Friday, February 27, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 27, 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--
Washington 62, Penn 49.
ND Scores: Basketball, Saint Mary's--SMC 67, Calvin 58 (MIAA Tournament Semifinal); 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: Rockets 93, Cavaliers 74; Lakers 132, Suns 106.
NBA Notes: Bulls--
two ex-Bulls' broadcasters die: former head coach Johnny "Red" Kerr, 76, and ex-guard Norm "Stormin' Norman" Van Lier, 61; Kerr had been suffering from prostate cancer; Van Lier was found dead in his apartment and cause of death was not immediately known; Cavaliers--F Ben Wallace out four-six weeks with broken leg.
NHL Scores: Maple Leafs 5, Islanders 4 (SO); Hurricanes 2, Sabres 1 (SO); Devils 4, Avalanche 0; Capitals 4, Thrashers 3; Panthers 2, Rangers 1; Bruins 6, Ducks 0; Sharks 2, Senators 1; Predators 4, Coyotes 1; Blues 3, Stars 1; Blue Jackets 1, Oilers 0.
College Basketball Scores: Men--IPFW 76, Mo.-K.C. 71; (24) Butler 78, Youngstown St. 57; Cleveland St. 71, Valparaiso 64; Michigan 87, (16) Purdue 78; (17) Gonzaga 81, Santa Clara 73; (21) Washington 73, (14) Arizona St. 70 (OT); (22) UCLA 76, Stanford 71; (5) Memphis 71, UAB 60; (13) Wake Forest 85, N.C. State 78; (20) Illinois 52, Minnesota 41; (19) Xavier 68, St. Joseph's 54;
Women--Butler 74, Wis.-Milwaukee 71 (OT); Wis.-Green Bay 68, Valparaiso 60; Purdue 70, Michigan 53; LSU 63, (13) Tennessee 61; (25) Arizona St. 55, Washington 32; (10) UNC 90, Miami (FL) 76; (20) Ohio St. 75, Wisconsin 53;
Golf: PGA Accenture Match Play Championship--Tiger loses in second round to South African Tim Clark 4 and 2.
NFL Notes: Redskins--Redskins sign DT Albert Haynesworth to seven-year. $100-million deal and DB DeAngelo Hall to six-year, $54-million contract; Vikings--Vikings acquire QB Sage Rosenfels from Texans; will compete with Tarvaris Jackson for starting job.

Local

Local Headlines: Tech High School--costs studied, other options considered for new tech high school besides Merrycrest Building; Vandalism Arrests--three arrested in New Prairie vandalism that incapacitated 15 school buses; Sentencing--Matthew Weidler, 27, gets eight years for aiding in the 2008 murder of Randy Guyberson, 57; Guyberson was murdered and buried in the back yard of his home on the southeast of South Bend; Suspect Named--police looking for Michael Lloyd Lindsey, 48, in connection with abduction of 19-year-old South Bend woman and two other abduction attempts in Mishawaka; suspect has record of sex crimes; abducted woman was left off and her car was found abandoned in White County, IN, 100 miles southwest of Mishawaka; ND--two sex assaults reported in ND dorms in recent weeks.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama to announce today that U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end August, 2010; will leave troops behind to support Iraqi forces through 2011; all U.S. troops should be out of Iraq by December 31, 2011 under the plan; Economy--government could own up to 36% of Citigroup in return for bailout money.
Entertainment--Brady/Giselle--Patriots QB Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen reportedly secretly wed.

Weather
Today High 30 Low 17 Snow Showers
Sat High 29 Low 17 Sun
Sun High 29 Low 15 Snow Showers
Mon High 35 Low 21 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 40 Low 25 Partly Cloudy

TV Listings
: 16--8-9 p.m., Howie Do It (two episodes); 9 p.m., Friday Night Lights; 10 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9 p.m., Flashpoint; 10 p.m., Numb3rs; 25--8 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 8:30 p.m., The Game; 9 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 9:30 p.m.,The Game; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes; first episode features the Soup Nazi); 28--8 p.m., Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicle; 9 p.m., Dollhouse; 10 p.m., Fox News; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., LESEA in Action; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices Classics; 57--8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 10 p.m., 20/20; 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Maury.

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