Saturday, February 28, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 28, 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)--today 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--
Jimtown 54, LaVille 39; Glenn 42, Penn 41; Adams 81, Bowman Academy 74.
ND Scores: Tennis, Women--(5) ND 5, (13) UNC 2 (ND 10-1); Men--ND 4, (13) Texas A&M 3; Baseball--Gonzaga 7, ND; 3 Hockey--ND 5, Michigan St. 0 (Irish presented regular season CCHA championship trophy by CCHA commissioner); Boxing, Bengal Bouts Finals--today (7 p.m.) at the Joyce Fieldhouse; tickets on sale at Gate 1 of the Joyce Center.
NBA Scores: Celtics 104, Pacers 99; Wizards 113, Bulls 90 (President Obama in attendance); Pistons 93, Magic 85; Hawks 91, Heat 83; 76ers 108, Knicks 103; Trailblazers 102, Timberwolves 82; Hornets 95, Bucks 94; Mavericks 110, Thunder 108 (OT); Nuggets 90, Lakers 79, Suns 133, Raptors 113;(Shaq 45 points); Cavaliers 97, Spurs 86; Kings 98, Clippers 86; Bobcats 112, Warriors 109.
NBA Notes: Celtics--Celts pick up guard Stephon Marbury after his release from Knicks; Marbury plays 13 minutes against Pacers, gets eight points and two assists in 104-99 win.
NHL Scores: Penguins 5, Blackhawks 4 (OT); Canadiens 4, Flyers 3 (OT); Red Wings 2, Kings 1 (RW goalie Chris Osgood 30 saves); Flames 4, Wild 1; Canucks 2, Lightning 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--no Indiana or ranked teams.
Women--Taylor 66, Bethel 54 (MCC Tournament semifinals); Indiana St. 56, Northern Iowa 51 (OT); Missouri St. 80, Evansville 67; (6) California 66, USC 64; (4) Stanford 69, UCLA 58; (9) Maryland 86, BC 74.
College Baseball: Trevecca Nazarene (TN) 9-3, Bethel 0-1.
NFL Notes: Browns/Buccaneers--Browns trade TE Kellen Winslow to Bucs for draft picks.

Local

Local Headlines: Abductions--suspect in Mishawaka abductions, Michael Lindsey, believed involved in Jasper County attempt; Jasper County directly northwest of White County where South Bend woman, 19, was dropped off; Lindsey released in prison in 2008 after serving 25 years for two abductions and rapes; three other abduction charges were dropped; Food Bank--Food Bank donations exceed expections of CEO; Neighbors in Need Food and Money Drive nets $29,318.91 and 34,249 pounds of food for Food Bank; one truck holds 5,000 pounds of food; Stimulus--South Bend gets nearly $3,000,000 in stimulus money for low-income housing needs.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama leans toward field commanders' preferences in setting time frame for Iraqi pullout; Economy--Warren Buffett admits mistakes in annual Berkshire letter; Berkshire reports 62% drop in 2008 profit; Buffett says economy to remain in shambles in 2009; Netherlands--trial begins in assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri; 2005 bombing killed Hariri and 22 others in Beirut; Pakistan--Pakistan says Taliban has lost two border regions.

Weather
Today High 27 Low 18 Sunny
Sun High 25 Low 10 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 30 Low 20 Mostly Cloudy
Tue High 36 Low 21 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 38 Low 20 Partly Cloudy

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