Niles District Library
NILES, Michigan 49120
three dates only for the 12
months
June 13 - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
July 11
August 8
September 12 (month
of local "Apple Festival")
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The final Fundraiser
BOOK SALE (used &
discards only : no
donations sought)
MARKS the end of the
Summer Reading Program
10:30 a.m.
Free -- no need to bring insurance card
June 4, 2026 -- from 9 a.m.
at the Niles Senior Center, near 11th and Bell Road
NILES TWP., Niles, MI 49120
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1st Thursday of every month from 9 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
Beginning May 5, 2022
Greater Niles Senior Center, 1109 Bell Road, Niles, MI 49120
Southern Berrien County
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
Sunday June 14, 2026 -- hours of individual
and combined sale locations varies -- for
example, Church and Charity/Library/Fundraiser
for school & Community groups - efforts / Art Center
Start early / Rain or shine
events.iu.edu/southbend/event/2288196-la-boheme
Tickets available for the
partnered OPERA (G. Puccini)
on also May 29 - 30 (Fri. - Sat.)
June 5 (Friday), and
June 6, 2026 (Saturday)
southbendlyricopera.org
$50 general admission;
$20 for College Students!
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begins each night 7:30 p.m.
expected to end 10 p.m.
NBA Finals conclude
June 2026
who was winner?
last game in NBA playoff
best of 7
HOST team is OK (Oklahoma
CITY) Thunder who play
tonight 5/30/2026 with
home court advantage (TV
is on NBC) -- the visitors are
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
______________________
Game final at S. Antonio
Spurs 118 - Thunder 91
HALFTIME : Spurs 60
Thunder 53
++++++++++++++++
Thursday 5/28/2026 at 8 p.m.
NBC
San Antonio, TX SPURS
defeated the OKC Thunder
to achieve 3-3 even record
and move to Sat. FINAL evening game
back to OK City, OK
Tues. score at OKC had been 130 - 93
Monday May 25 - 8 p.m.
Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the
NY Knicks who now advance to
the NBA Finals -- it's
a must-win for the home squad who
thus far in the NBA year have a
52 win- 30 loss total of games played.
on SUNDAY Night BASKETBALL:
San Antonio SPURS
cruise to a comfortable Game 4 result in
the Western Conference finals
defeating the OKLAHOMA CITY Thunder
103 - 82
Breaking News - May 20
the second game in the Playoff series
SAN ANTONIO plays OK City
8:30 - 11 p.m. on NBC
TUESDAY 5/19 NY Knicks 115 - Clev. Cavaliers 104 (OT) at
Madison Sq. Garden, NEW YORK
__________________________________
UPDATE: in Western Playoff (May 18)
SAN ANTONIO Spurs defeated Oklahoma City THUNDER
122 - 115 double overtime win
in the state of OKLAHOMA
this was a game the Spurs were supposed to lose
AP News.com/article/
spurs-Victor-Wembanyama. . .
Monday May 18 reporter for Associated Press
Tim Reynolds
NBA Playoffs have been narrowed
after the Cleveland Cavaliers
defeated the Toronto (Ontario)
Raptors 114 - 102 on May 3, 2026
_______________________
divided up between
WESTERN conference and EASTERN are:
#1 Detroit Pistons play Cleveland (#4 seed) 4-3
to Cavaliers
#7 Philadelphia 76ers lost to #3 N.Y. Knicks 4-0
______________________
#1 Oklahoma City Thunder to play #2 Lakers ( Los Angeles, CA) defeated them 4-0
#6 San Antonio (TX) Spurs defeated #4 Minnesota
Timberwolves 4-2 in series
City of Tulsa dot-org/
press-room/
mayor-nichols-announces-first-
step-in-plan-to-address-
generational-impacts-from-1921-
race-massacre/
Callum Turner and Dua Lipa
herself a talented performer and
Grammy-winning
song interpreter - in her videos
wed today in London England, U.K.
in a small ceremony
USA TODAY reports 5/31 mid-afternoon
He is well-known for several film roles
including The Boys in the Boat (Rowing
team for U.S. in Berlin '36 Olympics) and
as NEWT Scamander's brother in 2 of the 3
Fantastic Beasts Franchise (written /
produced by J.K. Rowling) --
he played THESEUS SCAMANDER,
an Auror for the Ministry of Magic in
the past (1920s and 1930s) . . .
result of historic
Game 7
of the NBA Playoff series
Western Conference
CHAMPIONSHIP
finished up approx. 11 p.m.
