Thursday, March 12, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; March 12, 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.
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: Washington's Skyler Diggins named Naismith National High School Player of the Year; Skyler has signed to play for Muffet McGraw's ND women's team; Panthers have one Class 4A state championship and three runner-up finishes in the last four years; lost 71-69 in this year's state final on last-second shot by Ben Davis.
ND Scores: Big East Men's Basketball Tournament--West Virginia 74, ND 62; Baseball--ND 10, Grambling 7; Tennis, Women--(4) ND 5, South Florida 2; Saint Mary's--Saint Scholastica 7, SMC 2; Softball, Saint Mary's--SMC 3, Elms (MA) 1; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 14, SMC 4 (Belles 7-1); Golf, Men, Palmas Del Mar Intercollegiate (P.R.)--Irish +5 for final round to finish second with three hole score of +12; (winner Virginia Commonwealth +6); Women, Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge (Palos Verdes, CA)--Irish 12th with 956 score (winner Arizona St. 898); Hockey, All-CCHA Team--D Ian Cole (1st team), F Christian Hanson (2nd team), F Erik Condra (2nd team), D Kyle Lawson (2nd team); two ND players receive honorable mention; Track--Irish qualify four for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend in College Station, TX.: Patrick Smyth (3000-meter), Joanna Schultz (400-meter), Mary Saxer and Matt Schipper (pole vault).
NBA Scores: Magic 107, Bulls 79; 76ers 115, Raptors 106; Hornets 109, Wizards 98; Hawks 100, Jazz 93; Knicks 116, Pistons 111 (OT); Heat 107, Celtics 99; Timberwolves 104, Grizzlies 79; Lakers 102, Rockets 96; Nuggets 112, Thunder 96; Mavericks 93, Trailblazers 89; Warriors 116, Nets 112.
NHL Scores: Blackhawks 3, Hurricanes 2 (SO); Senators 3, Lightning 2 (SO); Ducks 4, Canucks 3 (OT).
NHL Notes: Kings--Larry Regan, 78, first GM of Kings dies; was NHL Rookie of the Year in 1956-57 with Bruins.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Bethel 86, Johnson & Wales (CO) 58 (NAIA Division II Tournament, First Round); (18) Syracuse 89, Seton Hall 74; (21) Marquette 74, St. John's 45;
Women--Bethel 67, Cedarville (OH) 63 (NAIA Division II Tournament, First Round); Dartmouth 64, Harvard 51 (Dartmouth wins Ivy League title and NCAA bid); Wis.-Milwaukee 53, Butler 52 (Horizon League Tourney); Wright St. 64, Valparaiso 59 (Horizon League Tourney).
MLB Exhibition Scores: White Sox 6, Brewers 2; Pirates 2, Blue Jays 2 (11); Rockies 5, Indians 0; Reds 8, Astros 2; Cardinals 8, Marlins 4; Royals 9, Mariners 2; Twins 4, Orioles 3; Tigers 7, Yankees 4; Braves 12, Phillies 10.
World Baseball Classic: Venezuela 5, USA 3; Puerto Rico 5, Netherlands 0; Mexico 16, Australia 1.

Local

Local Headlines: PHM--Penn High School gets new resource officer; St. Joseph County Police Lt. Chris DeMeyer moves from PHM middle schools to high school; SJCPD Off. Rebecca Childers-Wallick will take over PHM middle schools; Sentencing--Daniel Seltzer, 48, gets 60 years added to his current sentence for 1981 strangulation death of Gerald Gherardi, 28, of Mishawaka; Seltzer was already serving time for 1983 murder of George Lamphere, also of Mishawaka; Seltzer's original sentence was almost finished; Help Wanted--U.S. Census Bureau needs 1,000 workers for 2010 census; Death Investigation--police investigating woman's death on East Haney St. this morning; Victim Identified--man shot dead outside his Jackson St. home in South Bend identified as Eddie Williams, 35.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama, Vice-President Biden to talk stimulus with states; Iraq--Bush shoe thrower gets three-year sentence; Alaska--Gov. Palin's daughter Bristol and fiance Levi Johnston break up; two months after the birth of their son Tripp; South Carolina--South Carolina Gov. Stanford first governor to refuse part of stimulus money; Germany--German school killer Tim Kretschmer, 17, warned of massacre on chatroom.
Entertainment: Chris Brown--Chris Brown withdraws from Kids' Choice Awards; American Idol--Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez eliminated; Married--Mandy Moore, 24, and rocker Ryan Adams, 34, wed yesterday in small ceremony in Savannah, GA.
Deaths: Jimmy Boyd, 70; recorded "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" in 1952 at age 13; also acted in 1950's sitcoms "Bachelor Father" and "Date With the Angels."

Weather
Today High 28 Low 14 Flurries
Fri High 41 Low 25 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 49 Low 28 Mostly Sunny
Sun High 52 Low 32 Cloudy
Mon High 51 Low 33 Showers

TV Listings : 16--8 p.m., My Name Is Earl; 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., Bones; 10 p.m., Hell's Kitchen; 46--6:30-11 p.m., College Basketball, Teams TBA; 57--8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey‘s Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., Passenger 57.

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