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.
▪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
NFL Conference Championships: NFC--Cardinals 32, Eagles 25; AFC--Steelers 23, Ravens 14.
NFL Notes: Jets--Jets set to hire Ravens’ defensive coordinator Rex Ryan as head coach.
NBA Scores: Suns 117, Raptors 113; Heat 104, Thunder 94.
NHL Scores: Penguins 3, Rangers 0; Blue Jackets 6, Canucks 5 (SO); Avalanche 6, Flames 2; Oilers 6, Coyotes 3.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(19) Purdue 75, Iowa 53; Northwestern 74, (18) Minnesota 65; (4) U Conn 76, Seton Hall 61; (23) Villanova 76, St. John’s 57; (f15) Xavier 73, LaSalle 53; Women--Florida St. 59, (24) Georgia Tecfh 49; (11) California 57, (9) Stanford 54; (3) Oklahoma 71, (8) Texas A&M 59; (12) Maryland 96, Virginia Tech 79; (6) Auburn 70, Arkansas 61; (13) Tennessee 68, South Carolina 56; (18) Vanderbilt 75, LSU 67; (19) Florida 61, Georgia 45; (21) Marist 65, Siena 55; (22) Rutgers 76, Marquette 53.
Golf: PGA Sony Open (Honolulu)--1. Zach Johnson -15; T2. Adam Scott and David Toms -13.
MLB: Cubs--OF Felix Pie traded to Orioles for LHP Garrett Olson and minor league P Henry Williamson.
Local
Local Headlines: Greenhouse Loses Plants--banana trees and other tropical plants lost after Potawatomi Greenhouse boiler breaks; Congress at Your Corner--U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) meets with constituents at Martin’s on Western.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: FDA Warning--FDA warns consumers to avoid using cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other foods containing peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination; Transition--after following Lincoln route for whistle-stop train tour, President-elect Obama visits Lincoln Memorial; Obamas also visiting shelters to look for Labradoodle or Portuguese Water Hound; President-elect says puppy search is tougher than finding commerce secretary; Economy--world’s second-richest man, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, says U.S. is in “economic Pearl Harbor;” but adds “it’s never paid to bet against America; Buffett, one of Obama’s economic advisors says “couldn’t have anybody better in charge;“ says president-elect listens to what advisors say but ultimately comes up with better ideas; Gaza--Hamas continues fighting despite Israeli ceasefire; Israeli troops start withdrawl from Gaza; strong words of condemnation for Israel at Arab summit in Kuwait; Zimbabwe--Morgan Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe after two months to resume talks with Robert Mugabe on government power sharing.
Deaths: British children’s TV host Tony Hart, 83; “Lost in Space” robot Bob May, 69; veteran TV actor and stuntman who said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit.
Weather
Today High 22 Low 7 Snow Showers
Tue High 20 Low 11 Snow Showers
Wed High 27 Low 22 Partly Cloudy
Thu High 31 Low 20 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8-10 p.m., Superstars of Dance; 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., Worst Week; 25--8 p.m., Gossip Girl; 9 p.m., One Tree Hill; 28--8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., 24; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Bible Prophecy Unveiled; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-10 p.m., The Bachelor (two-hour episode). 69--8-9 p.m., The Twilight Zone (two episodes); 9 p.m., Masters of Illusion.
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