Eastern on NBC - TV
[ local time in Oklahoma City,
OK was 10 p.m. ]
Known as the
Tulsa OKLAHOMA
Race Riot of
May 31, 1921
_______________
apnews.com/today-in-history/
may-31
SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles,
California, USA, N. America
_____________________
The ATHLETIC (NY TIMES)
the tickets are selling at rate of
a few dozen per day :
costs $2,735 / $1,940 / $1,120
May 1 - 31, 2026
First Friday
5/1/ 6,516
Sat. 5/2 6,491
5/3 17,468
5/4 (Monday) 18,565
5/5 5,283
5/6 5,619
5/7 5,616
5/8 5,531
5/9 (Sat.) 20,101
5/10 19,454
5/11 19,693
5/12 20,041
5/13 11,619
5/14 4,331
5/15 31,047 [largest VISITs/views]
5/16 29,388 (2nd most)
5/17 (Sunday) 1,904
5/18 1,949
5/19 2,935
Wed. May 20 2,749
5/21 3,824
5/22 22,495 [ 6th most views ]
Sat. 5/23 22,851 [ 4th most visits ]
May 24th PENTECOST 22,974 [3rd most views]
5/25 22,513 [ 5th most visits ]
5/26 10,164
5/27 16,104
5/28 26,774
5/29 19,138
5/30 19,686
5/31 18,304
Total for entire month =
441,549
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Last month April 1 - 30
was
246,825
M LIVE! michigan LIVE!
tells of two congregations who are combining
singers / director to perform at [11 a.m. ]
All Souls Community Unitarian
Church, Grand Rapids,
W. Michigan on May 31;
the other performance
is a benefit for
FEEDING _ AMERICA
West Michigan
food pantry / bank on
June 14, 3 p.m.
mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/
2026-05/grand-rapids-choirs-
join-forces-for-civil-justice-
themed-performance.html
The Sunday following PENTECOST
for 2026
(R. Catholic and Western churches such
as Protestant / Episcopal /
Mainline / ecumenical)
this year will be
May 31, 2026
This month's Full Moon is known as
Flower Moon;
1:23 p.m. on Friday May 1, 2026
_________________________
the second Full Moon , called a
Blue Moon will appear on
Sunday May 31, 2026
at 4:45 a.m. Eastern time zone.
ABC NEWS online announcement
"Frankie cancels
remainder
of FOUR SEASONS' farewell tour"
May 30, 2026 6:39 p.m. Eastern
He is the remaining original member of the
1960s group -- lead singer. . .
Eight remaining performances
Scottsdale, AZ
Detroit MI
and more cities
will not take place . . .
4:45 a.m.
Sunday May 31, 2026
is a "Blue Moon"
[ second full moon of the
month of August 2026 ]
New Signage installed early on Friday, Dec. 19 , 2025
CNN Reports that workmen have posted :
"TRUMP KENNEDY"
Dec. 18, 2025 -- following a meeting of the Board of
the National Center for
PERFORMING ARTS -- a voted proposal
from the Trump-Vance officials who now
run the Concert Hall - facilities for music,
dance, theater, symphony performances
to change the name to include POTUS 47
may need a formal
"ACT OF CONGRESS"
to achieve the name
uniting . . .
Its President (Richard Grenell) has recently resigned;
POTUS Trump has affixed his name to the
Performing Arts Center. . .
BREAKING NEWS:
washingtonpost.com
UPDATE:
May 30 -- Judge rules "Trump"
cannot be affixed by a rubber
stamp board without vote
of the Legislative BRANCH
_____________________
will revert to "Kennedy Center"
Sunday
June 28 / Sunday Sept. 6
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
8008 M-139 (north
of Berrien Springs, MI)
Artists
Food Trucks
Makers
"Showcasing local
handmade artisans
and vendors in
SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN"
May 30 in Rouen, France
is a day to mark the
martyrdom in 1451 and the
canonization in 1920 of
the Maid of Orleans - Joan
of Arc. A kid-friendly
activity suggestion website
suggests kids / tweens/ parent
help supervision to make:
Croissants;
Baguettes;
Crepes w/fruit;
French Toast w/berries;
Quiche Lorraine!
Calvin University
1835 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids, MI
Calvin University CHAPEL
multi-cultural celebration of God's one family !
see
allnationspentecostworship.org
email to
fveltman@lemainstitute.org
back on
May 30, 1451
the "Maid of Orleans" was burned
at the stake in Rouen, France
she is the PATRON SAINT
for France, soldiers, and
courage under persecution
____________________
after her trial as a heretic,
authorities immediately
executed in a public
capital punishment;
she was 19 years old.
The former educator and school principal
announced just Friday
in Miami at a street-naming
ceremony
nbcmiami.com/news/local/
street-naming-ceremony-being-held
. . . . . . .
Replacement will have a "big hat
to fill"
WSJ online article / observations
"The U.N. is going broke
as the U.S. and China withhold
billions"
5/30/2026 wall Street journal
online WSJ.com/
EARLY 5/30/2026
do WHITE HOUSE Communications staff release
data from Dr. Sean P. Barbabella -- Trump's
WALTER REED MILITARY HOSP. Physician
detailing his weight gain and chronic venous insufficiency
plus fact that a
echocardiagram
ultrasound image of his heart
NYTimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/
trump-health-medical-physical-exam.html
NBC NEWS
"WHITE HOUSE has yet to release-health-results-
Trump's - doctor-latest-checkup
rcna347363
Update: Trump had his 3rd "annual" physical in first 15 months
of his second Administration (2025-2028)
Tuesday 5/26 -- declaring he is "in perfect health" if he is the source
of that detailed medical check-up himself
[ uses Military Doctors on staff at Walter Reed ]
CNN investigates
POTUS 47 continues to layer with
"pancake make-up" onto his bruised, discolored hand
CNN.com/politics/health-trump-bruises-hand
admits he has chronic
venous insufficiency;
he is 79 yrs. 11 months
and takes higher than
recommended aspirin
as an elective OTC drug
____________________
as of Sept. 4 -- White House is NOW
declaring that viral video showing
black disposable bag being thrown out of
White House to dispose of health / quarantine
materials is
"FAKE"
____________________________________
THE HILL.com
"Maggie Haberman says,
Trump
has never been
transparent about his
health"
He appears at public events
with his hand caked with make-up.
