South Bend, Indiana; June 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.
Sheriff's Auction: Thirty confiscated automobiles and items to be auctioned in Benton Harbor Wednesday by Berrien County Sheriff's Department.
Rescued Pets: First of 35 pets rescued from puppy mill in New Albany will be ready for adoption June 20; will have big tent set at shelter on West Sixth Street in Mishawaka for adoption day.
Help Animals: Care is hosting a two-day event June 19 and 20 at Borders. Borders will contribute 10% of your purchase towards the construction of a new animals shelter for South Bend when you present the attached coupon at the time of your purchase.
On June 20 we will have several fun, family-oriented activities:
▪At noon and 2 p.m. we will have Story Time with "Angelo," the SBACC Shelter Cat. We will be reading Dr. Seuss's tale "The Cat in the Hat."
▪From 1-1:30 p.m. we will have a magic show performed performed by Kevin Wilson of Abracadabra Magic.
▪From 11 a.m.-4 p.m. we will have animals available for adoption from SBACC.
We hope you can join us! If you’d like to volunteer for the event, please RSVP to Valerie Schey at VSchey@SBCGlobal.net or (574) 210 – 9623.

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 at Silver Hawks PPD; game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tonight at the Cove with game one beginning at 5:30 p.m.; as per Midwest League rules each game will be seven innings.
MLB National League: Reds 7, Braves 2.
MLB Interleague: White Sox at Cubs PPD; Blue Jays 8, Phillies 3 (10); Yankees 5, Nationals 3; Brewers 7, Indians 5; Mets 6, Orioles 4; Red Sox 8, Marlins 2; Rangers 6, Astros 1; Twins 8, Pirates 2; Royals 5, Diamondbacks 0; Cardinals 11, Tigers 2; Rays 12, Rockies 4; Mariners 5, Padres 0; Dodgers 5, Athletics 4 (10); Angels 8, Giants 1.
MLB Notes: Sosa--Report says Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance-enhancing drug in 2003.
WNBA: Sky 78, Sun 75 (J. Perkins 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists); Lynx 86, Monarchs 83 (S. Augustus 30 points; N. Powell 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists).
NFL Notes: Browns--Browns' WR Dante Stallworth gets 30 days after pleading guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Florida; also reached financial settlement with family of 59-year-old construction worker.

Local

Local Headlines: Gabrieles--coroner says shooting deaths of Dr. Philip Gabriele and wife Marcella at their eye clinic in Elkhart was murder-suicide by agreement; Marcella's brother Jon says they would not have wanted to be separated; letter from Gabrieles to WSBT maintains their innocence and says they were victims of overzealous U.S. attorney; Crimes Linked (?)--home invasions on Cedar Street possibly linked to car theft and assault in Lakeville; police find stolen Lakeville car at site of home invasion on 1100 Cedar Street where resident was held up at gunpoint and robbed of wallet, cell phone, and televison; Lakeville man, 61, was beaten, bound, and gagged at his apartment; found by children; home invaders also took woman's purse, computer, and TV at 1200 E. Cedar from couple but dropped the TV on their way out; Lawsuit--Sheriff Canarecci, St. Joseph County settle lawsuit over sheriff's salary with mediated agreement; sheriff gets reduced base salary plus tax collections; Cash Seized--police seize more than $200,000 in drug arrest on South Bend's south side.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--White House communications director Ellen Moran leaving to take job as chief of staff for Commerce Secretary Gary Locke; AP report says that President Obama plans to sign memorandum extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees; Health Care--HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says health insurers won't succeed in blocking public health plan; says President Obama does not want to drive insurers out of business but make them more competitive; first work session on Senate health care bill; Senate Democrats seek to trim health care bill as cost estimates rise to $1.6-trillion; seeks hundreds of billions in concessions from private industry; North Korea--North Korea warns of "thousand-fold" military action against U.S. and its allies if provoked; Iran--defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi issues challenge to country's supreme ruler and council; calls for mass rally to protest disputed election results and violence against his followers; NASA--shuttle launch delayed until July due to hydrogen leak which work crews had unsuccessfully tried to repair; Scandal--Nevada Sen. John Ensign, potential GOP presidential candidate, admits to extramarital affair with campaign aide; Pakistan--Pakistani authorities to invite Taliban's victims to fight back; hope to recruit 8,500 members for citizen's militia; Vermont--village schoolhouse in use since 1801 closes; Kentucky--flood-prone town of Martin getting help from federal government to rebuild on higher ground; residents in Martin have been flooded out 37 times since 1862, four times in the last decade; Shades of O Henry--jobless man in Taiwan steals to get free prison lunch.
Entertainment: Top Paid--Harrison Ford tops list of highest paid actors; made $65-million between June 2008 and June 2009 thanks to the success of "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull;" others in the top ten: Adam Sandler, Will Smith, Eddy Murphy, Nicolas Cage, and Johnny Depp; CMT--Taylor Swift wins Video of the Year at Country Music Television Awards; Penn--actor Sean Penn announces he will not play Larry in "Three Stooges" movie as previously announced and he is also dropping out of "Cartel" cast; spokesman for the actor did not specify a reason.
Deaths: sculptor Patrick Farrow, 66; brother of actress Mia Farrow and son of director John Farrow and actress Maureen O'Sullivan.
Unsubstantiated rumor: Penn--The Herald could not confirm the rumor that Sean Penn gave up his role as Larry in the "Three Stooges" movie because he got frustrated trying to pronounce "annacannapennistan" (I'm not sure that's the correct spelling; I couldn't find it in a dictionary. UR).

Weather
Today High 73 Low 59 Isolated T-Storms
Thu High 82 Low 68 Isolated T-Storms
Fri High 83 Low 63 Scattered T-Storms
Sat High 77 Low 61 Few Showers
Sun High 83 Low 64 Mostly Sunny

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!; 9 p.m., Law and Order; 22--8 p.m., New Adventures of Old Christine; 8:30 p.m., Gary Unmarrried; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25--8 p.m., America's Next Top Model; 9 p.m., Hitched or Ditched; 28--8-10 p.m., So You Think You Can Dance; 34--8-10:30 p.m., Great Performances; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8 p.m., Wipeout; 9 p.m., I Survived a Japanese Game Show; 69--8 p.m., World's Funniest Moments; 9 p.m., Twilight Zone (two episodes).