Thursday, February 26, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 26, 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.
Bengal Bouts Finals (Boxing)--February 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.
▪Money Smart: 10-week finance class starting March 2 sponsored by Lake City Bank; Mondays 7-8:30 p.m. Get paid $15 per class! Build or fix your credit through interest-free loans.
Priority eligibility: STAR graduates, Transitional guests, Starting Over Graduates, coach referral (if open seats exist). Sign up in ABE room.
▪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..

Herald Sports

High School Basketball: Boys--
Gary Roosevelt 66, Washington 65; Riley 59, Adams 48.
ND Scores: Basketball, Men--ND 70, Rutgers 65; Boxing, Bengal Bouts Finals--February 28 (7 p.m.) at the Joyce Fieldhouse; tickets on sale at Gate 1 of the Joyce Center.
NBA Scores: Pacers 104, Grizzlies 99; Nets 111, Bulls 99; 76ers 106, Wizards 98; Magic 114, Knicks 109; Jazz 120, Timberwolves 103; Hornets 90, Pistons 87; Mavericks 116, Bucks 96; Spurs 99, Trailblazers 84; Nuggets 110, Hawks 109; Bobcats 98, Kings 91; Clippers 93, Celtics 91.
NHL Scores:
Flyers 2, Kings 0; Maples Leafs 2, Rangers 1 (SO); Penguins 1, Islanders 0; Red Wings 4, Sharks 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--IUSB 69, St. Francis (IL) 63; Bethel 73, Taylor 53 (MCC Tournament First Round); Northwestern 75, IU 53 (IU 1-14 in Big Ten); Ball St. 53, Central Michigan 44; Evansville 56, Bradley 49; (25) Texas 87, Texas Tech 81; (7) Duke 78, Maryland 67; (11) MIsso;uri 94, Kansas St. 74; (9) Michigan St. 62, Iowa 54; (10) Villanova 74, DePaul 72; Virginia Tech 80, (12) Clemson 77; (2) U Conn 93, (8) Marquette 82;
Women--Nebraska 52, (16) Kansas St. 47; (21) Iowa St. 76, Colorado 63; (5) Baylor 83, Texas Tech 53; Temple 74, (17) Xavier 65; (7) Duke 83, Wake Forest 50.
Golf: PGA Accenture Match Play Championship--Tiger Wood defeats Brendan Jones 3 and 2 in first competition since knee surgery last year.
NFL Notes: Buccaneers--Bucs release LB Derrick Brooks, four others.

Local

Local Headlines: Abductions--South Bend woman, 19, abducted from Mishawaka shopping center; found safe 100 miles south in White County, IN; abduction follows two failed attempts in Mishawaka shopping centers; police say they have identified suspect in case--a registered sex offender--and they are trying to find him; New Business--Fortis Plastics moving corporate management functions to South Bend; will keep manufacturing functions in Kentucky; Fortis also has three plants in Elkhart; Mayor Luecke says move will bring 184 manufacturing and corporate-management jobs to South Bend by 2013; Mishawaka--Mishawaka High School principal George Marzotto announces retirement after four-decade career in education.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama sends budget to Congress with $1.75-trillion deficit; Congress--mortgage relief bill for House set; Florida--Miami piano teacher kills wife, two daughters, self; Bangladesh--tanks roll in Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after border guards mutiny; Turkey/Netherlands--Turkish airliner crashes near Amsterdam airport, killing nine and injuring 86; Antarctica--Antarctic glaciers melting faster than thought; Suicide--four charged in multi-state suicide assistance program; Great Lakes--odd microbes found in Great Lakes; peculiar geological formations support purple mats of microbes; similar to life forms found in Antarctica.
Entertainment--Tyler Perry--Tyler Perry says he is considering killing off Medea.

Weather
Today High 47 Low 32 PM Rain
Fri High 32 Low 16 Snow Showers
Sat High 32 Low 19 Cloudy
Sun High 25 Low 13 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 26 Low 17 Partly Cloudy

TV Listings : 16--8 p.m., Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five; 8:30 p.m., Kath & Kim; 9 p.m., The Office; 9:30 p.m., 30 Rock; 22--8 p.m., Survivor; 9 p.m., CSI; 25--8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28--8 p.m.,American Idol; 10 p.m., Hell's Kitchen; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey‘s Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., The Street King.

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