(August 25, 2025)
NBC News termed it in a summary article
"Trump, who questioned
his opponents' health,
rebuffs rumors about his
own"
nbcnews.com/politics/
donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-
health-speculation-golf-hand-
bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542
Marcia Lucas (first wife
of George Lucas) has died at age 80
see details
Variety dot-com
online article/obituary
Marcia Lucas had also
been nominated for an
Oscar for American
Grafitti
UPDATE: 5/30/2026 : ABC NEWS dot-go-dot-com
may 29, 2026 9:59 p.m. EASTERN TIME ZONE
Matthew Petracca
loan prosecutor when case before grand jury was unsealed concerning
the 8647 seashell accusation of "death Threat" against POTUS 47
made on a social media posting by ex-FBI director Comey
HAS BEEN REPLACED as of
Friday by
assistant U.S. Attorney
Timothy Severo (e. district
N. Carolina)
E. Jean Carroll, journalist age 82
James B. Comey, age 65
Letitia James of New York, age 67
Jerome Powell, Fed. Reserve, age 73
Lisa Cook, Fed. governor, age 61
Fani Willis, Georgia State's Attorney
Carolina Hurricanes
defeated
Canada's
Montreal Canadiens
May 29, 2026 8 p.m. at
the Hurricanes home Ice
Arean . . .
the story over who controls Iran's bomb-grade
uranium / / / leaves out who is in the
throne room of Iran's governing despots . . .
The stakes are getting Iran's theocratic
leadership (Ayatollah and Republican Guard
authoritarians) to sign a treaty opening the
Strait of Hormuz for
oil tanker traffic and
to stop drone attacks on neighboring
Gulf Emirates - sources of
natural gas / petroleum . . .
"It's Crow, Mr. Trump"
THOMAS FRIEDMAN, columnist
NY TIMES (subscription required)
opinion column --
posted MAY 26
Trump mis-steps as far as entering
the Mideast -- summer of 2025 and
further "Epic Fury" Feb. 28 - ongoing
Absentee in a prolonged,
blameworthy way are
Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ) who has
missed all votes since March 5 / / /
Julia Letlow (Louisiana) -- on campaign
war path against incumbent Senator
(Dr. Bill Cassidy, not MAGA) who
has missed voting April 30 - May 13
- - she defeated the incumbent U.S.
senator but will have to face a
Democratic candidate before taking
her place and dislodging the medical
doctor back to his Louisiana other
job / career. . .
INSIDER NJ dot-com
"Tom Kean trades stocks,
Dems scramble for votes"
May 29, 2026 9:16 a.m.
Eastern Time Zone
Memorial Day weekend 2026
highest gas prices recorded
ABC NEWS dot-go dot-com
Saturday 5/23/2026
John James, currently GOP-MAGA congressman (D.C.)
Mike Cox
Perry Johnson
Aric Nesbitt
Thursday May 28 was the date
of destiny where two also-ran
candidates to replace Gov. Whitmer
have been disqualified
on the Dem. side = Kim Thomas
a former federal auditor
&
on the GOP side = Ralph Rebandt
a pastor.
details at Mlive.com Michigan Live!
/ / / frontrunner-candidates-survive-
challenges. html
daughter of Lisa Marie (Presley)
and Danny Keough
b. May 29, 1989
model
actress
married Ben Smith-Petersen
since 2015 and has one child, Tupelo
Keough-Petersen
teams finally set 5/29 were
Carolina Hurricanes
LAS Vegas GOLDEN
KNIGHTS
Conclusion of the National Hockey League's
season (2025- 2026);
the Men's Professional GOLFERS' association
event at
SHINNECOCK HILLS Golf Course
in
Southhampton, NEW York state
see details at
SCOTUS Blog dot-com/
Supreme-Court-sides-with-Death-Row-inmate-
in-challenge-to-racial-discrimination-in-jury-selection
MAY 28 afternoon -- one month until 2026 summer vacation
June 30 until First Monday October 2026 . . .
ABC News dot-go-dot-com
COMEDIAN - Talk show host
Conan O'Brien to
address Harvard U.
graduates today
(Thursday 5/28)
/Entertainment/WireStory/
conan-obrien-speak-harvard-
commencement-amid-universitys-
ongoing - 133379204
CBS head of "News" division -- has named
Nick Bilton, an outsider to regular journalism
to head the Investigative longstanding straight
news show 60 Minutes . . .
