People in the News
First Graduates: Alice Blaisdale, Andrew Bultas, and Noel Heim are the first graduates of the Positive Life Skills Class.
The three were honored at yesterday's CFH Monday Night Meeting and presented with a commemorative key ring by ABE Director Deb Lane.
In order to graduate from the program a student must have attended eight sessions.
Announcements
Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.
Voter Registration: Note: the deadline for voter registration was yesterday.
St. Joseph County residents can vote early at the first floor of the County-City Building and avoid standing in line at the polls on election day. (You could also be a Republican and the only people with cars are Democrats).
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
Parumpumpumpum: If anyone is interested in forming a drum corps please see Juanetta.
(And if anyone knows the correct spelling for "parumpumpumpum" please enlighten me. Spell check was stumped.).
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
▪Learn Better Handwriting: No handwriting classes in September. Sign up in ABE for the next class.
▪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: Football—host UNC (4-1) ranked 22d; game is 67d road sellout in last 74 games for Irish. ND ranked 39th (USA Today) and 35th (AP); Soccer, Women—former ND forward/midfielder and current Irish volunteer assistant coach Amanda Cinalli was selected by St. Louis (no nickname yet) of the new WPS in the fourth round of the draft (26th overall); two-time Olympic gold medalists Kate (Sobrero) Markgraf (ND '98), (Chicago Red Stars), Shannon Boxx ('99) (L.A. no names), and Canadian World Cup/Olympic Team member Melissa Tancredi ('04) (St. Louis) will also play in new league; Golf—Irish contingent 15th after two rounds of Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic
MLB NLCS: Dodgers at Phillies, Thursday, 8 p.m. (Fox 28).
MLB AL Playoffs: Rays 6, White Sox 2 (Rays win 3-1); Red Sox 3, Angels 2 (Red Sox win 3-1).
NFL Scores: Vikings 30, Saints 27.
NHL Scores: Preseason—Panthers 6, Islanders 0.
MLS Scores: No games scheduled.
NBA Preseason Scores: Hawks 118, Magic 101; Timberwolves 117, Bucks 79.
NBA Notes: Bulls—new coach Vinny Del Negro stresses defense; Pacers—report that Pacers could trade PG Jamaal Tinsley to Nuggets this week; Pacer rookies Roy Hibbert (Georgetown) and Brandon Rush (NCAA champ Kansas) adjust to NBA; Timberwolves—rookie Kevin Love scores 13 in debut; Knicks—Eddie Curry returns to practice after recovering from bacterial infection; Mavericks—Paul Westphal hired as new executive vice-president; Heat—Michael Beasley scores 16 in Sunday preseason debut; Hornets—Tyson Chandler OK after ankle sprain; Celtics—Doc Rivers happy with Celtics training camp.
MLB Notes: Cubs—team needs left-handed hitting and possibly lead-off man; White Sox—skipper Ozzie Guillen says RHP Javier Vazquez "needs to clear his mind;" Red Sox—3B and 2007 World Series MVP Mike Lowell out of ALCS with right hip strain; Curt Schilling may come back for half-season in 2009; Brewers—2B Rickie Weeks has surgery to repair cartilage tear in left knee; should be ready for spring training;
NFL Notes: Bears—Matt Forte looks like keeper at RB; QB Kyle Orton continues to improve; Colts—Dungy expects Dwight Freeney and WR Anthony Gonzalez to be OK; Eagles—broken ribs leave RB Brian Westbrook questionable; Jets—S Eric Smith appeals one-game suspension and $50,000 fine for helmet-to-helmet hit on Cardinals' WR Anquan Boldin; Cardinals—starting QB Kurt Warner, 37, says this may be last season; Warner says hit on Boldin hardest he has seen in his football career; Bills—status of starting QB Trent Edwards uncertain after concussion; Giants—WR Plaxico Burress unapologetic as he returns to team after suspension.
NHL Notes: Trade—Shane O'Brien and minor leaguer Juraj Simek go from Canucks to Lightning for Lukas Krajicek and minor leaguer Michel Ouellet; Maple Leafs—LW Ryan Hollweg gets two-game suspension without pay after collecting third boarding or checking from behind major in 41-game span; Islanders—Chris Lee carried off ice on stretcher last night after hard check into boards; Hurricanes—forward Scott Walker to miss six weeks after surgery to repair torn ligament in right hand.
NASCAR: Officials defend passing on yellow line ruling that denied rookie Regan Smith win Sunday at Talledega.
Local
Local Headlines: Victim Arrested—robbery victim arrested in what SBPD calls drug deal gone bad; TKO—pedestrian involved in fight hit by passing car; Crisis Hits Home—financial crisis could affect local bond issues.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines:. Wall St.—Fed to purchase commercial paper to ease credit crunch; International Monetary Fund expects losses on bad U.S. assets to top $1.4-trillion; Campaign—McCain, Obama question each others' character in latest campaign ads; Thailand—protestors trap legislators in Thai Parliament building; Kenya—conservative U.S. author ("The Obama Nation") critical of Barack Obama detained in Nairobi; Tibet—two schools closed for safety after Tibet quake; US-Iran—Pentagon denies jet with five U.S. officials forced to land in Iran; Nobel—one U.S. and two Japanese physicists share Nobel Prize in Physics for joint work exploring hidden symmetries between elementary particles that the deepest constituents of nature; Business—Hoosier-based Eli Lilly bids $6.5-billion for ImClone; Entertainment—beach volleyball star Misti May-Treanor out of "Dancing With the Stars due to injury; fans like Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impression better than the real thing; Angelina Jolie in Clint Eastwood-director picture; says Clint "ridiculously great director."
Weather
Today High 70 Low 54 Chance Rain
Wed High 67 Low 52 Chance Rain
Thu High 72 Low 50 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 70 Low 52 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 72 Low 50 Partly Cloudy
TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., The Biggest Loser; 9-11 p.m., Prez Debate; 22—8 p.m., NCIS; 9-11 p.m., Prez Debate; 25—8 pm., 90210; 9 p.m., Privileged; 28—8 p.m., House; 9-10:30 p.m., Prez Debate; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Paid Programming; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Dancing With the Stars; 9-11 p.m., Prez Debate; 69—8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Jail (two episodes).
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