South Bend, Indiana; July 9, 2008

Local

Sentenced Reduced for Redding: The Indiana Court of Appeals reduced Mijell Redding’s 45-year sentence to 30 years yesterday. Redding had been convicted for being the getaway driver in the fatal shooting of South Bend Police Cp. Scott Severns in April, 2006.

Announcements

Silver Hawks Tickets: All ticket requests must go through the development department. In addition, the Silver Hawks are unable to ac-commodate requests on short notice. If a guest is interested in attending a game please contact Jacqueline Kronk.

Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.

ABE

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▪Positive Life Skills Class: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m. PLS is a walk-in self-empowerment program for Starting Over graduates and new guests. It is open to anyone (even staff). Receive a new key chain when you have attended all eight sessions.

July 9—“Beyond MEPS with Katherine Dick.

July 16—“Mind/Body Connection” with Katherine Dick.

▪Beginning Computer Classes: start July 11. Fridays, 10-30-noon for four sessions. Sign up in ABE.

▪ABE Incentives: Students will be given a card to be initialed during each walk-in class attended. Once a student has attended 10 walk-in programs, cards can be redeemed for prizes.

▪Math Study Sessions: Mondays, 3-4 p.m., and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., SOSH room.

▪GED Essay Writing Class: Are you working on your GED? Do you need to write an essay or refine your writing skills? Then join us for the Essay Class, Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m.

▪Submit Your Poem: If you like to write poetry in your free time, this is your chance to be a published author! Submit a poem to any staff member in the ABE room and it may be published in the next ABE Newsletter. Also, we will hopefully start another Poetry Jam in the Fall; let us know if you are interested

▪The Write Stuff: Are you the only person who can read your handwriting? Come join us on Tuesday afternoons from 2-3 p.m. to learn writing that will look great on job applications, love letters, and everything else. Class starts May 6. Sign up in ABE.

▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.

▪Creative Writing: Starts June 12. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; open to everyone.

▪Save Your Files: If you have any files on the hard drives in the ABE computers, you need to save them to a disk or flash drive. The hard drives are going to be cleaned out by August 1.

Herald Sports

Silver Hawks Lose Another Midwest League All-Star: Another Midwest League All-Star has been promoted to Visalia of the California League. First baseman/outfielder Mike Mee was hitting .299 for the Hawks.

Last week center fielder Evan Frey, the Hawks leading hitter, made the jump to Visalia. His roster spot was taken by outfielder Joseph “JoJo” Batten.

Outfielder Collin Cowgill, drafted by the Diamondbacks in the fifth round this year from the University of Kentucky, is joining the Hawks.

The Hawks were idle last night. The Quad City River Bandits visit the Cove the rest of the week; game time tonight is 7 p.m. with an afternoon game tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Uncle Ron’s MLB Roundup: The Cubs countered the Brewers’ acquisition of CC Sabathia by obtaining RHP Rich Harden from the A’s in a 6-player deal.

The Cubs get Harden—who is 5-1 in 13 games this season with a 2.34 ERA—and RHP Chad Gaudin—who pitched for Lou Piniella at Tampa Bay.

The A’s get pitcher Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, and Josh Donaldson.

Sabathia gave up five hits and two earned runs in six innings in his National League debut but he still got the win as the Brewers remained four games behind the Cubs.

Rick Dempster improved his record to 10-0 at home as the Cubs remained 3.5 games ahead of the second place Cardinals. Mike Fontenot and Geovany Soto (16) homered for the Cubs. Dempster and Harden are both from British Columbia.

The Cubs can now match the Brewers’ rotation of Ben Sheets and Sabathia with Carlos Zambrano, Dempster, and Harden. The Cubs also still have some promising young mound prospects even with the trade of Gallagher.

The White Sox increased their lead in the AL Central to 2.5 games with the help of a Red Sox win over the Twins. The Red Sox closed the gap in the East to 3 games as the Rays lost their second in a row after a seven-game streak.

The Angels lost, but still maintain a five game lead in the AL West and a 54-36 record—which matches the Cubs.

The Phillies lead the Marlins in the NL East by 1.5 games and the Diamondbacks are the only NL West team at or above .500 with a 45-45 record. The D’Backs lead the Dodgers by one game.

MLB NL: Cubs 7, Reds 3; Pirates 4, Asros 3; Cardinals 2, Phillies 0; Mets 7, Giants 0; Diamondbacks 2, Nationals 0; Brewers 7, Rockies 3; Padres 10, Marlins 1; Braves 9, Dodgers 3.

MLB AL: White Sox 11, Royals 9; Red Sox 6, Twins 5; Yankees 5, Rays 0; Tigers 9, Indians 2; Blue Jays 7, Orioles 6; Rangers 3, Angels 2; Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

MLS Scores: No games scheduled. .

WNBA Scores: Mystics 50, Fever 48; Mercury 99, Comets 94; Shock 88, Sun 82; Storm 79, Monarchs 64; Silver Stars 83, Liberty 79.

.Uncle Ron’s WNBA Roundup: Diana Taurasi reached 3,000 career points in fewer games than any WNBA player with a 30-point effort last night for the Mercury ((9-9).

Tina Thompson led the Comets (9-10) with 23 points.

The Mystics (7-11) outscored the Fever (9-9) 20-8 in the fourth quarter to pull out their win.

The Shock took a ½ game lead over the Sun in the Eastern Conference with their 4-point win.

The Storm (12-7) are the only team in Seattle now that the former Sonics have left for Oklahoma City. The Sonics do still exist on paper as Seattle kept the rights to the Sonics’ name and logo.

Sue Bird led the Storm in their win over the Monarchs (8-11) with 16 points, five rebounds, and nine assists.

Good news and bad news for former Notre Dame All-American Ruth Riley. Her Silver Star team (13-6) has the best record in the Western Conference but she has had to accept a backup role to Ann Wauters at center. Wauters scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Stars win over the Liberty (9-9) last night. Riley had no points and one board in 15 minutes.

Weather

Today High 79 Low 58 Partly Cloudy

Thu High 85 Low 63 Clear

Fri High 86 Low 65 Partly Cloudy

Sat High 88 Low 65 Storms

Sun High 83 Low 63 Partly Cloudy

TV Schedule: 16—8-10 p.m., Baby Borrowers (two episodes); 22—8 p.m., Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25—8 p.m., America’s Next Top Model; 9 p.m., Pussycat Dolls Present Girlicious; 28—8-10 p.m., So You Think Can Dance (2-hour episode); 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 69---8 p.m., Under One Roof; 8:30 p.m., Whacked Out Videos; 9-10 p.m., Twilight Zone (two episodes).

Nation/World

U.S. Turkish Consulate Attacked: Three Turkish policemen and three gunmen are dead after a 15-minute gun battle outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.

American officials said no U.S. personnel were killed in the attack.

Bachelorette Chooses Snowboarder: Bachelorette Deanna Pappas chose snowboarder Jesse Csincsak in the show’s season finale in the Bahamas.

The wedding date is May, 2009.