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
ND Scores: Basketball, ND Women--(12) ND 59, (20) Vanderbilt 57; Saint Mary’s--Blackburn 66, SMC 54.
NFL Wildcard Weekend: Saturday--Falcons at Cardinals (4:30 p.m., NBC); Colts at Chargers (8 p.m., NBC); Sunday--Ravens at Dolphins (1 p.m., CBS); Eagles at Vikings (4:30 p.m., Fox). Titans, Panthers, Giants, and Steelers get byes.
NFL Notes: Broncos--Broncos fire Mike Shanahan after 8-8 season; won two Super Bowls but missed playoffs last three seasons; Seattle--Mike Holmgren announces he’s taking a sabbatical from coaching; has more wins than any active coach; Falcons--QB Matt Ryan is AP Offensive Rookie of the Year; Browns--Browns to interview recently-fired Jets coach Eric Mangini.
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: Humanitarian--Maryland 42, Nevada 35; Texas--Rice 38, Western Michigan 14; Holiday--(15) Oregon 42, (13) Oklahoma St. 35.
NBA Scores: Hawks 110, Pacers 104; Knicks 93, Bobcats 89; Heat 104, Cavaliers 95; Suns 101, Grizzlies 89; Hornets 97, Wizards 85; Bucks 100, Spurs 98; Mavericks 107, Timberwolves 100; Kings 92, Clippers 90; Trailblazers 91, Celtics 86.
NHL Scores: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 0 (Blackhawk win streak ends at nine); Capitals 4, Sabres 2; Bruins 5, Penguins 2; Canadiens 2, Lightning 1 (SO); Maple Leafs 4, Thrashers 3 (OT); Devils 4, Blues 3; Senators 3, Oilers 2; Flyers 3, Canucks 2;
College Basketball Scores: Men--Bethel 73, Florida Memorial 59; Siena Heights (MI) 88, IUSB 69; Illinois 71, (9) Purdue 67 (OT); (25) Butler 72, UAB 68; Valparaiso 78, North Park 47; (6) Wake Forest 83, Radford 61; (13) Syracuse 100, Seton Hall 76; (20) Clemson 98, South Carolina 87; Arkansas 96, (4) Oklahoma 88; Women--Bethel 75, Evangel (MO) 62; Alabama 81, Ball St. 75; Valparaiso 58, North Florida 49; Kentucky 82, IUPUI 60; (2) UNC 93, Austin Peay 61; (14) Maryland 80, Mississippi St. 73; (23) Georgia Tech 77, Florida A&M 42; (5) Oklahoma 87, St. Louis 61; (19) Pittsburgh 93, Western Kentucky 50; (10) Louisville 82, New Hampshire 40; (9) Auburn 68, Miami (FL) 53; (18) Florida 75, Miami (OH) 56; (22) Kansas St. 73, Washington 60; (8) Tennessee 77, Gonzaga 58; (3) Texas A&M 83, (25) New Mexico 51; San Diego St. 60, (4) Texas 55.
MLB: Rays--Rays sign reliever Joe Nelson to $1.3-million, 1-year deal; Diamondbacks--Diamondbacks sign C Chris Snyder to 3-year deal; Nationals--Nats sign P Daniel Cabrera to 1-year, $2.6-million deal; Reds--Reds sign OF Willy Taveras to 2-year contract.
High School Basketball: T-Mobile Invitational--Washington High School Lady Panthers (10-0) beat Bob Jones High School (AL) 64-55 to win tournament of nation’s best at Ball St.; beat Detroit Martin Luther King 70-35 in early round.
Local
Local Headlines: Overcharge--Macy’s overcharges debit cards; people who shopped at Macy’s with debit card Saturday before Christmas should check bank statement; Macy’s says overcharges will be refunded.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--Obama to seek quick economic rescue bill; atheists sue to get prayer, God out of Obama’s swearing-in; Obamas move to Washington this weekend; will stay in hotel suite since official guest house is unavailable; Obama will hold meetings in Washington next week on how to revive the faltering economy; Illinois--embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich picks former state Attorney-General Roland Burris, 71, to fill President’elect Obama’s old U.S. Senate seat; Illinois Secretary of State Jessie White says he will not certify pick; Blagojevich is charged with trying to sell the Senate seat; Senate Democrats, including Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, say they will refuse to seat Blagojevich’s pick; Madoff--Bernie Madoff, who cheated investors out of $50-billion dollars, will file list of assets today; actor Kevin Bacon and actress wife Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”) are among those who lost money investing with Madoff; China--head of Chinese dairy pleads guilty in melamine deaths from tainted milk; GM--GM, GMAC ease lending rules to entice car buyers.
Deaths: Jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, 70; vigilante killer Ellie Nessler, 56; her fatal shooting of son’s accused molester in a courtroom was made into TV movie; was diagnosed with cancer while serving sentence.
Weather
Today High 23 Low 14 Snow Showers
Thu High 31 Low 23 Mostly Cloudy
Fri High 27 Low 18 Chance Snow
Sat High 27 Low 18 Partly Cloudy
Sun High 31 Low 18 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Knight Rider; 9 p.m., Law and Order: SVU; 22--8 p.m., New Adventures of Old Christine; 8:30 p.m., Gary Unmarried; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25--8-10 p.m., How To Deal; 28---8-10 p.m., Bones (2-part episode); 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Making Healthy Choices Classics; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-10p.m., Shrek 2; 69--8-10 p.m., Celebrity Expose` (two episodes).
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