Thursday, October 23, 2008

South Bend, Indiana; October 23, 2008

Announcements

Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.

Qi-Gong: Qi-Gong will be in recess from October 20-November 3. It will resume its regular schedule November 10.

Vote Early and Often: St. Joseph County residents can vote early at the first floor of the County-City Building or at the County Courthouse building in Mishawaka and avoid standing in line at the polls on election day.

Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.

I Hear the Sound of Distant Drums: If anyone is interested in forming a drum corps please see Juanetta.

ABE

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▪Halloween Fiesta: Sunday, November 2, from 6-8 p.m. in the Adult Basic Education Room.

Four students from Notre Dame will be coming to the ABE room to help students learn Spanish and also celebrate the recent holiday.

From 6-7 p.m., we will be teaching Spanish, especially vocabulary focused on Halloween.

From 7-8 p.m., we will be enjoying some Halloween snacks, a Halloween craft and playing educational board games.

▪Computer Basics and Microsoft Word: Wednesdays atarting November 5, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Four sessions: November 5, 12, 19 and December 3.

▪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: A new GED class started up October 10 in ABE. All GED-bound students are welcome to attend. The class meets from 1-3 p.m. Fridays and includes group discussions and time to work on testing, individual assignments and the computer. Please see ABE for details.

▪Poetry Jam: Poetry Jam returned October 17. The new hours are Friday, from 3-4 p.m., in the ABE Room. Read a favorite poem, share your own work; or just listen, relax, and enjoy.

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

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

▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.; Regular—will be meeting Monday, 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.

Herald Sports

ND Notes/Scores: Soccer, Men (at Seton Hall)—Irish 1, Seton Hall 1.

World Series: Phillies 3, Rays 2. Game two tonight at Rays, 8:29 p.m. (Fox 28).

MLB Notes: Red Sox—BoSox bring back most of coaching staff; World Series—rain in Philly may alter series schedule.

NFL Notes: Seahawks: Mike Holmgren denies 49ers rumors; Cowboys—Romo won't return before mid-November; head coach Wade Phillips says he plans more active role; Jets—Favre denies giving Lions inside info on Pack offense; Browns—TE Kellen Winslow appeals suspension; Chiefs—RB Larry Johnson deactivated; Cardinals—WR Anquan Boldin practices but probably will not play; Patriots—infection could necessitate more surgery on Tom Brady's knee.

NCAA Football Notes: Purdue—backup QB Joey Elliott out for season but will not need surgery; RB Kory Sheets off-limits to media after critical comments about QB Curtis Painter, offense in general; IU—QB Kellen Lewis questionable for Northwestern game; Ball St.—Cardinals try to adjust to ranked status; offense tries to adjust to loss of WR Dante Love; Cincinnati—QB Tony Pike plays with broken arm;.

NHL Scores: Blackhawks 3, Oilers 0; Sharks 7, Flyers 6 (SO); Devils 5, Stars 0; Panthers 3, Senators 1; Red Wings 4, Blues 3.

NHL Notes: Blues—Sarah Palin to drop first puck in Friday's game vs. Kings; Blackhawks—Chicago season ticket holders get first crack at New Years Day Wrigley Field game between Blackhawks and Red Wings; Sabres—captain Craig Rivet out two weeks after successful arthroscopic knee surgery.

NBA Preseason Scores: Bulls 85, Timberwolves 75; Magic 101, Grizzlies 90; 76ers 118, Nets 100; Pistons 97, Cavaliers 79; Wizards 100, Spurs 95; Trailblazers 87, Clippers 75.

NBA Notes: Bulls—guard Larry Hughes dislocates shoulder; joins Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas, and Michael Ruffin on the sidelines; Lakers—Kobe knee injury not that serious; 76ers—76ers hit 14 3-pointers in win over Nets; Trailblazers—Greg Oden gets double-double against Clippers; GMs—GMs predict Lakers will beat Celtics in finals.

MLS Scores/Notes: L.A. Galaxy—rumor David Beckham off-season move to Milan could be permanent.

NASCAR Notes: Brian Vickers docked 150 points; crew chief Kevin Hamlin fined $100,000 because Vickers crew dipped its sheet metal in acid to make it lighter than required; Vickers is currently 17th in Sprint Cup standings.

Sports Notes: UFC—next "Ultimate Fighter" season will have U.S. vs. U.K. theme; Golf—Seve Ballesteros showing signs of improvement after last week's surgery for brain tumor; will have more surgery Friday.

Local News

Local Headlines: School Safety—new plans could save jobs of some crossing guards; Hot—woman sentenced to 40 years for setting ex-boyfriend ablaze; Shooting—fatal shooting on southeast side reportedly due to home invasion; Invalid Ballots—St. Joseph County Election officials look in to invalid absentee ballot applications.

National/World

Nation/World Headlines: World Leaders Meet—Asian, European leaders to discuss financial crisis, environment; Wall St./Economy—foreclosures up 21% from a year ago; initial unemployment clams rose last week; 125,000 jobs lost in securities industry this year; Campaign—Obama lead in polls remains at 10%; ahead in key states of Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania; Obama has $605-million in campaign chest; asks for more; McCain kicks off "Joe the Plumber" tour in Florida; U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) stands by comments that some members of Congress (including Obama) are anti-American; California—polls say most California voters oppose gay marriage but also oppose ballot measure to ban it; support for Proposition 8 (measure to ban gay marriage) is rising, though; Yo-Ho-Ho-Ho—Somali pirates seizures of ships threatens Christmas shopping in Europe; could cause shortages of everything from clothes to fuel; Pakistan—missiles kill eight in Pakistan air strike; could be from U.S. drones; South Africa—judge who threw out charges against South African presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma gives prosecutors opportunity to appeal ruling; Republic of Georgia—Georgia says Russia has 7,000 troops in South Ossetia; Georgian government building houses for refugees at record pace; Shaken Not Stirred—new Bond film with Daniel Craig, "Quantum of Solace", opens next week in Britain; Chinese Democracy—(an album by Guns N' Roses, not more for freedom for citizens of The Peoples Republic) long-awaited album to arrive in U.S. stores Sunday, November 23; Technology—Comcast to roll out faster internet speeds.

Weather

Today High 58 Low 40 Partly Cloudy

Fri High 56 Low 43 Rain

Sat High 54 Low 43 Chance Rain

Sun High 52 Low 34 Chance Rain

Mon High 47 Low 34 Chance Rain

TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., My Name is Earl; 8:30 p.m., Kath & Kim; 9 p.m., The Office; 9:30 p.m., Saturday Night Live 2008 Primetime Election Special #3; 22—8 p.m., Survivor; 9 p.m., CSI; 25—8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8 p.m., World Series: Phillies at Rays; 46—8p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey's Anatomy; 69---8-10 p.m., A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Revenge.

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