FIRED were : Cecilia Vega
correspondent and longtime
producer of +30 years Tanya
Simon . . .
time will tell how this
"shakes out"
Variety.com [ platform of media/ entertainment / pop culture stories ]
Facing pressure from "news networks" like CNN and NBC
whose anchors Kaitlan Collins and Tom Llamas showed up
for anchoring on Saturday 1/3/2026
EXECUTIVES at CBS News division -- put their "new ANCHOR"
out in front with a three-part interview with
SECY. Pete Hegseth that will continue into Sunday and Monday.
(Brian Sternberg of VARIETY online reporting)
Breaking News -- after departure of
CBS co-hosts John Dickerson and
Maurice Dubois -- last broadcast DEC. 19, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Eastern CBS Evening News
DOKOUPIL calls for better accountability as
far as Citizen Angles on stories/coverage
the Hill.com/blogs/pundits-blogs/media/
5669062-tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news/?tbref=hp
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Appointed at the CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor
position by corporate decision makers effective
December 2025 anchor will be
Tony Dokoupil -- following
his departure from CBS
Mornings, different
fill-ins will work at that desk;
the interim over next months is
Kim Harvey
11/26/2025 UPDATE :
Anti-woke crusader BARI WEISS
was hired to overhaul the CBS NETWORK
News division (Nightly News, 60 Minutes,
other programming of the past -- weekend
anchors, 48 Hours, FACE_THE_NATION,
[ she was hired to do that overhaul / mass firing
by David Weiss, new owner of PARAMOUNT + /
CBS ]
November 2025
April 28, 2025 (7 months ago)
CBS Producer BILL OWENS of
_60 Minutes_
resigned instead of being fired
by Paramount Corporation that
owns CBS News and CBS Entertainment
See CBS News.com for
"The Last Minute" Scott Pelley impersonates
Andy Rooney and tells why everyone on the
Staff is upset about his resignation after 4 decades
QUOTATION OF Pelley former Nightly News anchor:
Paramount began to
supervise our content
in new ways. . ./ / /
No one here is happy
about it. . .
The Paschal Moon was
April 1;
there will be "BLUE MOON" in
May 2026, on
May 31 . Two years ago
The previous BLUE Moon was
19 August 2024.
Professor Univ. of Notre Dame
the Our Lady of Guadalupe Prof. of Theology
and program chair for Notre Dame - IBM
Technology Ethics Lab
also has a Ph.D. in Genetics from Harvard Univ. (2005)
also a Ph.D in Moral Theology from Univ. of Notre Dame
(2014)
consideration by Professor in
Univ. of Notre Dame
Theology Department
Paul Scherz
WNDU.com/2026/05/26/notre-dame-professor-
breaks-down-key-takeaways-pope-leos-ai-warning . . .
encyclical to be released by
POPE LEO XIV
on the use by people of faith
of
Artificial Intelligence
on Monday
MAY 25, 2026
Saturday -- his 79th Birthday
POTUS 47 took 1 hour+ to call President Putin
of Russia to discuss the escalating tension in
the Middle East nations of Israel and Iran.
ABC News dot-go dot-com reviewed the
"Truth" social media comment that the
Leader of the Free World had with
the invader of Ukraine about the missile
exchanges ongoing between the two
middle east opponents / arch-enemies.
Trump discussed the feeling of the major
countries: "He feels, as do I, that this war
in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained,
his war in Ukraine should end" . . . Left
unexplained were whether the call was
made with guidance of his National Security
Adviser Marco Rubio and other Cabinet
officials including negotiator-in-chief Steve
Witkoff.
international/WireStory/trump-putin-discussed-
middle-east-tensions-Ukraine-war/122846492
16 June 2025 reporting / summation . . .
one year ago (May 8, 2025)
Habemus Papa : there is a new Pope for
Roman Catholics worldwide and Eastern
Rite Catholics (Maronite, Melkite, Armenian Rite,
Byzantine Rite, many more)
Robert Cardinal Prevost,
Augustinian order
a missionary
a dual-citizen both in his land of outreach (PERU)
and his native U.S.A. where he had "birthright
Citizenship" from his two parents also of Chicago, Illinois
suburb = raised in Dolton -- his elementary schooling
there at St. Mary of the Assumption
Pope Leo XIV, recently elected
May 2025 in the Sistine
Chapel, Vatican City and installed at St. Peter's
Basilica inaugural called publicly May 21 for :
humanitarian aid to
reach the Gaza Strip
and for an end to the
heartbreaking toll on
its people. LEO started
with a tour greeting
the 40,000 people present
from his pope-mobile;
he also re-affirmed his
willingness to host the
next round of cease-fire
talks between Ukraine
and Russia.
nbcnews.com/world/Europe/pope-leo-xiv-calls-aid-reach-gaza
its author was a Bishop of the ancient Church
Hippo of N. Africa : St. Augustine. . .
Essay in NY TIMES platform
about what it meant for JD Vance
to gift the incoming Pope with a copy
of the 5th Century tome (landmark
work of Theology and Politics/Ethics when
in a church publication, a then-
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic
former Missionary to Peru had
earlier informed the "baby Catholic" that
the concept of ordo amoris
was NOT being rightly invoked during the
immigration whiplash taking place in
modern America (Trump 2.0).
