Dial-a-ride / Mass Transit-transportation (City of Niles, MI) -- back in service Saturday 8/8

Closed today

Friday August 7 for staff training;

the Dial-a-ride buses will be

back in service tomorrow

(8/8/26).

Panel (Weekly) plus moderator Jeffrey Goldberg

Washington WEEK in Review (PBS News/

politics / world / diplomacy overview)

to air Friday 8/7/2026

at 8 p.m. eastern

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guest panelists are:

Carl Hulse

Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Jonathan Karl

Missy Ryan

August 2026 blog statistics [ nearly 9 K over first six 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 [ most visits in a day this entire month ]

August 5 - - 903

6                  1,015

7                   1,148

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9K  total thus far

Earth, Wind, & Fire tour date cancelled (August 2026)

 coverage in 

Rolling Stone (online edition)

Aug. 7, TOUR Concert

at Chase Center, S. Francisco, CA

cancelled when member of the

funk -Pop band hospitalized with

cardiac incident, necessitating

re-schedule of tonight's date. . .

ALSO this tour included

POP legend

Lionel Richie

On this date in 1971

Apollo 15 returned safely to earth after its lunar

mission, splashing down AUGUST 7, 1971

in the Pacific Ocean as a lunar module!

AP News (online overview)

TODAY in HISTORY

One month away -- Notre Dame Fighting Irish FB program for 2026 begins at Green Bay, WI then home opener on Sept. 12

 Calling it "Shamrock Series"

the season opener is

Sunday Sept. 6

at 7:30 p.m. at Green Bay, WI

while Saturday Sept. 12

3:30 p.m. (NBC - Peacock)

will be a South Bend, IN

home game versus Rice University

(Texas).  They do not belong to

a "Football Conference" -- 

nowadays only UConn and

Notre Dame Irish are considered

"Independents" for FOOTBALL.

Adult Craft activity: Make a wood burning bookmark: Aug. 12, 2026, 1 p.m.

next Wed. Aug. 12 -- FREE

Must pre-register

at MAIN Library

(Cass District Library,

Cassopolis, MICH.)

Adult Craft Club:

we will make wood burning

bookmark

(Materials and Instruction FREE)

This library program is for

ages 18+, no upper limit.

Call Stephanie Knepple to

pre-register (required)

269-749-1384