Iowa Caucuses - February 2020 - changes proposed (to be voted on by Political Party authorities)

from NY Magazine -- online "Intelligencer"

• The 2020 satellite caucus proposal will allow for additional caucus locations on February 3 to expand participation for people who cannot attend their in-person precinct caucus …

• Iowa Democrats can apply to hold a satellite site at places like factories, group homes, or community gathering places, to better accommodate people who cannot attend their in-person caucus. This option will be especially useful for shift workers, Iowans with disabilities, Iowans serving overseas, and students.

• The IDP will create a special satellite-caucus review committee that will review applications and determine approval …

• The results will be reported using the same method as precinct caucus locations. The satellite caucuses will create one additional county in each congressional district. 

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vision 2020 Sept. 23, 2019

Iowa Gets ‘Satellite Caucuses’ After DNC Nixes ‘Virtual’ Plan

By Ed Kilgore

Flash Flood Watch - October 2019

National Weather Service issued the Watch at 2:30 a.m. Thursday October 3, 2019

* Flood Advisory for... Western Cass County in southwestern Michigan... Berrien County in southwestern Michigan... * Until 530 AM EDT. * At 234 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. A report of an inch of rain in 30 minutes was received from the south side of Benton Harbor. Radar also estimates an inch or more of rain falling across much of southern Berrien county into western Cass county. This will cause minor flooding in the advisory area. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Niles, Michigan

Global Mental Health Policy -- China and Indonesia -- Yoder Public Affairs lecture (Free to public)

www.goshen.edu (Goshen College in Goshen, IN )

7:30 pm, Thursday, October 3, 2019
Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall

Prof. Byron Good, Harvard University

Admission is free to students, faculty, staff, and the general public

http://gconline.goshen.edu/public/prod/eventcal/bin/displayDetail.php3?eid=24038&dMonth=Oct&dYear=2019

Mennonite Relief Sale (Since 1968) -- Michiana: N. Indiana and S. Michigan

from MCC dot-org Mennonite Central Committee

Friday, September 27, 2019 - 4:00 pm to Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 2:00 pm

Since our first sale in 1968, the Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale has been raising funds to support the projects and programs of Mennonite Central Committee, a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches. MCC shares God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. The sale is one of forty relief sale events in the U.S. and Canada that together raise over 4.5 million dollars annually. The sale is made possible with the help of hundreds of volunteers who contribute their time and resources.

Attendees can purchase  a variety donated items in the various auctions, craft building, as well all of the many food booths. Some events include Run for Relief, music and children's activities.

Elkhart County IN Fairgrounds

17746 County Road 34

Goshen, IN 46528

Human Trafficking Awareness / Prevention -- Social Worker Flores to speak

Niles, Michigan (Berrien County) -- Thursday September 26, 2019

NILES — The Southwest Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force and Michiana Christian Embassy Church (Main Street) are partnering to host a brown bag lunch featuring author and activist Theresa Flores.

The free event will take place at noon on Thursday, at the church, 1922 E. Main St. in Niles. Snacks and water will be provided.

Flores will share her story of being a 15-year-old sex slave while living in an upper-middle-class suburb of Detroit. She is now a licensed social worker and founder of Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution.

www.leaderpub.com/

Organ Recital (Sept. 22, 2019 at 8 p.m.) -- Sacred Heart Basilica, Notre Dame, IN

Organist Daniel Sansone (who has played concert recitals at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.) will perform at a Free Recital at the Univ. of Notre Dame campus Basilica.

He will present works by J.S. Bach and Jehan Alain as well as the Organ Sonata by Herbert Howells.

No tickets needed; the event is free to the public and to students, faculty, staff.

Last Day of Summer (June - Sept. 2019): Storm Forecast

from Weather dot-com (Weather Channel online):

Thunderstorms likely. Low 62F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall may reach one inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible.

Red Mass -- ahead of Supreme Court term, Washington, D.C. Cathedral

from web posting at Thomas More Society
https://www.stthomasmore.net/redmass

the Annual Red Mass, where judges, lawyers, law students, law faculty, law enforcement, court personnel, and their families and friends gather together, seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we strengthen our resolve to face the challenges of our times.

