Tuesday, March 17, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; March 17, 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: The Crochet and Knit Class will be taking a break for the Spring and Summer. It will resume in November, 2009.
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.
Old Men Take Note: The Coen brothers film "No Country for Old Men" (2007) will be shown Friday at 2 p.m. in the CFH Community Room. Snacks will be provided.
The crime thriller stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. Bardem and the Coen brothers won Academy Awards for best supporting actor and best director respectively. Roger Ebert said it was "as good a film as the Coen brothers have ever made."


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.
▪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--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.
▪Computer Keyboarding Classes: Beginning April 2; 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

Silver Hawks: Silver Hawks selling tickets for '09.
ND Scores:
Basketball, Men--Irish to face UAB in first round of NIT tonight at 9 p.m. in the Joyce Center; Women--(7 seed) Irish to host (10 seed) Minnesota in NCAA first round Sunday, 2:30 p.m., in the Joyce Center; Track, Correction--Mary Saxer vault of 13-3 1/2 at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships was good enough to win All-America honors giving this year's Irish squad three All-Americans.
NBA Scores: Bobcats 112, Raptors 86; Thunder 78, Spurs 76; Rockets 95, Hornets 84; Trailblazers 103, Grizzlies 92; Nuggets 121, Nets 96.
NHL Scores: Thrashers 5, Capitals 1; Predators 4, Kings 3.
College Basketball Scores: Men--NAIA Semifinals--Ozarks (MO) 73, Bethel 64; NCAA/NIT--no games scheduled. First round NCAA games start tomorrow.
Men's NCAA Tourney First Round--(5) Purdue vs. (12) Northern Iowa; (9) Butler vs. (8) LSU;
Women--no games scheduled. First round NCAA tournament games start Wednesday.
Women's NCAA Tourney First Round--(15 Evansville vs. (2) Texas A&M; (12) Ball St. vs. (5) Tennessee; (6) Purdue vs. (11) Charlotte .
MLB Exhibition Scores: Brewers 9, Cubs 6; Royals 11, White Sox 7; Tigers 7, Cardinals 6; Rockies 8, Diamondbacks 3; Nationals 3, Marlins 1; Athletics 10, Dodgers 8; Twins 5, Orioles 3; Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 4; Yankees 12, Phillies 0; Angels 8, Giants 5; Rays 6, Pirates 4; Mariners 4, Dodgers 3 (10); Indians 4, Mariners 1.
World Baseball Classic: Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0; Cuba 7, Mexico 4.

Local

Local Headlines: President Selects Hoosier Judge--President Obama has selected Indiana judge David Hamilton to serve on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which covers Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana; Hamilton is currently U.S. District Court judge in Indianapolis; Big Bust--Toll Road stop nets 290 pounds of marijuana; Crash--glass shatters after SBCSC bus hits deer on Ireland Road; driver says children hit by flying glass but unable to confirm any injuries; More SBCSC--SBCSC to expand full-day kindergarten; School Board approves Early College program to start in fall; Foiled Again--teen's (13) call to police thwarts home invasion.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama criticizes AIG bonuses; Obama team taking heat over AIG bonuses; President Obama hosts key members of House and Senate budget committees as crunch time nears for budget; Madagascar--Madagascar's president steps down; hands power over to military; military said to favor opposition leader Andry Rajoelina; Supreme Court--Justice Ginsburg says she will have chemotherapy; More AIG--Roger Simon of Politico writes: "The only real difference between Bernie Madoff and the management of AIG is that when Bernie Madoff got caught, he pleaded guilty. When AIG got caught, it asked the government for $170-billion. And it got it.... "
Entertainment: Critical--Natasha Richardson reportedly in critical condition; severely injured in skiing accident in Quebec.
Deaths: former U.S. Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar, 82; served during Nixon administration.

Irish Blessing: "May you be in heaven a half-hour before the devil knows you're dead."

Weather
Today High 68 Low 44 Sunny
Wed High 55 Low 32 T-storms
Thu High 44 Low 25 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 49 Low 30 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 50 Low 39 Few Showers

TV Listing: 16--8-10 p.m., The Biggest Loser (two-hour episode); 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., Reaper; 9 p.m., 90210; 28--8-10 p.m., American Idol (two-hour episode); 46--8-10 p.m.;, Harvest; 57--8 p.m., Homeland Security USA; 9-10 p.m., Scrubs (two episodes); 69--8 p.m., Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; 8:30 p.m., NBA Basketball: Celtics vs. Bulls.

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