Saturday, February 14, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 14, 2009

Announcements

Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
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. .
CFH Fundraiser Night: Texas Roadhouse, 4635 South Michigan Street; February 17.
Present coupon (available at CFH front desk) and 10% of your check will be donated to the Center for the Homeless.
Bengal Bouts (Boxing)--February 15 (5 p.m.), 17 (6 p.m.), 24 (6:30 p.m.), and 28 (7 p.m.) at the Joyce Fieldhouse; tickets on sale at Gate 1 of the Joyce Center.
Zumba Class: We now have a Zumba class for STAR students and other interested guests and staff, on Tuesdays from 3:00 until 3:45 in the Community Room. Zumba blends Latin dance and aerobics for a high energy workout. Kelly Thrall, former Front Desk Coordinator and certified Zumba Instructor, is the facilitator.

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.
▪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. Thursdays and includes group discussions and time to work on testing, individual assignments and the computer. Please see ABE for details.
▪Poetry Jam: Mondays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Writing: Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪Math: Computation--Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 1-2 p.m.; Applied--Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. and Fridays, 2-3 p.m.
▪Gender Roles: Fridays, 3-4 pm.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Intermediate Computer Classes: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Grammar Classes: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Mondays, 5-6 p.m., in the chapel..
▪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

High School Basketball Scores: Boys--Trinity 39, Elk. Christian 38;
Girls Sectionals, John Glenn--Culver Academy 47, Marian 44; Plymouth 34, John Glenn 31; Penn--Washington 53, Penn 30; Clay 45, Mishawaka 43; Bremen--Bremen 47, Westview 34; Fairfield 44, LaVille 31.
ND Scores: Hockey--ND 9, Northern Michigan 5; Boxing, Bengal Bouts--February 15 (5 p.m.), 17 (6 p.m.), 24 (6:30 p.m.), and 28 (7 p.m.) at the Joyce Fieldhouse; tickets on sale at Gate 1 of the Joyce Center.
NBA Scores: no regular games; All-Star weekend.
NBA Notes: Heat/Raptors--Heat trade Shawn Marion, Marcus Banks and cash to Raptors for Jermaine O’Neal, Jamario Moon, and a future first round draft pick.
NHL Scores: Blues 1, Blackhawks 0; Blue Jackets 3, Red Wings 2; Devils 1, Bruins 0; Panthers 2, Rangers 1; Sabres 6, Sharks 5 (SO); Stars 2, Canucks 1; Canadiens 4, Avalanche 2.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(15) Butler 80, UIC 61; Valparaiso 71, Loyola Chicago 47 (Valpo head coach Homer Drew gets 600th career win); West Virginia 93, (13) Villanova 72;
Women--(4) Duke 77, Clemson 53; (14) Florida St. 77, (8) UNC 70.
Pro Football Notes: Texans--Hurrican Ike damage to Reliant Stadium roof finally repaired; Bears--Bears release veteran WR Marty Booker; Falcons--Falcons try to trade QB Michael Vick’s rights.

Local

Local Headlines: Deployed--Indiana National Guard’s LaPorte-based 1613th Engineer Company headed to Iraq; Stimulus--Sen. Evan Bayh and U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly add RV tax cuts to stimulus bill; Self-shooting--rural St. Joseph County man accidentally shoots self in head.

Nation/World


Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama says he will sign stimulus bill into law shortly; Congress--House passes revised stimulus bill 246-183; all but seven Democrats and no Republicans voted for it; Senate gives OK to bill 60-38; Pennsylvania--judges plead guilty in scheme to jail youths for profit; Zimbabwe--Zimbabwe cabinet nominee charged with treason; Pakistan--approximately 30 die in missile strike on reputed Taliban/Al Qaeda compound; missiles reportedly from U.S. drones; Business--Microsoft to launch its own retail stores.

Weather
Today High 34 Low 22 Chance Snow
Sun High 32 Low 18 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 34 Low 22 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 38 Low 27 Mostly Cloudy
Wed High 34 Low 22 Chance Snow

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