The 2019 Red Mass will take place on Monday October 7, 2019.  

First day of fall weather - Autumnal Equinox

The summer season ends at 3:50 a.m. Monday September 23, 2019 (Eastern Time Zone).

The autumnal equinox—also called the September or fall equinox—is the astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

What is an Equinox?

The word “equinox” comes from Latin aequus, meaning “equal,” and nox, “night.” On the equinox, day and night are roughly equal in terms of length.

During the equinox, the Sun crosses what we call the “celestial equator”—an imaginary extension into space of Earth’s equator line. The equinox occurs precisely when the Sun’s center passes through this line. When the Sun crosses the equator from north to south, this marks the autumnal equinox; when it crosses from south to north, this marks the vernal equinox.

After the autumnal equinox, the sun is rising later and nightfall comes sooner. This ends with the December solstice, when days start to grow longer and nights shorter.

from Old Farmer's Almanac (online) www.almanac.com/ 

EEE Virus exposure threat makes FB start changes desirable

from Michigan Live! (www.mlive.com/)

Several school districts in Southwest Michigan have moved up kickoff times for Friday’s high school football games to daylight hours in response to the recent outbreak of Eastern equine encephalitis.

The mosquito-borne virus has killed three people in Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties, and it has also been detected in humans in Barry County.

On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services encouraged local leaders from Barry, Berrien, Cass, Genesee, Kalamazoo, Lapeer, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties to consider postponing, rescheduling or canceling outdoor activities, particularly those involving children, in an effort to protect public health.

In response to those recommendations, at least 12 high school football games in Southwest Michigan will be played at least an hour ahead of the normal 7 p.m. kickoff time in an effort to complete the contests before peak mosquito hours.

Mattawan at Niles High School to 5 p.m. (September 20, 2019)

Alzheimer's Walk (Quincy Illinois) - September 14, 2019 at Moorman Park -- 600+ Walkers

https://wgem.com/2019/09/14/quincy-walk-to-end-alezheimers-draws-hundreds/

Enjoy this reporter's video ; the shots from above are by Drone Cameras.

History and Vintage Lawn Games - Recreation (Niles District Library) - Sept. 28, 2019

www.nileslibrary.com/ 

Blast from the Past!
Niles History Center

Saturday, September 28 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

http://www.nileslibrary.com/local-history-and-genealogy/

Trumpism panel discussion (Sept. 13, 2019, 11:30 a.m.) - Political Science Dept. Notre Dame

Event is free to the public
https://politicalscience.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2019/09/13/trumpism-what-is-conservatism-in-the-age-of-trump/

Trumpism: What is Conservatism in the Age of Trump?

Time: Friday September 13, 2019, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Location: Jenkins and Nanovic Halls - FORUM - University of Notre Dame Campus

Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-American journalist, editor, and author. He is currently the op-ed editor of the New York Post and a contributing editor of the Catholic Herald. Previously, he served as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as a senior writer at Commentary magazine. Ignatius Press recently published Ahmari’s spiritual memoir, From Fire, by Water, about his conversion to Roman Catholicism.

David French is a senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, and a contributor to Time. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and a former lecturer at Cornell Law School. In addition, Mr. French is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Charles Kesler is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. He is the recipient of the prestigious 2018 Bradley Prize, a high honor bestowed upon distinguished individuals who have influenced American scholarship and debate. Dr. Kesler is the author of I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism. His edition of The Federalist Papers is the best-selling edition in the country.

Key statistics: 9/11/2001 "by the numbers": Source NY MAGAZINE - online web reference

• Total number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753
• Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
• Number of NYPD officers: 23
• Number of Port Authority police officers: 37
• Number of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128
• Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
• Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
• Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
• Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 2,343
• Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115
• Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
• Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
• Bodies found "intact": 291
• Remains found: 21,906
• Number of families who got no remains: 1,717

http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26

Lincoln, Martial Law, and Political Dissent in the Civil War - Lecture Sept. 18, 2019 - Holy Cross College, Driscoll Hall

Yvonne Pitts, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Purdue University will deliver a lecture on “Lincoln, Martial Law, & Political Dissent During the Civil War” on September 18, 2019 at 7 p.m. in the Driscoll Auditorium at Holy Cross College in commemoration of Constitution Day. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

“We are pleased to have a scholar of the Constitution with us for this event. Dr. Pitts’ historical insights from the nation’s tragic Civil War are bound to shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of our founding document,” said Holy Cross College history department chair Angel Cortes, Ph.D.

