Tuesday, July 7, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; July 7, 2009

Announcements

City of South Bend:

▪Common Council--July 13, 7 p.m., fourth-floor Council Chambers.
▪Board of Public Works Meeting--July 13 , 9:30 a.m., Room 1308, County-City Building.
Redevelopment Commission Meeting--July 6, 10 a.m., 13th floor, County-City Building.
▪Parks and Recreation Board--July 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.edu

The Morris Performing Arts Center

▪Mamma Mia: July 24, 8 p.m.; July 25, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; July 26, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
▪Alice Cooper with Blue Oyster Cult Tickets Go On Sale: May 30; performance August 9, 7:30 p.m.
▪Robin Williams Rescheduled: Robin Williams' appearance--originally scheduled for April 17 but postponed due to his heart surgery--rescheduled for October 1.

Announcements: Send announcements to southbendfreepress@gmail.com.
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.
Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ribs Cook-Off: July 17, opens to the public for lunch. Competition begins at 11:30 a.m. Restaurants/caterers will start selling lunch and continue to cook up ribs, drinks, and additional food items into the evening. In addition to meals available for purchase vendors will offer a ribs sampling of two bones for $3, allowing attendees to judge the flavors themselves.
The event is free and open to the public. A limited amount of entries to compete in the Cook-Off are still available. Cost is $150 for an amateur team, $275 for a professional team, and $350 for restaurant/catering. Please call Kristen Pflipsen at (574) 235-5717.
4-H Fair: July 3-11, St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds.
Admission is $8 (free for 8 years and under, $5 for 65 years and older); Dollar Days are Monday, July 6 and Wednesday, July 8.
Concessionaire hours--12-10 p.m.; Midway hours--2-10 p.m.; Nature Center hours--10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Commercial Building--12-10 p.m.
4-H Livestock Auction starts at 9 a.m. Friday, July 10.
For more information go to www.4hfair.com.

S.B. Free Press Sports

Midwest League: Lugnuts 5, Silver Hawks 3.
MLB National League: Cubs 4, Braves 2; Giants 5, Marlins 4; Diamondbacks 6, Padres 5; Rockies 1, Nationals 0; Astros 4, Pirates 1; Phillies 22, Reds 1.
MLB American League: White Sox idle; Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6; Royals 4, Tigers 3; Athletics 6, Red Sox 0; Angels 9, Rangers 4; Mariners 5, Orioles 0.
MLB Notes: Cubs--written agreement reached to sell Cubs for $900-million; buyer is family of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.
WNBA: No games scheduled.
NBA Notes: Mavericks--Mavericks keep Jason Kidd for three years, $25-million; Celtics--Celtics sign F Rasheed Wallace.
Golf: Mickleson--
Phil Mickleson's mother diagnosed with breast cancer six weeks after his wife's tumor discovered; Mickleson says it is "highly unlikely" he will play at British Open.
Deaths: French tennis player Matthew Montcourt, 24; ranked 119th in world; recently suspended five weeks for betting on other players; NFL Hall of Fame OL Lou Creekmur, 82; played on Lions' three NFL championship teams in 1950's; one of five Lions from that era inducted into Hall.

Local

Local Headlines: Marines Deploy--46 Marines from local reserve company get send-off; leaving for training at Camp Pendleton, CA., and deployment to Afghanistan; Arson Suspect--police seek Douglas Grant, 29, in Diamond Avenue arson that destroyed two homes, left six people homeless, and sent 92-year-old woman to burn unit; Shootings--police say Sunday shootings on southeast side may be connected; three people wounded including 6-year-old boy; Fireworks--one person injured on Western Avenue when woman tosses M-80 firecracker into taxi.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House/Russia--Presidents Obama and Medvedev develop plan for nuclear arms reduction during Obama family's Moscow visit; agreement would reduce countries' nuclear arsenal to maximum 1,675 weapons and 1,100 delivery vehicles; Obama says U.S. and Russia are not destined to be adversaries; President Obama meets for first time with PM Putin; Senate--Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to be sworn in today; gives Democratics in Senate filibuster-proof majority; Afghanistan--Taliban says it has captured U.S. soldier; South Carolina--serial murder suspect Patrick Burris, 41, killed by police; were investigating burglary complaint at home in Gastonia, 30 miles from where killing spree that claimed five lives started; police say Burris' gun matches one used in killings in Gaffney; suspect had long criminal record; China--China declares curfew in Xinjiang region due to violent clashes between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs that have killed 156 people.
Entertainment: Jackson--Michael Jackson family to hold private funeral at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Deaths: Vasily Aksyonov, 76; one of last dissidents to be expelled from Soviet Union; wrote more than 20 novels; lived in U.S. for more than two decades after being exiled in 1980; John L. Blackburn, 84; University of Alabama administrator who led effort to desegrate school in 1963; former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice called him a friend and mentor.

Weather
Today High 78 Low 56 Mostly Sunny
Wed High 76 Low 62 Partly Cloudy
Thu
High 86 Low 73 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 88 Low 71 Scattered T-Storms
Sat
High 85 Low 67 Scattered T-Storms

TV Listing: 16--8 p.m., Great American Road Trip; 9 p.m., America's Got Talent (two episodes); 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., 90210; 9 p.m., Hitched or Ditched; 28--8-10 p.m., Legally Blonde 2: Red,White, and Blonde; 34--8 p.m., Nova; 9 p.m., Nova ScienceNow; 46--7-10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 57--8 p.m., The Superstars; 9 p.m., Better Off Ted; 9:30 p.m., Scrubs; 69--8 p.m., Heroes Among Us: The 2009 Hero Awards; 9-10 p.m., Jail (two episodes).

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