Thursday, October 16, 2008

South Bend, Indiana; October 16, 2008

Announcements

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

Voter Registration: 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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▪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.

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

▪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

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

▪Writing: Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.

▪Creative Writing: Starting up again September 11, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., in the Community Room.

▪Book Club: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.; Regular (CFH Book Club)--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, Women—Kerri Hanks named Big East offensive player of the week (second time in three weeks and sixth time in ND career); Football—TE Will Yeatman suspended from team for rest of season due to legal problems..

MLB NLCS: Phillies 5, Dodgers 1 (Phillies win 4-1; first NL pennant since 1993).

MLB ALCS: Rays at Red Sox, 8:07 p.m. (TBS) (Rays lead 3-1).

MLB Notes:.White Sox—Ken Griffey, Jr., has arthroscopic surgery on left knee; recovery time generally four-eight weeks.

NFL Notes: Owners consider Spring preseason games; Colts—trade with Bills for DT John McCargo voided when he fails physical; Peyton Manning hid second knee surgery from opponents; Cowboys—Tony Romo throws in practice; Dolphins—players miffed by remark that fired coach Cam Cameron didn't have much to work with on 1-15 team; Giants—Q B Eli Manning plans to play Sunday despite bruised chest.

NHL Scores: Blackhawks 4, Coyotes 1; Sabres 3, Rangers 1; Canadiens 4, Bruins 3 (SO); Stars 6, Predators 4; Oilers 3, Ducks 2.

NHL Notes: Rangers—thousands attend funeral of 19-year-old Rangers prospect Alexei Cherapanov; Blue Jackets—F Jared Boll placed on IR due to head injury; F Nikita Filatov recalled from Syracuse of AHL.

MLS Scores/Notes/World Cup Soccer: Houston Dynamo 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1; Vancouver, B.C.; Montreal; Atlanta; Miami; Ottawa; Portland, OR; St. Louis bidding for two MLS expansion franchises.

NBA Preseason Scores: Pacers 100, Mavericks 93; Bucks 98, Warriors 94; Suns 102, Hawks 100; Rockets 101, Grizzlies 97; Nuggets 120, Jazz 119 (OT); Clippers 116, Kings 112.

NBA Notes: Pacers—team lets recently traded for swingman Eddie Jones go after he refuses to join team; Pistons—23 years after leaving McNeese St., team president Joe Dumars completes requirements for Bachelor of Science degree; retired Lakers/Kings star Vlade Divac becomes Serbian government advisor on humanitarian/sports issues.

NCAA Football Notes: Pitt—OLB Shane Murray out for season with torn right ACL.

Sports Notes: Golf—Seve Ballesteros suffers complication after brain tumor surgery but in stable condition; still no word on whether tumor malignant; Bob Knight says he may coach again.

Uncle Ron's Sports Ramblings

Phillies Still Losingest Team in Baseball: The World Series-bound Philadelphia Phillies have won six National League pennants and one World Series (in 1980 with Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose) but they are still the losingest old school (dating back to the 1800's) major league baseball team.

One would think that distinction would belong to the Cubbies but the Chicago National League franchise did win one World Series and and eight other National League pennants in the first half of the Twentieth Century.

They also won a NAABBP title and two National League championships as the Chicago White Stockings in the 1800's and one National League title as the Chicago Colts.

Of course, in those days a team only had to have the best record in the National League. The Cubbies have accomplished that feat several times since their last pennant—including this past season—only to fall flat in the playoffs.

During the first half of the Twentieth Century, the Phillies were not even the best team in Philadelphia. That role belonged to Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics with stars like Jimmie Foxx, Stan Coveleski, Mickey Cochrane, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Chief Bender, and Lefty Grove. The A's would have been the best team in the American League had it not been for Yankee dominance.

The Phillies gained popularity in the 1950's with the "Whiz Kid" teams but sank back into mediocrity after the A's left for Kansas City and later Oakland.

Local

Local Headlines: Job Fair—Sen. Evan Bayh attends Job Fair at IUSB; Subs—local school districts looking for substitute teachers; Mishawaka school city HR director says is great option for layed-off workers; Driver—South Bend school bus driver suspended after kindergarten student left on bus; Walkout—GOP St. Joseph County Council members walk out of meeting rather than vote on controversial tax abatement ordinance; Irish Green—public invited to opening today of new 16-acre Irish Green park near Edison Road entrance of campus.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines:. Wall St.—Dow tumbles after brief recovery; steepest drop since "Black Monday" in 1987; Campaign—Obama appears cool, McCain angry in debate; McCain says Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher will never be able to live the American dream if Obama is elected; Obama counters that Joe would get tax break under his plan; Illinois—medical helicopter crash kills four near Aurora; Hurricane Omar—Caribbean getting pounded by storm; Thailand, Cambodia—Thais, Cambodians agree to joint border patrols after clashes; Zimbabwe—power-sharing deal said to be close; Turkey—five Turkish troops, five Kurdish rebels killed in clashes;

Weather

Today High 58 Low 38 Partly Cloudy

Fri High 56 Low 38 Partly Cloudy

Sat High 59 Low 41 Partly Cloudy

Sun High 65 Low 47 Partly Cloudy

Mon High 63 Low 45 Partly Cloudy

TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., My Name is Earl; 8:30 p.m., Kath and Kim; 9 p.m., The Office; 9:30 p.m., Saturday Night Live Primetime Election Special 2008 #2; 22—8 p.m., Survivor; 9 p.m., CSI; 25—8 pm., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8 p.m., Hole In the Wall; 9 p.m., Kitchen Nightmares; 46—8 p.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 p.m.; Tony Rock Project; 8-10 p.m., Antitrust.



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