Author is Prof. Randy Boyagada of Univ. of
Toronto -- NYTimes.com/2025/07/29/books/review/St-augustine-city-of-God.html
very insightful and relevant to year 2025 - a Jubilee one of Mercy for R. Catholics
and Eastern Rite Catholics
worldwide
AP NEWS
"Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb
of saint revered by Christians & Muslims alike"
(who lived 1828 - 1898 :
St. Charbel Makhlouf )
city of ANNAYA, Lebanon
POPE Leo XIV
"for the world we ask for
peace; for the Levant
and for Lebanon"
Prayer sought
Dec. 2025
[ her own sentence divisions / modern
language - usage choices ]
First was the Living Idea,
and the Idea was with God,
and the Idea was God.
He was first with God.
Everything came into being
through him, and apart from
him not even a single thing arose.
What has been born in him
was life, and the life was the
light of humankind.
And the light still appears
radiant in the darkness,
which did not take hold of it.
There was a person, sent with
a purpose by God, and his
name was John.
He came to give testimony, to
attest to the light, so that
everyone could believe through
him
But this person was not the light;
instead he came to testify about
the light.
The light was the true light,
which give light to every human
being coming into the world.
The light was in the world,
and the world was born through
him,
but the world did not recognize him.
He came into what belonged to him,
but the people who belonged to him
did not take him for themselves.
But to all those who accepted him,
he gave the right to be born
children of God, if they trusted in
his name.
These are the people who have
been engendered not in blood
relationships, and not from what
the body wants, and not from what
a husband wants, but from God!
v.14
And the Idea became a body,
flesh and blood, and pitched a tend
and sojourned among us,
and we gazed on his splendor, the
splendor that a father's only son
has, full of benevolence and truth!
Classical languages and Koine Greek,
ancient language expert translator
Sarah Ruden
in her book
The Face of Water: a
translator on beauty &
meaning in the Bible (2017)
"Father, our father
in the heavens above,
Spoken in holiness must
be your name!
Into the world must come
your kingdom,
and into being whatever you
have willed, in heaven the
same way as here on earth.
The loaf of bread, our every
next loaf, give it to us today!
And free us from our debts,
Once we have - just as we have -
set out debtors free. And
don't, we beg you, take us
into the ordeal -- No, save us!
Save us from the Evil One!
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Luke 11 (Ruden translation)
Father,
Spoken in holiness
must be your name.
Into the world must come
your kingdom.
The loaf of bread, our
every next loaf,
give it to us day by day,
and free us from our
sins
as long as we free everyone
who owes us,
And,
We beg you,
Do not take us into the ordeal!
____________________
ISBN 978-0-30790856-8
BBC World News is reporting
9:45 p.m. US Eastern TIME ZONE
that the Military
U.S. Pentagon Press representatives
Hegseth D of D.
Middle East COMMAND
is bombing a Military Site in
coastal IRAN
Bandar Abbas
and have shot down
4 military drones . . .
Wed. 5/27/2026 9:45 p.m.
The FIFA
WORLD quadrennial tournament is
June 11 (begins in
Mexico, Canada, U.S.A.)
until
July 19 finale in U.S.
arena
2026 -- host president is
Donald John Trump, POTUS 47
(past winner of
FIFA "Peace Prize")
AP News 6 a.m.
Eastern U.S. Time zone
reporting
that the Kingdom of KUWAIT is
under
missile and drone attack following the
U.S Military - Middle East Command of the
Pentagon yesterday -- both sides are
aggressive pushing the edges of Trump's
self-proclaimed "cease-fire"
According to
EVENT CALENDAR
city of Niles, Michigan
Thursday May 28
22nd annual MUSIC FEST
starting with music 5 p.m.
also Friday 29th,4 - 11 p.m.
also Saturday 30th, Noon - 11 p.m.
and running until Sunday Noon - 6 p.m.
May 31, 2026
nilesmi.org/calendar
WHERE?
Riverfront Park, downtown
Niles, MI 49120
4:30 p.m. Tuesday May 26, 2026
Trump posted for his
followers (MAGA) that
Tuesday afternoon he
has decided to instead of
Camp David Maryland -
use 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. as the location of choice
due to forecasted bad
late spring weather.
FOX NEWS confirmed
that outgoing DNI (Nat.
Intelligence Head) Tulsi
Gabbard of TX will attend
the Cabinet even though
her resignation is a "done
deal."
