5 THINGS: Little League, Little League, Little League!

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Sunday, July 8, 2012:

District 3 Little League championship game today! Cheer on some local Little League players, as they play for the championship. The undefeated South Kingstown National 9 and 10-year-old team plays at 1 p.m. They will face either Narragansett or Coventry – the two player on Friday, but the results haven’t been posted yet. South Kingstown only needs to win once to advance. Other Little League games later this week:

• In the 11-year-old bracket, SK American hosts Exeter-West Greenwich at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. SK National plays at Warwick West Side at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Narragansett plays at East Greenwich at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
• In the 12-year-old bracket, Narragansett plays at Wickford at 6:30 p.m. Monday. This is an elimination game for Narragansett. SK National and American were eliminated in earlier games.
• In the Junior age bracket, Narragansett was eliminated. South Kingstown did not enter any teams.
• Narragansett and South Kingstown did not enter teams in the Senior age bracket.
• In the 10-year-old softball bracket, South Kingstown played at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Results were not posted as of Saturday night. It was an elimination game, and if South Kingstown won, they play Warwick West Side at 5:30 p.m. today. Narragansett was eliminated in an earlier game.
• In the 12-year-old softball bracket, Narragansett was eliminated in late June. South Kingstown did not enter a team.
• South Kingstown and Narragansett did not enter teams in the Junior age bracket.

Exactly what it sounds like. The Singles 60+ Supper Club is dining at the Haversham on Post Road in Westerly at 6 p.m. tonight. For more info, click . The club is run by the South Kingstown Senior Center.

Not to be confused with the Artist’s Square. The Courthouse Center for the Arts an Author’s Circle at 6 p.m. today with Katherine Towler, the author of Snow Island. The event is free. For more info on Snow Island, read about it on Amazon here. (There is a Kindle version, so you could hustle and get it read by tonight.)

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.” – Mark Twain. The Contemporary Theater Company is putting on Is He Dead?, a comedy by Mark Twain. Showings run from today to July 20. For more info, click here.

Shop until you drop, and I don’t mean that old cheesy game show! We’ve got the following yard sales, jewelry sales, flea markets and farmers’ markets on the events calendar for today:

• There will be a painting exhibit preview reception at the South County Museum from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $6, and for more info, click .
• The weekly flea market at the General Stanton Inn in Charlestown is being held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• There is a at Fisherman’s Memorial State Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Wickford Art Festival is celebrating its 50^th anniversary! The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. For more info, click here.

The truth is out there. On this day in 1947, a UFO might have crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.

“There’s always money in the banana stand.” Happy 67^th birthday to Jeffrey Tambor!

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