Monday, January 5, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; January 5, 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
NFL Wildcard Weekend: Ravens 27 Dolphins 9; Eagles 26, Vikings 14. Titans, Panthers, Giants, and Steelers get byes.
NFL Notes: Falcons--Falcons’ head coach Mike Smith is AP Coach of the Year by one vote; edged out Dolphins’ Tony Sparano; CBS--Bill Cowher announces he will stay with CBS rather than return to coaching next season.
NBA Scores: Raptors 108, Magic 102; Wizards 80, Cavaliers 77; Pistons 88, Clippers 87; Grizzlies 102, Mavericks 82; Knicks 100, Celtics 88; Lakers 100, Trailblazers 86.
NHL Scores: Blackhawks 5, Flames 2; Canadiens 6, Panthers 5 (SO); Devils 4, Senators 3 (OT); Lightning 4, Thrashers 1; Ducks 2, Coyotes 0; Wild 2, Avalanche 0; Stars 3, Canucks 2 (SO).
College Basketball Scores: Men--Evansville 65, Indiana St. 59; BC 85, (1) UNC 78 (first loss of season for UNC); (23) Michigan 74, Illinois 64; (12) UCLA 83, Oregon 74; (18) Louisville 84, Kentucky 81; (5) Duke 69, Virginia Tech 44; California 81, (17) Arizona St. 71; Women--IU 76, Iowa 54; St. Louis 79, Ball St. 69; (19) Pittsburgh 72, West Virginia 63; (17) Ohio St. 67, Michigan St. 49; (23) Georgia Tech, 69, Tulane 52; (5) Oklahoma 89, N.C. Central 25; (13) California 54, Arizona St. 53; (11) Stanford 70, Arizona 61.
Boxing: Women’s boxing champ Jesselle Salandy, 21, dies in car crash in native Trinidad; WBA Flyweight Title Fight--Denkoasan Kaovichit of Thailand KO’d Takefumi Sakata of Japan in second round.
Local
Local Headlines: Arrest--SBPD arrests two suspects in Saturday morning and Wednesday home invasions; Grambo--elderly South Bend woman holds home invader at gunpoint; .
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--Commerce Secretary-designate Bill Richardson removes himself from consideration due to investigation into possible improprieties in New Mexico state contract; will remain as New Mexico governor and says he expects to be cleared of charges of wrongdoing; President-elect Obama proposes $300-billion tax cut; Obama chooses Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to head Democratic National Committee; Kaine will remain as governor for last year of his term in office; Minnesota--Minnesota election board expected to name Al Franken winner of U.S. Senate race after two-month recount; incumbent Norm Coleman expected to file challenge; India-Pakistan--India hands Mumbai attack evidence to Pakistan; Sri Lanka--Sri Lankan army pushes deeper into Tamil Tiger territory in effort to end 25-year civil war; Technology--new high-definition TV will instantly stream movies from movie service Netflix.
Deaths: Pat Hingle, 84, had recurring role in Batman movies as Commissioner Gordon; Sam McQuagg, 73, 1965 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Weather
Today High 29 Low 14 Clear
Tue High 31 Low 25 Snow
Wed High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow
Thu High 22 Low 13 Chance Snow
Fri High 27 Low 20 Chance Snow; 8:30
TV Listings: 16--8-10 p.m., Superstars of Dance; 22--8 p.m., The Big Bang Theory; 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., Gossipt Girl; 9 p.m., One Tree Hill; 28-- 8 p.m., College Football: 2009 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl; 46--7 p.m.-12 a.m., Harvest Show Five-Hour Special; 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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