Monday, February 2, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 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.
FDA Warning: The 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.

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: 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.
▪Creative Writing: Creative writing will resume January 15.
▪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, time 2-3pm.
▪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

Super Bowl: Steelers 27, Cardinals 23 (Steelers win record sixth Super Bowl); WR Santana Holmes--who made winning TD catch with 35 seconds left after Cardinals scored 16 fourth quarter points to take lead--named Super Bowl MVP.
ND Scores: Fencing, Northwestern Duals, Men--(1) ND (17-0) def. Wayne St. (24-3), Detroit Mercy (24-3), Lawrence (27-0), (3) Ohio St. (15-12), Women--(2) ND (17-2) def. Cleveland St. (26-1), UNC (23-4), (7) Northwestern (16-11), Detroit Mercy (27-0), (3) Ohio St. (17-10; Tennis, ITA National Indoor Championships, Women--(17) ND 4, (14) Arkansas 1; Men--ND 4, (20) Texas Tech 0.
NBA Scores: Celtics 109, Timberwolves 101 (Celts’ win streak 11); Magic 113, Raptors 90; Cavaliers 90, Pistons 80; Kings 122, Thunder 118 (OT).
NHL Scores: Capitals 7, Senators 4; Bruins 3, Canadiens 1; Predators 2, Oilers 1.
NBA Notes: Lakers--C Andrew Bynum injures knee; missed last half of previous season with knee injury.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(1) Duke 79, Virginia 54; (19) Illinois 62, Iowa 54; (21) Villanova 71, Cincinnati 50; Penn St. 72, (9) Michigan St. 68;
Women--Purdue 70, Northwestern 44; Bradley 81, Indiana St. 62; (15) Ohio St. 59, IU 51; (9) Stanford 68, UCLA 51; (16) Texas 58, (4) Baylor 55; (5) Auburn 66, LSU 55; (20) Vanderbilt 88, Alabama 64; (12) Florida 94, Arkansas 78; (19) Virginia 88, Longwood 50; (10) UNC 98, N.C. Central 45; (23) Xavier 74, St. Bonaventure 59.
Golf: PGA FBR Open (Scottsdale, AZ)--1. Kenny Perry and Charley Hoffman -14 (Perry wins on third playoff hole); 2. Kevin Na -13.

Local

Local Headlines: Fire--SBFD crews battle vacant house fire for six hours.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--HHS Secretary-designate Tom Daschle ”deeply embarrassed” over tax issue; Pakistan--John Solecki, American UN official, kidnapped by Islamic militants in Islamabad; Alaska--evidence of volcanic eruption continues to mount at Alaskan glacier; African Union--Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi named chairman of 53-nation African Union; Sri Lanka--humanitarian disaster seen in Sri Lanka in wake of civil war; Punxsutawney--Punxsutawney Phil comes out of hole and predicts six more weeks of winter; applauds Steeler victory in Super Bowl.
Entertainment: Motley Situation--”Motley Crue“ rocker Tommy Lee‘s helicopter forced to land by LAPD for flying erratically.

Weather
Today High 29 Low 13 Snow Showers
Mon High 22 Low 5 Chance Snow
Tue High 18 Low 13 Snow Showers
Wed High 32 Low 22 Partly Cloudy
Thu High 38 Low 29 Partly Cloudy

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Chuck; 9 p.m., Heroes; 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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