Tuesday, June 23, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; June 23, 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.

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 game scheduled; Midwest League All-Star Game tonight at Beloit; Silver Hawk all-stars include OF Alfredo Marte, LHP Bayron Zepeda, RHP Ryan Cook, RHP T.J. Hose, and SS Reynaldo Navarro; Hawks return to action Thursday at Ft. Wayne against TinCaps; game time is 7:05 p.m.
MLB National League: Braves 2, Cubs 0; Mets 6, Cardinals 4.
MLB Interleague: Athletics 5, Giants 1; Rockies 11, Angels 1 (17th win in 18 games for Rockies, club-record ninth straight on road).
MLB Notes: Dodgers--Manny Ramirez to begin rehab assignment in Triple-A.
WNBA: No game scheduled.
U.S. Open Golf: 1. Lucas Glover -4; 2. Phil Mickelson, David Duval and Ricky Barnes -2.
Wimbledon Tennis: Roger Federer and Serena Williams win opening round matches.
NHL Notes: Coyotes--Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf offers to buy Coyotes and keep team in Phoenix.

Local

Local Headlines: Thefts--Kevin Chance and Steven Whetstone arrested in connection with string of thefts at Georgetown Apartments in Clay Township; police searched their vehicle as they were leaving complex and found several GPS units, money, and CDs; Gabriele--Gabriele Eye Institute closes its doors; patients began picking up records yesterday; ND--Notre Dame surpasses $1.5-billion fundraising goal; Hancock--St. Joseph County Community Corrections advisory board approves reinstatement of Susan Hancock to her position of community corrections director; Hancock was acquited of stealing musical instruments and selling them on E-Bay; Murder Charges--SJC Prosecutor's Office announces murder charges against brothers Tevin Reaves, 16, and Henry Bonds, 29, in connection with murder of Courtney Rowell at 1000 Lincolnway West; Bonds is in federal custody on a related matter but Reaves is still at large; Stabbing--two stabbed in 400 block of South Illinois Street early this morning; American Idol--two Hoosiers make it to Chicago in "Idol" auditions; neither from Michiana; Crash--car crashes through Family Dollar store door at Edison and Hickory; woman and young girl injured.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--President Obama reaches deal with drug companies; pharmaceutical manufacturers will commit $80-billion over 10 years to help pay for comprehensive health care reform; president wants new White House council to help auto industry; Iran--independent analysis casts doubt on President Ahmadinejad's reelection victory; demonstrations continue; Guardian Council rules out vote annulment; Health Care--Democrats getting frustrated with negotiations on health care reform; insist that middle-class families should get option of joining government insurance plan in any overhaul of health care system; Alaska--Anchorage jolted by 5.4 earthquake but damage is minimal; epicenter was 24 miles from town of Willow and 58 miles from Anchorage; felt as far as Fairbanks, 300 miles away; France--President Sarkozy tells Muslim women Burqas are "not welcome" in France; says face-and-body-covering garment is a symbol of subservience that suppresses women's identities; French village on alert after crocodile sightings; Georgia--Augusta man, 62, wins $777,000 and $1,000 lottery prizes in one week; Pakistan--Taliban commander shot dead in northwest Pakistan; Auto Industry--Ford, Nissan, and Tesla to get government loans from $25-billion fund to develop fuel-efficient vehicles; Nissan says it will mass-produce electric cars in 2012; Science--work begins on world's deepest underground lab under Black Hills of South Dakota; at a depth equivalent to six Empire State Buildings; depth necessary to study mysterious particles known as dark matter.
Entertainment: Jon & Kate--Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of reality show "Jon and Kate Plus 8," announce that they are divorcing; Brown--Chris Brown pleads guilty to assaulting Rihanna; two ordered to stay away from each other; Brown will avoid prison time but must do community service.
Deaths: Ed McMahon, 86, host of a number of shows and co-host of "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," died early this morning; had suffered a number of health problems in recent years including a neck problem stemming from a 2007 fall.

Weather
Today High 87 Low 69 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 92 Low 71 Partly Cloudy
Thu
High 85 Low 67 AM T-Storms
Fri High 88 Low 68 Mostly Sunny
Sat
High 89 Low 69 Isolated T-Storms

TV Listing: 16--8 p.m., I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!; 9-11 p.m., America's Got Talent; 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., 90210; 9 p.m., Hitched or Ditched; 28--8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., Mental; 34--8 p.m., Nova; 9 p.m., Frontline/World; 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 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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