Friday, October 17, 2008

South Bend, Indiana; October 17, 2008

People in the News

CFH Guests of the Month: Dwayne Logan, Marcus Lockmondy, Mike Bell, Jon Kollada, Jennifer LeLegue, Mary Rudnicki, Scott Hammock, Joseph Blank, Shalonda Creal, Andrew Bultas, Jessica Howder, Michelle Hinton, Joe Ooten, William Wessendorf, Charles Steward, David Young, Robbie Burgus, Rick Nance.

Announcements

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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▪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, Men—(22) IU 3, (9) ND 1; Volleyball—ND 3, DePaul 0; Football—WR Michael Floyd and FS David Bruton receive midseason All-America honors.

MLB ALCS:

MLB Notes:.Union—Players' Union says it has evidence that teams colluded against signing Barry Bonds; Yankees—Steinbrenner says Joba Chamberlain should return to Yankee rotation in 2009; Tom Tresh, 1962 AL Rookie of the Year and member of three World Series teams, dies at 71; Tresh replaced Mickey Mantle in center field; World Series—MLB pushes back start of World Series game 6 for Obama ad; Dodgers—Manny Ramirez leaves without discussing future; Mariners—Kim Ng among candidates to be Mariners' GM; would be first female MLB GM.

NFL Notes: Cowboys—Romo practices; could play with broken pinky on throwing hand; Chiefs—RB Larry Johnson to sit out Sunday game for violating team rules; team says suspension has nothing to do with assault charge against Johnson; Steelers—S Troy Polamalu blasts NFL over size and number of fines; says game is becoming more like flag football or two-hand touch; RB Willie Parker misses practice again; Saints—TE Jeremy Shockey, WRs Marques Colston and David Patten could return for Sunday's game; Browns—TE Kellen Winslow, Jr., returns to team; Redskins—seven starters unable to practice for 'Skins; Seahawks—backup QB Seneca Wallace ready to start Sunday.

NHL Scores: Devils 1, Thrashers 0; Islanders 4, Lightning 3 (OT); Wild 6, Panthers 2; Capitals 4, Penguins 3; Canucks 4, Red Wings 3 (OT); Blues 6, Stars 1; Avalanche 5, Flyers 2.

NHL Notes: Blackhawks—coach Denis Savard fired after slow start; Joel Quenneville new Hawks' coach; Devils—goalie Martin Brodeur records 97th career shutout; six away from NHL record.

MLS Scores/Notes/World Cup Soccer: DC United 2, N.E. Revolution 1; N.Y. Red Bulls—Jon Conway and Jeff Parke first players in MLS history to be suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs; Galaxy—David Beckham and Galaxy to again play December exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand; Expansion—FC Barcelona partners with FC Bolivar to bring MLS back to South Florida; FC Barcelona would be first European team with ties to MLS.

NBA Preseason Scores: Magic 94, Bobcats 84; Spurs 91, Cavaliers 70; Timberwolves 90, Raptors 86; Celtics 111, Nets 108; Pistons 85, Mavericks 81.

NBA Notes: Wizards—C Brendan Haywood could miss season due to wrist surgery; Thunder—team exercises option on Kevin Durant, Jeff Green through next season; Heat—F James Jones to miss three months due to ruptured tendon in right wrist; Kings—team exercises option on C Spencer Hawes for 2009-10.

NCAA Football Scores/Notes: Florida St. 26, N.C. St. 17; TCU 32, (9) BYU 7; Humanitarian Bowl—Mountain West will send fifth-place team to Boise for 2009 game.

Sports Notes: Golf—Hal Sutton prepares for Champions Tour debut; UFC/MMA—NCAA champ Phil Davis wins MMA pro debut.

Local

Local Headlines: SBCSC—low high school graduation rate in South Bend a hot topic; Hybrids—world's largest hybrid truck event held yesterday in South Bend; Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged—Bar Association publishes evaluations of judges up for retention; four judges up for retention on November ballot; Elkhart—two people hospitalized after meth lab explosion; Entertainment—Willie Nelson, Billy Bob Thornton come to Morris Performing Arts Center November 28; "Woodstock" at SB Speedway—volunteers help get South Bend Motor Speedway ready for first race since since October, 2007; could also be last race at 62-year-old track.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines:. Wall St.—housing starts hit 17-year low; markets continue to drop; Campaign—McCain, Letterman make amends; new Washington Post/ABC News national poll shows Obama lead at 10 points; "Joe the Plumber" is not a licensed plumber; tax problems could be of his own making; Stevens Trial—Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens takes stand at corruption trial; Cambodia—Cambodian PM Hun Sen plays down border skirmish with Thailand; says military action was minor armed clash, not war; China—Chinese to help Pakistan out of economic crisis; Thailand—Thai PM shrugs off calls to quit after violent protests; Zimbabwe—opposing parties remain deadlocked over allocation of ministries in coalition government; Germany—German Parliament approves 500-billion-euro ($672-billion) bank rescue plan;

Weather

Today High 56 Low 38 Partly Cloudy

Sat High 58 Low 40 Clear

Sun High 63 Low 47 Clear

Mon High 63 Low 40 Chance Rain

Tue High 58 Low 40 Partly Cloudy

TV Schedule: 16—8-10 p.m., Crusoe; 10 p.m., Life; 22—8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9 p.m., The Ex List; 10 p.m., Numb3rs; 25—8 pm., Everybody Hates Chris; 8:30 p.m., The Game 9 p.m., America's Next Top Model; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 28—8-10 p.m., Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?; 10 p.m., Fox 28 News; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., LESEA In Action; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10 p.m., Berean Seventh Day Adventist; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyer; 57—8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 10 p.m., 20/20; 69—8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Punk'd; 10:30 p.m., Cribs.


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