Friday, March 6, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; March 6, 2009


Announcements

Reviving the Victory Garden: Master Gardener Phil Sutton of Purdue Extension Services will present on "Reviving the Victory Garden" this coming Wednesday from 3 to 4:30pm in the SO/SH room. All are welcome! Phil will talk about the basics of gardening and how community gardens like our own can make a difference. There is a sign-up sheet at Stephanie's desk. Guests are encouraged to attend.
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

ND Scores: Basketball, Women--head coach Muffet McGraw to receive WBCA's Carol Eckman Award; Men--Luke Harangody named to NABC All-District team; Track & Field--Alex Wilson Invitational begins tonight at ND's Loftus Sports Center.
NBA Scores: Hornets 104, Mavericks 88; Nuggets 106, Trailblazers 90.
NHL Scores: Maple Leafs 2, Capitals 1; Rangers 4, Islanders 2; Flames 5, Flyers 1; Coyotes 2, Bruins 1; Penguins 4, Panthers 1; Senators 4, Oilers 2; Predators 4, Blue Jackets 2; Kings 5, Stars 4 (OT); Wild 4, Sharks 3 (OT).
College Basketball Scores: Men--Olivet Nazarene (IL) 81, IUSB 71 (CCAC Tournament semifinal); Indiana St. 62, Drake 55; (20) UCLA 79, Oregon St. 54; Penn St. 64, (23) Illinois 63; (17) Xavier 76, Dayton 59 (Xavier wins third Atlantic 10 regular season title in row); Stanford 74, (21) Arizona St. 64; (11) Villanova 97, Providence 80;
Women--St. Francis (IL) 80, IUSB 71 (CCAC Tournament semifinal); IU 68, Michigan 50; Valparaiso 70, Cleveland St. 52; Butler 61, Youngstown St. 42; Creighton 54, Indiana St. 35; (2) Stanford 70, Arizona 67; (18) Arizona St. 63, (9) California 41; (24) Virginia 66, Virginia Tech 57; (10) Texas A&M 79, Oklahoma St. 49; (19) Tennessee 68, Alabama 49;
College Baseball: St. Xavier (IL) 11, Bethel 6; Cedarville (OH) 12, Bethel 5.
College Softball: Bethel 3, William Penn (IA) 0; Bethel 4, Morningside (IA) 1.
MLB Exhibition Scores: White Sox 4, Cubs 3; Dodgers 5, White Sox 4; Tigers 10, Wizards 2; Rangers 4, Padres 3; Orioles 5, Marlins 2; Angels 4, Mariners 2; Reds 10, Pirates 6 (10); Athletics 4, Giants 2.
MLB Notes: Yankees--A-Rod to play with torn labrum in hip; Giants--Giants release veteran OF Dave Roberts.
World Baseball Classic: Japan 4, China 0.
NFL Notes: Cowboys--Cowboys release T.O.

Local

Local Headlines: ISS--space station visible from Michiana; need to get up early to see it; Greenhouses--South Bend city greenhouses and conservatories again in danger of budget ax; Statehouse--Indiana legislators hope mediation can avert foreclosures; lenders oppose portions of bill; Penn H.S.--Sheriff Canarecci forced to reassign Penn H.S. resource officer after he points out alleged security deficienties to school officials in five-page memo; St. Joseph County FOP puts out memo discouraging officers from taking over resource officer position; P-H-M school corporation statement defends its safety practices; Sentence--Nathaniel Richerson, 20, sentenced to 62 years for murder of Randy Guyberson, 58; Guyberson was murdered and buried in his East Dayton St. backyard.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama to speak to police recruits about stimulus; Montana--natural gas explosion collapses three buildings and causes evacuation of two block area in downtown Bozeman; Ohio--police seek Cleveland man for murder of wife, four children; Technology--shoe phone brings spy-wannabes pipe dream to life (could cone of silence be next); Russia--Secretary of State Clinton to meet with Russian foreign minister; Middle East--U.S. says dialogue with Syria not a threat to Lebanon; Secretary of State Clinton says Iran is Middle East key; Australia--earthquake shakes Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city; Michigan--racial wounds resurface in Detroit mayoral election; Korea--South Korea urges North Korea to retract threat made against South's commercial airliners.
Entertainment: Monkees--former Monkee Peter Tork says he has cancer; Brown--Chris Brown appears in court on felony charges; Michael Jackson--Jackson comeback poses more questions than answers; will he sing or lipsynch?

Weather
Today High 61 Low 40 AM Clouds/PM Sun
Sat High 56 Low 41 Rain/Thunder
Sun High 48 Low 30 Rain/Thunder
Mon High 42 Low 33 Mostly Cloudy
Tue High 46 Low 30 Showers

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., America's Next Top Model; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 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; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyers; 57--8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9-10 p.m., 20/20 (two episodes); 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Maury.

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