Tuesday, June 30, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; June 30, 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.
Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ribs Cook-Off: July 17, opens to the public for lunch. Competition begins at 11:30 a.m. Restaurants/caterers will start selling lunch and continue to cook up ribs, drinks, and additional food items into the evening. In addition to meals available for purchase vendors will offer a ribs sampling of two bones for $3, allowing attendees to judge the flavors themselves.
The event is free and open to the public. A limited amount of entries to compete in the Cook-Off are still available. Cost is $150 for an amateur team, $275 for a professional team, and $350 for restaurant/catering. Please call Kristen Pflipsen at (574) 235-5717.
4-H Fair: July 3-11, St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds.
Admission is $8 (free for 8 years and under, $5 for 65 years and older); Dollar Days are Monday, July 6 and Wednesday, July 8.
Concessionaire hours--12-10 p.m.; Midway hours--2-10 p.m.; Nature Center hours--10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Commercial Building--12-10 p.m.
4-H Livestock Auction starts at 9 a.m. Friday, July 10.
For more information go to www.4hfair.com.

ABE

▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪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.
▪Creative Writing: Starting up again this week, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪Computer Keyboarding Classes: Beginning April 2; Thursdays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Beginning Computer Classes: Beginner computer class will be starting again soon. Please sign up in ABE. The classes will be from 3:30 - 4 pm on Wednesdays.
Math Computation with Nick will be from 1-2:30 p.m. on Wednesdays starting June 10th.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Sundays, 6-7 p.m., in chapel.

Herald Sports

Midwest League:
No games scheduled. Silver Hawks back in action tonight at the Cove vs. Whitecaps; game time is 7:30 p.m.
MLB National League: Cubs 3, Pirates 1; Brewers 10, Mets 6; Marlins 4, Nationals 2; Giants 10, Cardinals 0; Astros 3, Padres 1; Dodgers 4, Rockies 2 (13).
MLB American League: White Sox 6, Indians 3; Athletics 7, Tigers 1; Royals 4, Twins 2; Angels 5, Rangers 2; Rays 4, Blue Jays 1; Red Sox 4, Orioles 0.
WNBA: No games scheduled. Fever in first place and Sky in second in Eastern Conference.
NBA Notes: Rockets--Yao foot injury failed to heal properly leading to reinjury in playoffs; Rockets will lose Yao for next season and possibly longer.
Wimbledon Tennis: Venus advances; leading 6-1, 0-1 when Ana Ivanovic retires; Andy Murray wins first match under Wimbledon's new roof; Serena cruises into quarterfinals.

Local

Local Headlines: N.D.--Notre Dame makes 10-year committment to make voluntary contributions totaling $5.5-million surrounding communities of South Bend, Mishawaka, and Roseland; Cart Thieves--thieves targeting St. Joseph County golf carts; Home Invasion--SBPD says no arrests yet in home invasion last night in 1700 block of Swygart Avenue near Rum Village Park.
Area Headlines: Niles--Nile man to fight eviction for growing, using medical marijuana; says he has card from state of Michigan to do so to help treat Crohn's disease, hepatitis C, and acute depression; HUD and Niles Housing Commission say he can't grow it in public housing; State Budget--votes on two-year plan for state spending today in Democratic-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate; Indiana House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer (D-South Bend) says he and fellow Democrats have reached agreement with Republicans in House; the current budget expires tonight at midnight.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--President Obama says he will make his primary place of worship the nondenominational Evergreen Chapel at Camp David; president says his new Consumer Financial Protection Agency will enforce financial rules and protect consumers; Health Care--four divisive issues in health care debate: cost, creating a government-run plan, taxing workers' benefits, and penalizing employers that don't offer coverage; Iraq--fireworks over Baghdad as Iraqi forces take over from departing U.S. troops; U.S. forces move to bases in outlying areas; four U.S. soldiers killed during pullout from Iraqi cities; Iran--authorities say partial recount says election valid; Nestle Recall--FDA says E. coli found in sample of Nestle raw cookie dough; sample taken from Nestle plant in Danville, VA; FDA trying to find out whether 69 illnesses in 29 state due to Nestle cookie dough; Madoff--convicted financier Bernard Madoff finally moving from penthouse to prison cell; source says 10 more people to be charged in Madoff investigation; Vatican--Pope Benedict XVI says scientific analysis of bones in Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls conclude that they are the remains of St. Paul; Comoros--Yemeni jetliner with 153 crashes into Indian Ocean off island nation of Comoros; child rescued; VA--doctor at embattled Philadelphia VA med center admits mistakes in dozens of prostate cancer surgeries; doctor Gary Kao said mistakes in aiming radioactive "seeds" at the prostate were "commonplace" and said he refused to be a scapegoat for the scandal at the Philly VA med center; Honduras--ousted President Manuel Zelaya says he will return home this week from exile to regain control; government which overthrew him says he will be allowed to return--but only as a private citizen; President Roberto Michelleti, named by Honduran Congress as Zelaya's replacement, says ex-president could be met with arrest warrant.
Entertainment: Mays--patholigist says pitchman Billy Mays, 50, had heart disease; died of heart attack at home; Jackson--Katherine Jackson files to named adminstrator of son Michael's estate; says she is trying to ensure that late singer's three children are the beneficiaries; Desperate Housewives--former "Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo will join "Desperate Housewives" cast; experts say de Matteo brought on to help fill void created by depature of Nicolette Sheridan last season.
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Weather
Today High 68 Low 59 PM Showers
Wed High 64 Low 57 Showers
Thu High 78 Low 64 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 80 Low 64 Mostly Sunny
Sat High 82 Low 66 Partly Cloudy

TV Listing: 16--8-10 p.m., America's Got Talent (two episodes); 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., 90210; 9 p.m., Hitched or Ditched; 28--8-10 p.m., Legally Blonde w/Reese Witherspoon; 34--8 p.m., Nova; 9 p.m., Nova ScienceNow; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Paid; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-9:30 p.m., The Superstars; 9:30 p.m., Better Off Ted; 69--8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Jail (two episodes).

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