Wednesday, January 14, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; January 14, 2009

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
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▪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.
▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Developing Capable People: Do you want to learn more about yourself and others? Do you need “new information” to get your life on track? Do you work during the day and want to learn at night? Are you waiting for your health to get better? Are you waiting for disability or SSI or housing or a 2nd chance?
This 10-week evening class is for you!! Wednesday and Thursday nights, 5:30 -8 p.m. Starts February 11. Ask your coach to get on the list. Class size is limited.
▪Public Speaking Class: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., January 14, 21, 28, and February 4. Those who attend all four sessions will get a certificate..
▪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: 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: Tuesdays, 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.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Creative writing will resume January 15.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m., in the chapel.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Nutrition Class: Starts January 7 and will be Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. There will be classes on menu planning and food budgeting and cooking demonstrations.
Everyone is welcome to join. Sign up in ABE.

Herald Sports
ND Notes: Basketball, Women--Marquette 75, (10) ND 65; Natalie Novosel earns second Big East Freshman of the Week honor; Hockey--Kyle Lawson and Jordan Pearce take CCHA weekly honors; Fall All-Sports--Irish 14th in NACDA Directors’ Cup standings after Fall season.
IHSAA Basketball: Girls--Marian at Goshen PPD.
NFL Notes: Chiefs--Chiefs hire Patriots’ Scott Pioli as new GM.
NFL Conference Championships: NFC--Eagles at Cardinals (3 p.m., Fox 28); AFC--Ravens at Steelers (6:30 p.m., CBS).
NBA Scores: Bobcats 80, Pistons 78; Heat 99, Timberwolves 96; Cavaliers 102, Grizzlies 87; Lakers 105, Rockets 100; Nuggets 99, Mavericks 97; Suns 107, Hawks 102; Magic 139, Kings 107.
NHL Scores: Bruins 3, Canadiens 1; Blue Jackets 4, Avalanche 3; Oilers 5, Capitals 2; Rangers 2, Islanders 1; Penguins 4, Flyers 2; Predators 2, Maple Leafs 0; Senators 5, Hurricanes 1; Wild 6, Coyotes 3; Flames 3, Blues 1; Devils 5, Canucks 3; Sharks 7, Lightning 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Olivet Nazarene (IL) 86, IUSB 82; Ohio St. 77, IU 53; Ball St. 60, Northern Illinois 54; Bradley 63, Indiana St. 52; Northern Iowa 58, Evansville 47; Kentucky 90, (24) Tennessee 72 (Jodie Meeks 54 points for Kentucky); Women--IUSB 119, Olivet Nazarene 115; (8) Texas A&M 67, Texas Tech 56; (1) U Conn 77, DePaul 62.
MLB: Cubs--winning Cub bidder should be announced at end of this week; Cub sale price said to be in $1-billion price range; Preston Gomez; former Cubs, Padres, and Astros manager; dies at age 85; Braves--Braves sign Derek Lowe to $60-million deal; Padres--Padres sign Mark Prior to minor league deal; Marlins--former Orioles’ OF Jay Gibbons joins Marlins.
NCAA Football: BC--BC promotes assistant Frank Spaziani to head coach.
Women’s Professional Soccer: New WPA’s L.A. Sol signs Brazilian superstar Marta, generally regarded as the best women’s soccer player in the world; WPS kicks off inaugural season in late march.

Local

Local Headlines: Adams High School--Eagles’ head football coach Peter Rausch resigns; Arson--co-defendants in 2007 South Bend arson case ask for sentence reduction; Justin Brooks and William Glover originally sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to April 2007 fire at Park Jefferson Apartments which caused minimal property damage but potentially endangered lives; Indiana Court of Appeals has already reduced Brooks’ sentence to four years; Dismissed--burglary charges dismissed against realtor Jonathan D. Niemiec; was accused of stealing furniture from client’s house in rural St. Joseph County; Possible Arson--fire at Washington High School linked to students; Musical Theft--employee of Conn-Selmer instrument factory in Elkhart charged with stealing flutes and piccolos; Free Transportation--local parents of GI killed in Iraq get free transportation to visit President Bush thanks to complete stranger.

Nation/World


Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama says he has gotten far more advice on puppy choice than on economy or cabinet picks; House Speaker Pelosi hints Obama will get his $350 billion TARP request; The T-Word--Bush administration official Susan J. Crawford admits terror suspect Mohammed al-Qahtani was tortured; Sullivan was appointed in February 2007 by Defense Secretary Bill Gates to be convening authority of military commissions; Medal of Freedom--President Bush presents Presidential Medal of Freedom to Columbian President Alvaro Uribe, former British PM Tony Blair, and former Australian PM John Howard; Gaza--UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as diplomats seek peace in war-torn Gaza strip; Germany--Deutsche Bank reports Euro 4.8-billion 4Q loss; Indiana/Florida--down-and-out Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker, 38, found alive and arrested; tried to fake own death in Florida plane crash; Vicks--Vicks’ Vapo Rub linked to infant breathing problems; Economy--Morgan-Stanley, Smith-Barney combine; report says retail sales plunge 2.7% in December.
Entertainment: Ben and Jen--Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner name week-old daughter Seraphina.
Deaths: Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, 81, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950’s; Stanley Moravitz, 86, one of the founders of the Giant Eagle supermarket chain.

Weather
Today High 9 Low 0 Snow
Thu High 4 Low -6 Snow Showers
Fri High 2 Low -1 Chance Snow
Sat High 22 Low 13 Chance Snow
Sun High 22 Low 16 Partly Cloudy

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Knight Rider; 9 p.m., Law & Order: SVU; 22--8 p.m., New Adventures of Old Christine; 8:30 p.m., Gary Unmarried; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25--8 p.m., 13: Fear is Real; 9 p.m., 90210; 28-- 8-10 p.m., American Idol (two-hour episode); 46--8-10 p.m., College Basketball: Florida Gators vs. Auburn Tigers; 57--8-11 p.m., Lost (three episodes); 69--7-9:30 p.m., Bulls vs. Raptors; 9:30-10:30--World‘s Funniest Moments.

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