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, Shillelagh Tournament at Sears Centre; Hoffman Estates, IL. Championship--ND 3, Minnesota Duluth 1 (Irish unbeaten streak 16); Basketball, Men--St. John‘s 71, (7) ND 65; Women--(12) ND 66, Seton Hall 60; Saint Mary‘s--SMC 91, Hope 84 (Belles 4-0 in MIAA); Fencing--former NCAA champion Luke LaValle, 30, dies of cancer; his 200 career fencing wins is second in ND team history; won NCAA championship in 1998.
NFL Wildcard Weekend: Saturday--Cardinals 30, Falcons 24 (first home playoff victory for Cardinal franchise since 1947 when Chicago Cardinals won NFL championship at old Comiskey Park); Chargers 23, Colts 17 (OT); 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: Colts--Peyton Manning voted NFL MVP for third time.
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: International--U Conn 38, Buffalo 20.
NBA Scores: Timberwolves 102, Bulls 92; Pacers 122, Kings 117; Bobcats 102, Bucks 92; Hawks 103, Rockets 100; Heat 101, Nets 96 (OT); Spurs 108, 76ers 106; Nuggets 105, Hornets 100.
NHL Scores: Panthers 6, Penguins 1; Sabres 4, Bruins 2; Flames 3, Predators 2; Capitals 2, Rangers 1; Maple Leafs 3, Senators 1; Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2; Red Wings 3, Wild 2 (SO); Blues 5, Blue Jackets 2; Oilers 4, Stars 1; Kings 2, Flyers 1 (SO); Sharks 5, Islanders 3.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Aquinas (MI) 78, IUSB 66; Spring Arbor 66, (2) Bethel 65; St. Joseph‘s 63, Ball St. 55; Iowa 65, IU 60; (25) Butler 75, Valparaiso 62; (10) Michigan St. 77, Northwestern 66; (21) Minnesota 68, (24) Ohio St. 59; (3) Pittsburgh 70, (11) Georgetown 54; (4) Oklahoma 93, Coppin St. 62; (22) Xavier 84, Virginia 70; Kansas 92, (14) Tennessee 85; (20) Clemson 79, East Carolina 66 (Clemson 14-0); (2) U Conn 80, Rutgers 49; (6) Wake Forest 94, BYU 87; Women--IUSB 83, Wilberforce (OH) 60; Bethel 70, Spring Arbor 40; Indiana St. 56, Creighton 54; Butler 55, Cleveland St. 46; Valparaiso 86, Youngstown St. 43; (24) South Dakota St. 71, IPFW 48; IUPUI 68, Southern Utah 47; (1) U Conn 76, LSU 63; (8) Tennessee 55, Rutgers 51 (10) Louisville 78, DePaul 60; (9) Auburn 79, Stephen F. Austin 56; Iowa St. 55, (20) Vanderbilt 51; (4) Texas 82, Lamar 45; (14) Maryland 83, Richmond 65; (21) Oklahoma St., 85, Texas Pan Am 36; Texas A&M 78, Geo. Washington 59; (18) Florida 74, Ohio 56; (22) Kansas St. 81, Central Ark. 38; (7) Baylor 95, Texas St. 55.
MLB: Marlins--RHP Scott Proctor signs 1-year deal with Marlins.
Local
Local Headlines: Crime Spree--homeowner chases off pair in attempted break-in.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama considers major expansion in jobless aid; Obama daughters enroll at Sidwell Friends School; same school Chelsea Clinton attended; Israel/Palestine--Israeli ground forces move in to Gaza; casualties on both sides, including civilians; Sri Lanka--Sri Lankan army nearing Tamil Tiger rebel stronghold; Minnesota--Democratic Al Franken claims victory in Senate recount with 225-vote margin; Republican senators in Washington say they will filibuster if Franken tries to be seated in Senate without election being certified; Economy--U.S. stocks continue to post gains.
Deaths: Edward D. Cartier, 94, artist who illustrated “The Shadow” and other science fiction publications.
Weather
Today High 36 Low 13 Chance Rain
Mon High 27 Low 18 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 29 Low 25 Ice Pellets
Wed High 29 Low 16 Chance Snow
Thu High 20 Low 11 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--7-9 p.m., Saturday Night Live Sports Extra 2009; 9-11 p.m., Superstars of Dance; 22--1 p.m., NFL Playoffs: Baltimore at Miami; 4:30 p.m., NCAA Basketball: Kentucky at Louisville; 8 p.m., Million Dollar Password; 9 p.m., Cold Case; 25--8-10 p.m., Trail of the Pink Panther; 28---4:30 p.m., NFL Playoffs: Eagles at Vikings; 8-10p.m., 24; 46--8 p.m., Larry Jones Feed the Children; 8:30 p.m., Jack Van Impe Presents; 9 p.m., Winter JRC; 9:30 p.m., Ever Increasing Word With Dr. Leroy Thompson; 57--8 p.m., Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; 9 p.m., Desperate Housewives; 69--8-10 p.m., Real Genius.
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