Announcements
Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.
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.
Crochet and Knit Class: Saturdays from 9:30 am to 11:30 pm in the arts and crafts room.
It will be open to anyone who wants to learn, brush-up on their skills or just wants to work on an already existing project.
ABE
▪Learn Spanish: Sundays 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.
Spanish class will be in recess after the December 14 session and will resume January 12.
▪Positive Life Skills: PLS will be in session Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
▪Public Speaking Class: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., starting January 14.
▪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.
▪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 will be in recess after the December 19 meeting from 3-4 p.m., in the ABE Room. The ABE staff hopes to see it resume in late January.
▪Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
Writing will be in recess on Christmas and New Year’s days.
▪Creative Writing: Creative writing will resume January 15.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.
December 15 was the last meeting of Inspirational Reading Squad until January.
Herald Sports
NFL Scores: Texans 31, Bears 24; Colts 23, Titans 0; Falcons 31, Rams 27; Patriots 13, Bills 0; Bengals 16, Chiefs 6; Packers 31, Lions 21 (Lions‘ 0-16 mark worst in NFL history); Vikings 20, Giants 19; Panthers 33, Saints 31; Steelers 31, Browns 0; Raiders 31, Buccaneers 24; Ravens 27, Jaguars 7; Dolphins 24, Jets 17; Eagles 44, Cowboys 6; Cardinals 34, Seahawks 21; 49ers 27, Redskins 24; Chargers 52, Broncos 21.
NFL Notes: Patriots--Tom Brady’s dad denies rumors that the injured Pat’s QB and model Giselle Bundchen are engaged; Browns--general manager Phil Savage fired; Steelers--QB Ben Roethlisberger taken off field on stretcher due to concussion; 49ers--49ers remove “interim“ from head coach Mike Singletary‘s job description; deal reportedly for four years.
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: Hawaii--Notre Dame 49, Hawaii 21; Poinsettia--(11) TCU 17, (9) Boise St. 16; Motor City--Fla. Atlantic 24, Central Michigan 21; Meineke--West Virginia 31, North Carolina 30; Champs Sports--Florida St. 42, Wisconsin 13; Emerald--California 24, Miami (FL) 17; Independence--Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10.
NBA Scores: Hornets 105, Pacers 103; Nuggets 117, Knicks 110; Mavericks 98, Clippers 76; Cavaliers 93, Heat 86; Celtics 108, Kings 63; Lakers 130, Warriors 113.
NHL Scores: Blackhawks 4, Wild 1 (Blackhawk win streak franchise-record nine); Bruins 2, Thrashers 1; Ducks 4, Blues 3; Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 1; Oilers 5, Predators 2; Canucks 3, Senators 0.
NHL Notes: Winter Classic--Winter Classic at Wrigley Field may be postponed; unseasonably warm weather is delaying installation of ice rink.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(10) Purdue 59, Valparaiso 45; Lipscomb 74, IU 69; Indiana St. 85, Northern Iowa 84 (2OT); Evansville 76, Drake 65; IPFW 67, North Florida 61; (13) UCLA 78, Louisiana Tech 55; (23) Minnesota 82, High Point 56; (1) North Carolina 97, Rutgers 75 (UNC 12-0).
UFC: Light-Heavyweight Title Fight--Rashad Evans def. champion Forrest Griffin; fight stopped at 2:46 of third round; Quinton “Rampage” Jackson KO s Wanderlei Silva in non-title fight.
MLB: Giants--Randy Johnson, 45, signs with Giants; Nationals--former Cub OF Corey Patterson signs with Nats; Yankees--1B Mark Texeira signs with Yanks for eight years, $180-million; 25-cent bleacher seats for opener in new Yankee Stadium.
Local
Local Headlines: Lost Power--downed power lines in Michiana leave thousands without power; Erosion--soil erosion along Lake Michigan bluffs damages southern Michigan homes; SBPD--South Bend police investigate another shooting; Sunday morning shooting is third in last four days; Thud--pothole season upon us after warm weather; Good News--low gas prices continue in Michiana.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--health care reform remains a priority for President-elect Obama; Hawaii storm cuts off power to Obama vacation estate; Laura Bush and Condoleezza Rice defend Bush presidency; California--estranged husband dressed in Santa suit kills eight members of wife’s family on Christmas Eve, then kills self; Bangladesh--Bangladeshis vote for new Parliament in restoration of democracy; India/Pakistan--Pakistani government calls for “calm” with India; Thailand--Thai protestors surround Parliament building forcing delay in legislature‘s opening session under new government; protestors are supporters of deposed government; Illinois--Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn predicts Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be impeached by February 12; Canada--eight missing in Canadian avalanches; Somalia--Somali president quits after four years in office; Oil--oil rises above $40 per barrel due to Israeli-Gaza conflict; Israel/Gaza--Israeli bombers pound targets in Gaza for third straight day; obliterate symbols of Hamas power; Israel prepares for possible Gaza invasion; African Union--African Union suspends Guinea membership after military coup in Guinea; Guinean Army Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has declared himself president after death of long-time President Lansana Conte; Conte had seized power in 1984 military coup; Business--Wal-Mart began selling iPhones Sunday.
Deaths: Actress/singer/dancer Eartha Kitt, 81; Nobel-winning playwright Sir Harold Pinter, 78; wrote The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming, and Betrayal; mystery writer Hillary Waugh, 88.
Weather
Today High 41 Low 25 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 40 Low 20 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 25 Low 20 Partly Cloudy
Thu High 31 Low 23 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 29 Low 20 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Greatest Holiday Moments: Hilarious Home Video Countdown; 9 p.m., Deal Or No Deal; 22--8 p.m., The Big Bang Theory; 8:30 p.m., How I Met Your Mother; 9 p.m., Two and a Half Men; 9:30 p.m., Gary Unmarried; 25--8 p.m., Gossip Girl; 9 p.m., One Tree Hill; 28---8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., Bones; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Bible Prophecy Unraveled; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-11p.m., Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl; 69--8-10 p.m., 2008 World Music Awards.
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