South Bend, Indiana; June 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.

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: Loons 5, Silver Hawks 4 (Hawks' loss streak 8).
ND Notes: Baseball--Irish OF A.J. Pollock taken 17th overall in baseball draft by Diamondbacks; could be assigned to Silver Hawks; fourth Irish player in last 12 years to be taken in first round or as Compensation A pick.
NBA Finals: Game four tonight (9 p.m., ABC 57); Lakers at Magic; Lakers lead 2-1.
WNBA: Mystics 75, Shock 69; Lynx 87, Sparks 76 (S. Augustus 30 points, 9 rebounds; B. Lennox 25 points, 8 rebounds); Mercury 91, Liberty 84 (C. Pondexter 26 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists).
NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 Friday, Penguins at Red Wings (8 p.m., NBC 16).
MLB National League: Astros 2, Cubs 1; Padres 3, Dodgers 1; Giants 6, Diamondbacks 4; Rockies 4, Brewers 2; Cardinals 13, Marlins 4; Pirates 3, Braves 2; Phillies 5, Mets 4; Reds 4, Nationals 2 (12).
MLB American League: Tigers 2, White Sox 1; Mariners 4, Orioles 1; Royals 9, Indians 0; Rays 9, Angels 5; Red Sox 6, Yankees 5; Blue Jays at Rangers PPD; Twins 6, Athletics 3.
Soccer: MLS--Dynamo 1, Chivas USA 0; WPS--next WPS games Saturday.
NCAA Football: Washington--QB Nick Montana, son of Joe Montana and brother of ND QB Nate Montana, chooses to attend University of Washington.
PGA: Phil Mickelson after taking time off to help wife Amy in her fight against breast cancer; tests show that cancer is in early stage so her surgery has been pushed back to first week of July; treatment will take at least a year so Phil will continue to play on the PGA tour.
NFL Notes: Jets--Jets sign USC QB Mark Sanchez to richest contract in club's history--$60-million.

Local

Local Headlines: High Water--high water closes area roads, closes part of South Bend's Olive Street; heavy rains prompt flash flood warnings in St. Joseph, LaPorte counties; Elkhart Accident--school bus involved in accident at Lusher and Nappanee Streets; one person taken to hospital; no students on bus; Another Closing--semi truck fire forces closing of eastbound lanes of S.R. 2 at U.S. 20 bypass; RV Industry--expert says clouds clearing for RV industry; says total shipments of RVs in 2010 should be up 24%; workers already being called back at Damon Motor Coach and Jayco; State Legislature--Indiana lawmakers special session starts Thursday; Assault--sexual assault reported at Hollywood Mobile Home Park near airport.
Deaths: Jim Schurz, 76; executive with Tribune's parent company; father of company CEO Todd Schurz; South Bend-based Schurz Communications has operations in Indiana, Maryland, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Missouri, Michigan, Georgia, South Dakota, Kansas, and Virginia.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--administration says private sector should rein in pay; president goes on road to stump for health care; Washington, D.C.--gunman attacks U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum, kills security guard; suspect is white supremacist James Von Brunn, 88; served in prison from 1983-89 for attempting to seize Fed board members; museum closes for day because of shooting; Minnesota--county judge rules that ex-Sen. Norm Coleman must pay Al Franken's court costs--$95,000,--for appeal of Minnesota U.S. Senate election result since outcome remains that Franken leads by 312 votes; Minnesota Supreme Court has yet to rule on Coleman's suit; California--Carrie Prejean stripped of Miss California USA title; pageant officials say she was not fulfilling contract obligations including making appearances on behalf of Miss California USA pageant; Swine Flu--WHO says swine flu pandemic has begun; first in 41 years; infections climbing in U.S., Europe, Australia, South America, and elsewhere; Economy--new jobless claims drop to 601,000 (see "RV Industry" in "Local Headlines); retail sales up; Guantanamo--four Chinese Muslims freed from Gitmo to Bermuda; Iran--Iranian presidential election today; moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi is main challenger to incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Space--Earth-Venus could collide in 3.5-billion years; Japan's unmanned lunar probe Kaguya ends mission with controlled crash landing on moon; Libya/Italy--Gadhafi attacks U.S. during speech in Italy; Philadelphia--car being chased by police hits crowd, killing three children and wounding mom; car's driver arrested at scene; Venezuela--Venezuela bans Coke Zero, cites "danger to health."
Entertainment: Madonna--Malawi court will rule on Madonna's latest adoption tomorrow; Letterman--David Letterman apoligizes for saying Willow Palin, 14, daughter of Alaska Gov. and 2008 GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, had sex with Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez during visit to Yankee game with her mother.

Weather
Today High 68 Low 54 Rain/Thunder
Fri High 74 Low 56 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 77 Low 58 Showers
Sun High 78 Low 59 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 79 Low 59 Sunny

TV Listings : 16--8 p.m., I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!; 9 p.m., The Office; 9:30 p.m., 30 Rock; 22--8-9 p.m., New Adventures of Old Christine (two episodes); 9 p.m., CSI; 25--8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28--8 p.m., Bones; 9 p.m., So You Think You Can Dance; 34--8 p.m., Ask an Expert; 9 p.m., Ballykissangel; 46--7-10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 57--8 p.m., Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night; 8:30 p.m., NBA Countdown; 9 p.m., NBA Finals: Game 4, Lakers at Magic; 69--8-10 p.m., Honeydripper.