Agenda out at Camp David
according to those in the
NY POST (granted details)
was to have been
recent successes of TRUMP-Vance administration
[ economy and sm. business "wins" ] ; more on
Vance's TASK FORCE to eliminate Fraud (TFEF)
and Rubio's Foreign Policy "highlights"
UPDATE: May 27, 2026
"REFLECTING POOL CONTRACT
has inflated profit margin /
Trump.html
"Manager at Trump's NJ Golf Course
helped plan Reflecting Pool Repairs"
(price now boosted up from $1.7 million
to $13 million) . . .
nytimes.com/
investigative reporter
David Fahrenthold
. . . never forget that no matter
how bruising our political differences
Never FORGET that all of us
in the end are members of the same, Big American FAMILY!
the Presidential historian reiterated commitment to
rule of law (equal protection -
no special favors & no special
punishment);
free & fair elections;
a Political System that exemplifies honesty, competence, ethics, decency, self-sacrifice;
robust leadership from all corners of our cities, states, regions not just a
centralized, top-down Government/Republic;
HISTORIANS would study past leaders and citizens with Relentless self-criticism;
a round of applause for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN !
national unity;
c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/michael-beschloss-
commencement-address-at-the-university-of-pennsylvania/
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28 minutes long
May 18, 2026
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The essence of this blessed life consists
in keeping to the boundaries of God's will,
through which our wills become one single will;
so that, as we are ranged from step to step
throughout this kingdom, all this kingdom wills
that which will please the King whose will is rule.
And in His will there is our peace: that sea
to which all beings move -- the beings He
creates or nature makes -- such is His will.
Then it was clear to me how every place
in Heaven is in Paradise, though grace
does not rain equally from the High Good.
But just as, when our hunger has been sated
with one food, we still long to taste the other --
while thankful for the first, we crave the latter --
so was I in my words and in my gestures,
asking to learn from her (Beatrice) what was the web
of which her shuttle had not reached the end.
Happy 51st birthday today
to BBC / Cooking Channels'
Jamie Oliver
born MAY 27, 1975 in
Clavering, Essex, U.K.
his campaign "Feed Me Better"
focused with great success
on British schoolchildren
eating healthy foods and
cutting out "junk" food!
May 27 is associated with
AUGUSTINE, Archbishop
of Canterbury (who established
the "See" of Canterbury in 597
having traveled from Rome
to England/British Isles).
why does this ARCHBISHOP
always crown the current monarch?
see:
churchofengland.org/media/stories-and-features/why-does-
archbishop-of-canterbury-crown-monarch
UPDATE: May 24 (Sunday) 2026
two Skydivers crash -- one dead, 2nd injured
ABC NEWS Ritzville, 55 miles out of Spokane, WA
army helicopter crash fatalities Sept. 23, 2025
near Lewis-McChord Joint Base, Washington
Andrew Cully, 35 of Missouri
Andrew Craus, 39 of Florida
Donavon Scott, 25 of Washington State
Jadalyn Good, 23 also of Washington State
Blackhawk MH-60 crashed Sept. 17, 2025
near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State.
in Berrien Springs, MI
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Friday June 12
Must show Veteran status
Bring DD-214, Military ID
or VA Health Care card
EVENT Line-up
Food & Refreshments
Military Surplus
Free Haircuts
Benefit Check-up
Mobile Dental service
VA Healthcare enrollment
____________________
Gate 2 entrance - across from
Apple Valley, Berrien Springs, MI
PHONE #
Berrien County Veteran Services
269-983-7111, ext. 8224
____________________
diverse offered help
Michigan Works!
Pets for Patriots
Footprints of Michigan
Two Men on a Mission
Women Veterans Group
Warrior K9
Warriors Set Free
Suicide Prevention Coalition
Legion - VFW & DAV Reps
Lest We Forget
CapTel Heroes with Hearing Loss
Lory's Place
First match-up was essentially a tie : 41 to 42% of
GOP voters in closed primary
_____________________________________
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
TONIGHT
expected eligible GOP voters 1.6 million to vote
or cast early ballot / absentee
May 26, 2026
8 p.m. Eastern on C-Span
c-span.org/event/campaign-2026/
texas-primary-runoff-results/443441
Winners -- Second place lost by
2 incumbent lawmakers in D.C._________
Cass County, MI
a nationwide class action
lawsuits law firm has filed
over noise impacts on
residents
__________________
abc57.com/news/residents-file-
class-action-lawsuit-against-
hyperscale-data-center-in-dowagiac
AP News dot-com
reporters
Ryan J. Foley
Michael Biesecker
Morgan Lee
May 27 (Wed.) 2:46 a.m.
apnews.com/article/
ice-suicide-deaths-detention-custody
. . . . . .
Mayes Middleton (55%)
will be nominee of
GOP - MAGA party
_______________
Chip Roy (44%) to leave
Congress from his
congressional district
June 2017 - Inaugural "Father's
Day" occasion -- he did travel to there even if he prefers weekends
away from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to be at his Golf Courses
or a Palm Beach FL "Mar-a-Lago" golf country club / restaurant. . .
March 2018 -- famously invited
then-Speaker of the House Paul
Ryan and Senate Majority ldr.
Mitch McConnell / (spouse of
Trump's then Secy. of Transportation).
two snubbed / removed from
calendar dates
Sept. 2019 -- he invited then
un-invited the Taliban to Camp
David // June 2020 -- the
G7 summit was to have been
there but COVID-19 made it
a virtual meeting where everyone
"sheltered in place"
Replacing the long-time delegate
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
will be the
object of early voting in the PRIMARY
ahead of Nov. 2026 general election to take place
across Washington, D.C.