Pitts earned her doctoral degree from the University of Iowa in 2006. She is the author of the book Family, Law, and Inheritance in America: A Social and Legal History of Nineteenth Century Kentucky through Cambridge University Press. Pitts received a Filson Fellowship at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, and has been a fellow at J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Professor Pitts’ work has been published in the Journal of Women’s History. She is also the recipient of a Library Scholars Grant, which she is using to study the U.S. military’s regulation of prostitution in Civil War era Nashville, Tennessee. She regularly teaches courses in U.S. constitutional history, the history of sexual regulation, race and the law, and American legal culture.

http://www.hcc-nd.edu/yvonne-pitts-to-deliver-constitution-day-lecture-at-holy-cross-college/

Night without Libraries -- Sept. 5, 2019 -- 5 p.m. Branches close early

Night Without Libraries

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 5 PM, all St. Joseph County (IN) Main and Branch locations will close and our website will go dark for a Night Without Libraries. Join us at Main Library at 5:15 pm as we walk to the County City Building (Downtown South Bend, IN) to urge council members to VOTE NO on # R7-19. Service will resume Friday, September 6 at 10 a.m.

"Twelfth Night": Actors From The London Stage (Sept. 11 - 13, 2019) Washington Hall, Notre Dame

details at Shakespeare.nd.edu/

"Twelfth Night" play by William Shakespeare

three performances only -- Wed. Sept. 11, Thursday Sept. 12, Friday Sept. 13, 2019

7:30 p.m. nightly at Washington Hall, Campus of Univ. of Notre Dame

Ticket prices range from $13 - $23 -- purchase online at www.shakespeare.nd.edu/

The performance is FREE for ages 17 and younger with the purchase of an adult ticket (limit five)

Call (574)-631-2800 / / / www.shakespeare.nd.edu/

Rural Community College sponsored "Renaissance Fair" - Sept. 7, 2019 afternoon

from Leaderpub dot-com article -- College is SW Michigan, near Dowagiac, MI

SMC will be hosting its third annual renaissance faire this Saturday Sept. 7, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the college’s intramural field behind the student activity center.

“It’s the biggest one we’ve done so far,” said Branden Pompey, assistant manager of SMC’s student activities center.

Staying consistent with last year’s attractions, a troop of belly dancers, Ruby Jazayre and the Sisters of the Niles will be at the campus. The Sentinels of the Rose will be engaged in live steel combat for two shows of full-armored sword on sword fighting. The Swords of Valour, a comedic theatrical group, will also be at the event doing a couple of skits.

New to this year’s event, a Viking group will be introducing a whole section of Viking-themed and medieval activities.  The group will have an axe and knife throwing activity for SMC students, which will be a big attraction, Pompey said. 

Admission, parking are free; open to the public.

www.leaderpub.com/ 

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Sept. 3, 2019 -- 10 p.m. Eastern Time

from National Weather Service details posted at WNDU-TV NBC affiliate

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Berrien County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 10:30 PM EDT.

* At 10:04 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Michigan Beach, or near Benton Heights, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

September- October 2019 Traffic on "Seeking Faith and Understanding" web-blog

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Music for Food Indiana Concert - Saint. Mary's College Little Theater, Notre Dame - September 6 evening

publicity at www.wvpe.org/

WVPE Radio station provides media sponsorship for a concert that will benefit the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. It’s Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Mary’s College in the Little Theater.

The concert is being put on by the Indiana Chapter of Music for Food and the South Bend Area Music Teachers Association’s Stickley Scholarship Fund.

The concert will feature musicians from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and the South Bend Symphony. Works by Debussy, Wagner, Puccini and Mozart will be performed. Suggested donation for the evening concert is $20 or $10 for students with I.D.

https://www.facebook.com/musicforfoodindiana