Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for July 13

Rise & Shine! I’m Scott Barrett, managing editor for The Daily News, and today is July 13, the 194th day of the year — 171 days remain in 2022. On this day in 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy gained the Democratic party’s nomination for the presidency, defeating Texas Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. The next day, Johnson was named as Kennedy’s running mate on the ticket.

Here & Now

• If you have any plans to see "Where the Crawdads Sing," a film based on the 2018 novel of the same name written by Delia Owens, there's a Newport connection.

City resident, Thompson Middle School music instructor and trumpeter extraordinaire Don Chilton was contacted by last fall by the composer of the production, who was interested in having Chilton play his conch shells for the film's score.

And that's not the only time Hollywood came calling. Reporter Zane Wolfang recently caught up with Chilton to talk about his experiences. Read his story here. FYI: "Where the Crawdads Sing" is set to premiere in theaters Friday.

• Nearly five weeks after the IT department in Newport discovered malware in the city’s internal computer systems, officials remain quiet on the issue. But they're hoping to release more detailed information about what happened and what they are doing to fix it later this week. Reporter Savana Dunning has the latest.

• Highlighted by the sale of a waterfront home in the Island Park section of Portsmouth for $1.85 million, find the latest home sales and property transactions in Newport County here.

• It's been quite a few years since Andy Murray has played on the courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. And while he'll one day be giving an induction speech in Newport, his playing days aren't over. On Tuesday, he cruised into the second round of the Hall of Fame Open. Providence Journal sports reporter Bill Koch writes about his return here.

• Who were the unsung heroes on Newport County high school softball teams this past spring? Sports reporter Steve Rogers writes about them here.

• The Newport City Council will meet tonight, and among the items on the docket are the changes proposed by the Charter Review Commission. Find the full agenda below.

• Bad news: I goofed and wrote the MLK Center's "Live from the Loading Dock" free concert featuring Newport Classical was yesterday. Good news: It's actually today at 4:30 p.m. Learn more here.

• Two men, including one from Portsmouth, accused of violating East Providence city code by hanging white nationalist recruiting flyers on utility poles entered not guilty pleas Tuesday morning at their arraignment on obstruction charges. Read more here.

• The next Full Moon Ride with Bike Newport is scheduled for tonight. Cyclists will gather at 7:15 p.m. near Equality Park in Newport and take off around 7:45 p.m. Learn more here.

• Cardines Field is into the final four in the online contest to determine the best summertime collegiate ballpark in the United States. You can help send our gem of a baseball diamond into the final round by voting right here (look for the Newport Gulls logo).

• Speaking of Cardines Field, Gov. Dan McKee will be in Newport tonight to throw out the first pitch at the Newport Gulls game on Military Appreciation Night.

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Born today

Ken Jeong (actor), 53

Cheech Marin (actor), 76

Harrison Ford (actor), 80

Patrick Stewart (actor), 82

Weather report

Low tides: 1:43 a.m., 1:19 p.m.

High tides: 7:59 a.m., 8:26 p.m.

Sunrise: 5:21 a.m. Sunset: 8:20 p.m.

Water temperature: 67.6 degrees.

Municipal meetings

Newport

Cemetery Advisory Commission, 4:30 p.m.

City Council, 6:30 p.m.

Middletown

Roads/Utilities Advisory Committee, 10 a.m.

Economic Development Advisory Committee, 4:30 p.m.

School Building Committee, 5 p.m.

Planning Board, 6 p.m.

Tiverton

Personnel Board, 5:30 p.m.

Cemetery Commission, 7 p.m.

Jamestown

Harbor Management Commission, 5 p.m.

Local obituaries

None new today

Today is …

National French Fry Day

Embrace Your Geekness Day

National Barbershop Music Appreciation Day

Disgruntled Workers Day

Trivia answer

Q: Since the tournament's inception in 1976, there have been several corporate sponsors of the ATP World Tour stop in Newport, the most recent being technology giant Infosys. What was the first company to put its name behind the event?

A: Miller Lite. Many of you guessed Virginia Slims, but that was for the WTA tournament here. Miller Lite was sponsor from 1976-84 and again from 1991-2003. Other sponsors included Volvo (1985-90), Campbell's soup (2004-12) and Dell Technologies (2017-18). Kudos to Edna Beal, Mark Young, Mary Alice Jerome, Richard Hunt and Patrick O’Connell, all of whom got this one right.

Got a news tip, story idea or just want to drop me a line? Don't be a stranger. Send an email to sbarrett@newportri.com. 

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