Thursday, August 28, 2008

South Bend, Indiana; August 28, 2008

Announcements

Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.

Just a few notes concerning the Children's Courtyard/AKA Our Back Yard: 1) Families should refer to their copy of the playground rules in order to make sure they are always in compliance; 2) Absolutely NO SMOKING in this yard! We have been finding evidence of smoking and it will not be tolerated!; 3) Always clean up your messes. Put toys away and pick up trash; 4) New Back Yard hours begin September 1. Children may gain access at 4 p.m.

Silver Hawks Tickets: All ticket requests must go through the Development Department. In addition, the Silver Hawks are unable to accommodate requests on short notice. If a guest is interested in attending a game he/she should contact his/her coach who will then contact the Development Department.

Voter Registration: There will be someone on hand to register voters Mondays at 6 p.m., either in the men's lounge or the Community Room.

Pow Wow: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is holding its 23d annual Kee-Boon-Meen-Kaa Pow Wow this Saturday and Sunday at tribal headquarters southwest of Dowagiac. Gates open at 10 a.m. each day.

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.

▪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.

▪Advanced Computer Classes: Students need to sign up in ABE for a 15-minute preview with Sanya by September 5 to qualify for this class. The class will be meeting for eight sessions on Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m.

▪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

Learn Better Handwriting: Tuesdays, 2-3 p.m., beginning August 5. 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: In recess.

▪Book Club: Inspirational—Monday and/or Thursday, 7-8 p.m.

Regular--will be meeting Monday and/or Thursday, 8-8:30 p.m. Read books of choosing (approved by ABE staff).

Sign up in ABE or on the ABE bulletin board by the men's lounge.

▪Masterpiece Seminar: September 9-November 4; Tuesdays 6 –7 p.m.

▪DCP: DCP (Developing Capable People) classes will be starting September 17 on Wednesday and Thursday nights, 5:30-8 p.m. Ask your coach to get on the list.

Herald Sports

Wizards 7, #Silver Hawks 2, (#Second Half Eastern Division Champs): Daniel Fournier (L 0-3) gave up seven runs in 1.2 innings for the Hawks.

Matt Oxendine and Derrick Walker had three and two hits respectively for South Bend but they were wasted as the Hawks stranded nine batters.

The Hawks had one bright spot. Clay Zavada retired seven of the eight batters he faced to lower his ERA to 0.54. He struck out five but he did hit one batter.

The Hawks (41-24) are still competing with the Burlington Bees (41-23) for the best record in the second Midwest League half-season.

The two teams meet again tonight at Fort Wayne's Memorial Stadium; game time is 7 p.m.

The Hawks host the first half-season champion Lugnuts this weekend. Tomorrow's game begins at 6:30 p.m.

MLB NL: Cubs 2, Pirates 0; Cardinals 7, Brewers 5; Padres 5, Diamondbacks 4; Mets 6, Phillies 3; Marlins 4, Braves 1; Nationals 5, Dodgers 4; Astros 4, Reds 1; Giants 4, Rockies 1.

MLB AL: Orioles 11, White Sox 3; Twins 6, Mariners 5; Red Sox 11, Yankees 3; Indians 9, Tigers 7; Rays 1, Blue Jays 0; Rangers 3, Royals 2; Athletics 6, Angels 5.

MLS Scores: No games scheduled.

WNBA Scores: No games scheduled during Olympics; season resumes tonight.

Busch, Edwards On Probation: Sprint Cup points leaders Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards have been placed on probation for six races.

The probation stems from an incident between the two Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Busch, who is ahead in the points standings, finished second to points runner-up Edwards and bumped him on the cool-down lap. Edwards retaliated.

Quinn Should Start At Soldier Field Tonight: ND graduate Brady Quinn should start for the Browns tonight against the Bears.

Browns start Derek Anderson is practicing but is still feeling the effects from a concussion suffered at the hands of the New York Giants.

Quinn has been running the first team.

Weather

Today High 83 Low 65 Partly Cloudy

Fri High 81 Low 54 Partly Cloudy

Sat High 83 Low 56Clear

Sun High 85 Low 58 Clear

Mon High 86 Low 61 Clear

TV Schedule: 16—7-10 p.m., NFL: Jaguars at Redskins; 10 p.m., *Democratic National Convention; 22—7-10 p.m., NFL: Browns at Bears; 9 p.m., 10 p.m., *Democratic National Convention; 25—8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8-10 p.m., Moment Of Truth; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 578 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey's Anatomy; 10 p.m., *Democratic National Convention; 69—7-10 p.m., Bengals at Colts. (*Note: Democratic Convention coverage tonight features Barack Obama's acceptance speech).

Uncle Ron's Ramblings

Obama Acceptance Speech Tonight: I know that headline is redundant. The announcement in the TV section above already says in big bold letters that tonight is the big night: All three major networks will televise Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

There are three football games tonight and a Smallville rerun (Kara/Supergirl is still trapped in the Phantom Zone until the new season starts) but they should be over by the time network convention coverage starts (if someone has a digital TV they can watch compete prime time coverage on PBS channel 34).

Two of the football games feature the Bears or Colts and the Bear game features Brady Quinn starting at quarterback (see article in Sports).

Bill Clinton, 42d President of the United States, put aside any rumored ill-will last night and urged—in his usual eloquent manner—the assembled Democrats at the convention to work to make the man who defeated his wife for the nomination the 44th.

"Clearly, the job of the next president is to rebuild the American Dream and restore America's standing in the world," the former president said. "Everything I learned in my eight years as president and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job."

President Clinton's speech came after Sen. Hillary Clinton had taken to the stage earlier in the evening to call for an acclimation vote to nominate her former rival.

The evening concluded with Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Biden's acceptance speech reminding the delegates "John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right."

The vice-presidential acceptance speech was supposed to conclude the evening but it wasn't over. The now official presidential nominee made a brief appearance at the podium with his running mate.

The McCain camp stole a little bit of the Democratics' thunder by announcing that he had made his pick for vice-president and would announce it Friday

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