Sept. 4, 2026 tickets (7:30 p.m.) for AC/DC at Rockne Stadium, Univ. of Notre Dame -- $80 price is lower for "Cheap Seats"

hospitality@nd.edu

Aug. 20, 2026 

Ticketmaster has a limit of

4 tickets per student / concertgoer

PERSONS who exceed the ticket

limit may have any or all of their

orders and tickets cancelled without

any notice by TICKET MASTER

by its own discretion

ticketmaster.com/ac-dc-power-up-tour-south-bend-09-04-2026/event

Commemorative COIN -- 25 years ago -- honor the first responders / those who rescued Twin Towers, Pentagon survivors that day of testing - fire

9/11

commemorative coin to be given

to all blood donors

August 24 - Sept. 30, 2026

SBMF (S. Bend, IN)

givebloodnow.com/

Kim Jong-Un has no interest in meeting with Trump 2.0

 Aug. 20, 2026

Korea Enterprise Institute

KEIA.org

"The N. Korean leader has

a far stronger negotiating position

than he had in 2019; also he

sees no need for a U.S. Sanctions

relief or a meeting with Donald

John Trump"

analysis/kim-jong-un-has-no

interest-in-meeting-Donald-Trump/

Trump's 15 - point plan to ensure peace in GAZA -- now opposed by Netanyahu (BREAKING NEWS : Aug. 9 - Jerusalem P.M. & Cabinet / Knesset)

UPDATE : Aug. 20, 2026

State Dept. tells Congress it is funding

Gaza Plan to disarm Hamas and 

Israel to withdraw -- however,

Netanyahu has no such intention

nytimes.com/ GAZA-peacekeepers.

funding.html

"Trump Officials move to fund

ISRAEL Rejects Trump's 15-point

plan Hamas disarmament - Gaza re-settlement  dot-html

morning of Sunday 8/9/2026 

Neil Gehrels Swift SPACE OBSERVATORY to fall to earth : NASA's Jared Isaacman admits defeat in saving it to remain in safe orbit

 AXIOS coverage

8/19/2026

reporter Alex Fitzpatrick

"NASA Aborts Attempt

To Save Dying Space Telescope"

the Trump-Vance space administrator

Jared Isaacman, billionaire

space veteran / astro-tourist

admitted NASA's ambitious

rescue mission has been called

off and the Space TELESCOPE

will burn up on uncontrolled

entry into the atmosphere.

NASA is aware that it will

re-enter earth's atmosphere later

in 2026. . .and try to

"help fill the gap of telescope

options in the meantime."

BCYF (Berrien County MI) Youth Fair : all week - until Sat. Aug. 22, 2026

 Monday August 17, 2026

7 a.m.

FIRST DAY

Gates close at 10 p.m.

Daily -- Tuesday, Wed., Thurs. (TODAY

Aug. 20) , tomorrow Friday 8/21

through Sat. Aug. 22, 2026

https://BCYF.us

Berrien Springs, MI

M-139 near Andrews Univ., Berrien

YOUTH

FAIRGROUNDS

August 2026 blog statistics [ 83K + over first twenty days ]

 1,063 visits/ views  -- August 1, 2026

Sunday August 2, 2026 -- 1,024 visits / views thus far

week of

August 3 -- 1,018 visits/ views

Primary Election Day 8/4  - - 3,095

August 5 - - 903

6                  1,015

7                   1,282

Sat. 8/8           831

Sunday 9th     830

8/10                1,274

8/11                 4,830 

Wed. 12th        27,819 [ most visits during month August 2026 / views ]

13                    3,352

14                    2,708

15                        7,967 [ runner-up day for views ]

Sunday 8/16                4,257

8/17                             4,658

8/18                             5,204

8/19                              3,892

8/20                               6,593

8/21

8/22

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