Saturday, April 11, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; April 11, 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.
CFH Running Club: The CFH Running Club is taking sign-ups and will be starting soon again. The aims are to have fun, to engage in some worthwhile exercise and fitness, and to be ready to run the Sunburst Marathon on the first Saturday of June. Sign the sheet posted on Peter Lombardo's door (2nd floor, CPC building outside the admin offices) by Friday, March 27.

ABE

▪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—Taking a break; moving to Sundays, 6-7 p.m., in the chapel, starting April 19.
Health and Wellness Class: Sundays from April 19 through May 17th 3:30 - 4:30 on the SO/SH room.
--April 19, Mediation facts and compliance; April 26, Living with diabetes; May 3, Managing pain without drugs; May 10, Coming out of depression without drugs; May 17, Sexual health.
Power in the Workplace II: Wednesday nights from 6:30 - 8 pm, April 8th - 29th.
--April 8, The current economic crisis and alternative approaches; April 15, Worker cooperatives; April 22, Workplace democracy; April 29, Community and Solidarity economics.
Note: Both "Health and Wellness" and "Power in the Workplace II" are walk-in classes.

Herald Sports

Midwest League: Whitecaps 6, Silver Hawks 4; Silver Hawks begin season 0-2.
NBA Basketball:
Hawks 122, Pacers 118; Cavaliers 102, 76ers 92; Celtics 105, Heat 98; Wizards 100, Raptors 98; Knicks 105, Magic 95; Grizzlies 106, Suns 89; Pistons 100, Nets 93; Thunder 84, Bobcats 81; Mavericks 100, Hornets 92; Spurs 105, Jazz 99; Trailblazers 106, Lakers 98; Rockets 113, Warriors 109; Clippers 109, Kings 78.
ND Scores: Baseball--ND at ND PPD, rescheduled for today as part of doubleheader; first game will be seven innings; All-Sports--Irish now 21st in NACDA Directors' Cup standings.
Bethel Scores: Golf, Women, Northwood Invitational--Pilots third after first round 10 strokes back;
NHL Scores: Wild 8, Predators 4; Blues 3, Blue Jackets 1; Oilers 5, Flames 1; Ducks 4, Stars 3 (SO).
MLB National League: Brewers 4, Cubs 3; Rockies 10, Phillies 3; Pirates at Reds PPD; Marlins 5, Mets 4; Braves 6, Nationals 5 (10); Cardinals 5, Astros 3; Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 4; Padres 7, Giants 3.
MLB American League: Twins 12, White Sox 5; Angels 6, Red Sox 3; Tigers 15, Rangers 2; Blue Jays 13, Indians 7; Yankees 4, Royals 1; Orioles 5, Rays 4; Mariners 5, Athletics 4.
Golf: Masters--Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell share lead after second round at -9; Tiger seven strokes back; Gary Player, 73; Fuzzy Zoeller, and Greg Norman miss cut; last Masters for Player and Zoeller.


Local

Local Headlines: Kindergarten--money needed to expand South Bend's full-day kindergarten; Don't Demonstrate--Bishop D'Arcy urges people to stay away from anti-Obama, anti-ND rallies; D'Arcy himself will stay away from ND commencement with President Obama as speaker; More Job Loss--70 jobs will be lost when Moody's Analytics at 130 S. Main St. in downtown South Bend closes; Fires--SBFD battles two housefires in South Bend.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama still has hundreds of important jobs to fill in addition to finding puppy for daughters (president tells Jay Leno: "This is Washington; that was a campaign promise."); Deficit--federal budget deficit sets March record of $192.3-billion; Somalia--U.S. warships attempt to block vessels sending reinforcements to pirates holding American ships' captain hostage in drifting lifeboat; Texas/Oklahoma Wildfires--one wildfire near Oklahoma City suburb which destroyed 50 homes appears to have been deliberately set; other wind-driven wildfires ravage Texas and Oklahoma communities; College Shooting--man, woman dead in apparent murder/suicide at Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI.; California--Melissa Huckaby, 28--a Sunday school teacher--booked in murder of Sandra Cantu, 8; Huckaby arrested after she drove herself to Tracy police station at request of police; police say she gave them enough information for probable cause; Thailand--protestors force Thailand to cancel Asian summit; South Africa--Oprah defends her South African school's successes in wake of second scandal there; Fiji--Fiji returns to military rule; president swears in military chief as PM; Australia, New Zealand, European Union, and U.S. impose sanctions on Fiji because of the coup; No Sin Tax--Nevada lawmakers defeat prostitution tax; Nevada one of only two states that allow prostitution.
Entertainment: Splitsville--Disney Channel and "High School Musical" star Ashley Tisdale splits with boyfriend Jared Murillo; couple had been dating since March 2007.

Weather
Today High 50 Low 30 Partly Cloudy
Sun High 57 Low 33 Sunny
Mon
High 50 Low 42 Few Showers
Tue
High 53 Low 39 Showers
Wed
High 56 Low 37 Partly Cloudy

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