Friday, January 2, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; January 2, 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
▪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: 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.
December 15 was the last meeting of Inspirational Reading Squad until January.
Herald Sports
ND Scores: Hockey--Irish to host Shillelagh Tournament at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL today and tomorrow.
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.
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: Outback--Iowa 31, South Carolina 10; Gator--Nebraska 26, Clemson 21; Capital One--(16) Georgia 24, (19) Michigan St. 12; Rose--(5) USC 38, (6) Penn St. 24; Orange--(21) Virginia Tech 20, (12) Cincinnati 7.
NBA Scores: No games scheduled.
NHL Scores: Winter Classic (at Wrigley Field)--Red Wings 6, Blackhawks 4 (Red Wings sweep home and home series; Blackhawks 0-2 after winning nine straight); Bruins 4, Penguins 2; Capitals 7, Lightning 4; Sabres 4, Maple Leafs 1; Canucks 2, Predators 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Marquette 79, (15) Villanova 72; Women--Indiana St. 50, Drake 38; Michigan St. 68, Purdue 62 (OT);
MLB: Orioles--O’s sign LHP Mark Hendrickson to 1-year deal.
Local
Local Headlines: Economy--Indiana stocks took a beating in 2008; Home Invasion--Jason Stewart, 31, dies of gunshot wounds allegedly suffered in home invasion on Frederickson St.; Brian Scott faces preliminary charges of felony murder; homeowner Sam Merriweather says two home invaders exchanged gunfire with each other (earlier reports said Merriweather and home invaders exchanged gunfire); Scott also faces charges of robbery, burglary, and criminal confinement; police still looking for another man, Philip Nelson, for questioning.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--Obama family moves into suite at historic Hay-Adams hotel so girls can start school on time; move to Blair House Jan. 15; suite is $6,000 per night (paid from private transition funds) and has view of White House; with cabinet chosen President-elect Obama focuses on economic recovery plan; Obama team seeks public input on health care; Israel/Palestine--Israelis launch fresh attacks in seventh day of fighting; key Hamas leader Nizar Rayan killed in Gaza air strikes; Economy--Wall St. signals quiet start to 2009; European manufacturing recession worsens in December; SpongeBob/Time-Warner--Viacom and Time-Warner reach agreement to keep Nikolodeon on Time-Warner cable; Time-Warner serves New York, Los Angeles and other large cities.
Deaths: Bernie Hamilton; 80; played no-nonsense police captain on “Starsky and Hutch;” former Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, 90; Pell education grants named after him; mystery writer Donald Westlake, 75; wrote more than 90 books.


Weather
Today High 29 Low 16 Mostly Cloudy
Sat High 31 Low 29 Mostly Cloudy
Sun High 36 Low 16 Chance Snow
Mon High 27 Low 16 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 32 Low 25 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Deal Or No Deal; 9 p.m., Lipstick Jungle; 10 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8-10 p.m., Ghost Whisperer (two episodes); 10 p.m. Numb3rs; 25--8 p.m., Everybody Hate Chris; 8:30 p.m., The Game; 9 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 9:30 p.m., The Game; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 28---8 p.m., Allstate Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., LESEA In Action; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyer; 57--8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 10 p.m., 20/20; 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Maury.

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