Tuesday, May 19, 2009

LaPaz & Lakeville, Indiana; May 19, 2009

Announcements

Announcements: Send announcements to llbeacon193@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.

Beacon Sports

Midwest League:
TinCaps 9, Silver Hawks 0.
South Bend Motor Speedway: 2009 Dick Beebe Memorial Race; May 24 (rain date May 25); gates open noon; qualifying 1 p.m.; general admission is $7, but if you have a ticket stub from any other track, take $2 off to make it $5; seniors are $3, kids 14 and under are free.
ND Scores: Tennis, Women's NCAA Tournament--(9) California 4, (5) ND 2; (Irish end season with 28-5 record and best showing ever in NCAA tournament); Basketball, Women, European Tour Finale, Rome--ND 94, Athena Basket 39; Rowing, Women, South Central Sprints--Irish move up from ninth to eighth place due to scoring error; Baseball--Irish open Big East tournament vs. St. John's today in Clearwater, FL.
NBA Playoffs: No games scheduled; playoffs resume tonight.
WNBA: Season begins Thursday.
NHL Playoffs: Penguins 3, Hurricanes 2 (Penguins lead 1-0).
MLB National League: Cubs idle; Dodgers 3, Mets 2 (11); Brewers 8, Cardinals 4; Diamondbacks at Marlins PPD after 3 1/2 innings; Marlins lead 1-0; Rockies 5, Braves 1; Pirates 12, Nationals 7.
MLB American League: Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2; Yankees 7, Twins 6; Rays 13, Athletics 4; Angels 10, Mariners 6.

Local


Local Headlines: Back to Normal--
neighborhoods getting back to normal around ND campus after President Obama's visit and massive influx of anti-abortion protestors; Budget--South Bend officials seek budget cut suggestions; will hold two town hall meetings this week; Tuesday night in South Bend Washington High School's auditorium and Thursday night in IUSB's Northside Hall; both meetings are from 5-7 p.m.; Priors--reports show four accidents, three suspensions for driver suspected in hit-and-run death of Mishawaka four-year-old girl which also critically injured older sister; Transpo--Transpo will accept atheist ads on buses; Swine Flu--swine flu case confirmed in Berrien County; Assault--Mishawaka girl, 17, says she was assaulted and raped early Sunday morning in her home; mother of girl reportedly owed man money; Chase--suspects in shooting early this morning captured after short pursuit that ended at hospital; man shot in back in 1800 block of South Scott Street at 2:30 this morning.
Deaths: John Owen, 84, last survivor of the WWII battle of Iwo Jima in the St. Joseph Valley Marine Corps League, died last Thursday and will be honored in Monday's West Side Memorial Day Parade and the Mishawaka Memorial Day Parade.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--
President Obama meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu; says Netanyahu must stop Jewish settlements and grasp "historic opportunity" to make peace with Palestinians; Sri Lanka--Sri Lanka says 25-year-old civil war is over after killing of Tamil Tiger rebel chief
Velupillai Prabhakaran; Sri Lankans celebrate in streets; Flu--new flu strain worrying health officials; has spread to 48 states; killed vice-principal at New York City school over the weekend; U.N.--former President Clinton to be U.N. special envoy to Haiti; Space--astronauts finish work on Hubble telescope; Pakistan--U.S. to give Pakistan $100-million humanitarian aid; Wisconsin--DNA links five women's slayings in Milwaukee; Tennessee--slave memorial dedicated at the Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson's home near Nashville; 60 slaves were recently reinterred on the grounds.
Deaths: David Herbert Donald, 88; Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Civil War and American South; leading authority on Abraham Lincoln.

Weather
Today High 74 Low 55 Sunny
Wed High 81 Low 57 Sunny
Thu
High 82 Low 54 Mostly Sunny
Fri High 72 Low 52 Partly Cloudy
Sat
High 73 Low 54 Partly Cloudy

TV Listing: 16--8-9 p.m., Most Outrageous Moments (two-hour episode); 9 p.m., Law and Order: SVU; 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., Reaper; 9 p.m., 90210; 28--8 p.m., American Idol; 9 p.m., Glee; 34--8 p.m., Nova; 9 p.m., Frontline; 46--7-10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 57--8-11 p.m., Dancing With the Stars; 69--8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Jail (two episodes).

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