5/26/2026 -- many in contention / running
eager - involving campaigns
State Department aide of Marco Rubio
(who also works as Secy. of State, National Security Adviser,
Archivist, Head of U.S. A.I.D.)
has promoted his aide / deputy
Mike Needham to be
Deputy National Security Adviser.
This gives a State Dept. employee
access to a lot more interconnections
when he is in charge of the
foreign policy bureaucracy . . .
Did Comey willfully and blatantly threaten
Physical violence to
the 47th President ?
Prosecutors from his Dept.
Of Justice (Todd Blanche,
temporary Atty.Genl.) will have
to prove it is more than just
sea shells at the sea shore . . .
TRIAL in U.S. District Court
Judge Louise Flanagan
Arraignment delayed until
Sept. 30 (4 months from now)
POLITICO -- 10:45 a.m. today
5/26/2026
3-judge federal panel blocked
the state of ALABAMA (Kay Ivey,
Governor) from re-implementing
2023 planned map that was
tainted with race-based discrimination!
May 26, 2026
"Iceland, rattled by Trump,
weighs joining the European Union"
possible SUMMER 2026 referendum
on applying to join E.U. (Brussels)
formerly neutral as far as diplomacy
- NATO island nation
that lacks a military
Reyjkavik is its capital
POPULATION = 400,000
nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/Europe/
iceland-EU-membership-trump.html
online article by
Amelia Nierenberg and
videographer on location
Sergey Ponomarev -- TIMES
| matchup | time (CT) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Central Time start 7 p.m. |
52nd American Music Awards
had several live performances for
the 3-hour broadcast on CBS Stations / free over-antenna
holiday of Memorial Day
2026 (May 25 - fourth Monday this spring)
Hootie & the Blowfish
"Hold My Hand"
"Only Wanna Be With You"
SOMBR "Homewrecker"
Twenty One Pilots "Drag Path"
______________________________________
Host _will be Queen Latifah
the all-time leader at the Award show for wins is
TAYLOR SWIFT (40 awards)
during his career - MICHAEL JACKSON won 26
and WHITNEY HOUSTON won 22 AMAs.
"Mexico's President sees no issue with her country
hosting the IRAN men's Football (SOCCER) World Cup
team during the tournament"
details: The Hill platform/web site
"President Sheinbaum of Mexico
has invited the men's Soccer/Football
team of IRAN (Theocratic - authoritarian
state) to play in one of the organized
scheduled "pools" for the FIFA
WORLD CUP = Mexico to host them
breaking news 5/25/2026
see the hill dot-com
NBC News also has this confirmation
reporters Elyse Perlmutter-Green &
Jane C. Trimmer -- Memorial Day 25 May 2026
ABC news
.com/politics/wireStory/trump-medical-checkup-end-White-House
____________________________________
for the free followup MRIs on his heart & abdomen
and other X-rays
POTUS travels to Walter Reed Medical
on days when he is not hosting celebrities, CEOs,
or sports teams . . .
____________________________________
I don't know why I literally feel the same . . .
It's not because I eat the best foods . . .
My exercise regimen is to work out like
one minute a day, max . . .
Fair Hours
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat. June 20, 2026
til
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday June 21st
907 Riverside Park, S. Bend, IN
BOOTH judging begins 10 a.m.
6/20
Awards $4,000 : Best of Show,
1st,2nd,3rd, eight Judge's CHOICE
___________________
later in summer is "Art Beat"
South Bend, IN
Sat. Aug. 15, 2026 is for one day only
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
One of the fatalities at
an Army outpost (Kuwait)
on the initial day of
"EPIC FURY" / war of choice
was
Master Sgt. Amor, an Army
reservist and mother of two
HONORED today at
Comrades Lost at Sea ceremony
VFW and American Legion
of White Bear Lake, MN
see mprnews.org/story
Minnesota Public Radio Online
article (May 25 - Memorial Day 2026)
Captain Cody Khork (Army
Reserve - resident of Lakeland, FL);
Sgt. Nicole Amor (resided White Bear Lake, MN);
Sgt. Declan Coady [a sophomore at Drake Univ.
Des Moines, IA] - had promotion posthumous
Sgt. Noah Tietjens [ Bellevue, NB ];
Major Jeffrey O'Brien [ Waukee, IA ];
Chief Warrant Officer (3) Robert Marzan
[ resided Sacramento, CA ].
[ all identified by the Pentagon/Dept. Defense
publicity / communications thru Wed. 3/4/2026 ]
16 - 9
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Lacrosse Men had a season-long
13 - 3 record;
Princeton's record all along was 17 - 2
American
Music
Awards (AMAs)
the Memorial Holiday (Monday)
May 25, 2026, 8 - 11 p.m.
