power to save Matt Giraud from elimination.
Deaths: Jack D. Hunter, 87, author of "The Blue Max".

Weather
Today High 63 Low 38 Sunny
Fri High 69 Low 44 Mostly Sunny
Sat
High 70 Low 46 Mostly Cloudy
Sun High 59 Low 42 Showers
Mon
High 48 Low 36 Showers

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