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The Angels before Tuesday night's game against the Padres "honored one of their legendary voices," DICK ENBERG, who will be "inducted into Cooperstown in July" as the Ford C. Frick Award-winning announcer. Enberg, who "used to call games" for the Angels for 10 seasons, is now a broadcaster for the Padres. He "delivered the ceremonial first pitch to former Padres-turned-Angels closer" HUSTON STREET (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 5/28).

Els' Center of Excellence will have eight students, one teacher and two aides
ALL THE ELS AND WHISTLES: Golfer ERNIE ELS' Center of Excellence for autistic children "is on track to have two buildings completed by July 31 and opening" for the '15-16 school year in mid-August in Jupiter, Fla. Six years in the making, the $34M project "is an outgrowth of the Els for Autism Foundation." One of the two buildings "will house the auditorium and administrative offices; the other, what is referred to as the Lower School, features 20 classrooms for grades pre-K through second." Each one "will have eight students and three adults, a teacher and two aides," in addition to a "bathroom; built-in cabinetry to store backpacks; raised windows that prevent kids from seeing outside; LED lighting; video cameras that run 24/7, and observation rooms with one-way mirrors" (PALM BEACH POST, 5/27).

NAMES: Relativity Media yesterday announced that two BOD members, JASON COLODNE and JASON BECKMAN “have resigned from the RYAN KAVANAUGH-led company at the board’s request.” Conflicts “had erupted between the company” and the two “over a looming” $200M debt deadline (N.Y. POST, 5/28)....Longtime Pirates announcer GREG BROWN on Saturday “is being honored by the Arthritis Foundation Western Pennsylvania Chapter at the Walk to Cure Arthritis." He “has had both of his hips replaced since being diagnosed with osteoarthritis five years ago” (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 5/28)....A bronze statue of Baseball HOFer TONY PEREZ is “slated for an Aug. 22 installation” at the Reds’ Great American Ball Park. It was created by Cincinnati-based artist TOM TSUCHIYA (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 5/28)....Univ. of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach BO RYAN “will be the featured guest at the 30th annual U.S. Venture Open on Aug. 12.” The outing “raises money to fight poverty in northeast Wisconsin” (Appleton POST-CRESCENT, 5/28).

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