CBS Network (free transmission)
live awards show in the MUSIC categories
Artist of the Year : BTS
New Artist of the Year: KATSEYE
Song of the Year: "Golden" from K-Pop Demon Hunters
Best Music Video "Gnarly" by KATSEYE
Best Soundtrack - K-Pop Demon Hunters Movie
Tour of the Year - Shakira
Album of the Year - (not present) Sabrina Carpenter
Man's Best Friend
Throwback Song of the Year - "Rock that body" Red Hot Chili Peppers quartet
Song of the Summer - "Swim" BTS
Best Male Pop Artist Justin Bieber
Best Female Pop Artist (not present) Sabrina Carpenter
Best Pop Song "Golden"
Country / HipHop / R&B / Latin
Rock / Alternative: Best Album: sombr
Cody Khork (35-yrs-old)
Declan Coady (20 of Iowa)
Nicole Amor
Sgt. Noah Tietjens (42)
Jeffrey O'Brien
Robert Marzan
- - - based out of Des Moines, IA
Iran's drone offense killed all
instantly . . .
_________________________
see further in TIME Magazine list
of 13 American service members
killed / also details 373 wounded
article/2026/03/10/us-service-members-
killed-in-iran-war-casualties
________________________
John Klinner & 5 others killed in
air crash -- 99th Air Refueling squadron
Capt. Ariana Savino;
Ashley Pruitt;
Seth Koval;
Curtis Angst;
Tyler Simmons;
Benjamin Pennington.
AP News update (May 24, 2026)
"Oldest Pearl Harbor Survivor - Freeman Johnson -
AP News.com/article/
pearl-harbor-oldest-survivor-freeman-johnson . . .
The combat Navy veterans, ages 102 and 104,
returned Dec. 7, 2024 to the Hawaii location
of the Japanese air attack to honor those who died
and were injured 83 years ago.
coverage at POLITICO.com/
UPDATE: May 25 --
Ghalibar and Abbas Aragchi,
foreign minister of IRAN
arrived at Doha, Qatar
during "Epic Fury" operation of
U.S. Middle Eastern Command
Friday April 10
a Muslim day of prayer
Senior Iranian
official makes it clear
"NO PEACE treaty /
mediation" until
Blocked assets unfrozen . . .
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Sequel to "Revenge of the Jedi"
8 p.m. May 24, 2026
ABC - Disney TV network (check local listings)
3-hour format (packed with commercial breaks
as well as promos for this summer's
The Mandalorian & Grogu
The death toll
is not a priority for the
media; they are covering overnight
a shooting outside
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.
a 21-year-old whose name has
been released began shooting
multiple rounds and who
wounded a bystander. . .
the known threatening person
was killed by Secret Service --
meanwhile,
the whereabouts of POTUS,
FLOTUS, First Son Barron Trump,
and other family members residing
in the Trump residential quarters /
employees of the First Couple not
fully disclosed . . . POTUS TRUMP
2.0 called for immediate
enactment/ signing of the $1.7
billion security installation law for
his already under construction
TRUMP
White House Ballroom . . .
a "Happy Birthday" present from Fox News
weekend anchor PETE HEGSETH
is the site / town in southern GREENLAND
Narsarsuag
to inspect a W.W. II
era-military base,
airport, places where
American troops could
be based
___________________
Jeff Gettleman, Maya Tekeli,
Anton Troianovski, Eric Schmitt
investigators for NY TIMES
May 18 (online article)
___________________
will this be placed on the
mantel in the W. House
residential quarters as
a "present" for Trump's
80th birthday? Time
may tell -- this year or
2027 or 2028 . . .
New Yorker.com
David Remnick
(transcript of interview)
with the UFC president
[ who will be front and
center for the 14 June
UFC fight on lawn of
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C. ]
Q/A
on his decades of friendship
with Donald John Trump,
his relationship with Joe Rogan,
the "awesome night" he had at
the 2026 White House Correspondents'
Dinner (D.C. Hilton)
7 p.m. - - no reserved seating -- come as you are
Love Offering will be collected
June 23, 2026
132 S. Oak Street
Buchanan MI
(southern Berrien County)
Southern Gospel
such hits as
"Forgiven"
Inspirational Album of the Year
City of Light
winner of the
Indianapolis 500
May 24, 2026
NPR (National Public Radio)
coverage
wfyi.org/wfyi-news/2026-05-24/felix-
rosenqvist-wins-the-closest-
finish-in-the-history-of-the-indy-500
update
May 23, 2026 at 1 p.m.
while meeting in nation of Panama
with other Venezuelan dissident / opposition leaders
still outside of the S. American country,
now ruled by Delcy Rodriguez . . .
Following the Jan. 3, 2025 military raid
that ousted Venezuelan non-elected President
Maduro,
Venezuelan opposition leader
has visited European countries
and N. American capitals and
major cities.
NBC Miami interviewed her on
Friday Jan. 16 after she had presented
to
DONALD JOHN TRUMP a framed
with "gift letter" inside GOLD
official medallion presented Dec. 10
to her Peace Prize weighty trophy.
Speaking on behalf of her country's
people who voted in opposition before,
Machado expressed the wish that
the Venezuelans will be free . . .
No word as to where she has taken shelter/domicile
nbcmiami.com/news/local/maria-corina-machado-
hosts-news-conference-after-giving-trump-peace-
medal . . .
