Friday, July 10, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; July 10, 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.
▪Greatest Winner: We have a new program beginning July 14th called the Greatest Winner. The program will be on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 - 11:30 in the morning. The program will focus on supporting students on their journey to a healthier lifestyle through health education, physical activities, and group activities. All interested students see Deb Lane to sign up.
▪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: Silver Hawks 6, Snappers 5.
MLB National League: Cubs idle; Giants 9, Padres 3; Marlins 14, Diamondbacks 7; Rockies 7, Braves 6; Astros 9, Nationals 4; Dodgers 11, Mets 2; Phillies 9, Reds 6; Cardinals 5, Brewers 1.
MLB American League: Indians 10, White Sox 8; Rays 3, Blue Jays 2; Yankees 6, Twins 4; Royals 8, Red Sox 6; Mariners 3, Rangers 1.
WNBA: Sparks 69, Liberty 60 (B. Lennox 20 points, 7 rebounds); Storm 66, Monarchs 55 (15th straight home win for Storm).
NBA Notes: Four-Team Trade--Shawn Marion goes to Mavericks; Jerry Stackhouse goes to Grizzlies; F Kris Humphries, C Nathan Jawai, and cash go from Raptors to Mavericks; G Greg Buckner goes from Grizzlies to Mavericks; swingmen Anthony Wright and Devean George go from Mavericks to Raptors; Grizzlies receives second-round pick and cash from Raptors.
Soccer: WPS--L.A. Sol close to clinching regular-season division title in WPS.
NASCAR: Mayfield--banned Jeremy Mayfield considers selling his racing team.
Tour de France: Lance Armstrong remains split-second off lead.

Local

Local Headlines: Resignation--CEO Nancy Hellyer of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center to resign after move to new facility on Douglas Road; S.B. Budget--Mayor Luecke defends proposed budget cuts; S.B. Common Council President Derek Dieter, who voted against local income tax hike in December, says he will vote for it Monday; will urge St. Joseph County Council to follow suit; ND Top 10--Notre Dame was ranked one of the top 10 higher education workplaces in the country; Ride for Kids--hundreds of local motorcyclists to participate in "Ride for Kids" Sunday; proceeds go to pediatric brain tumor research; Robberies--second 7-11 in two days hit by armed robbers.
Area Headlines: LaVille--judge to hear arguments in resident George Moffett's suit to halt construction of new LaVille middle school; Michigan--woman in 70's fatally shot in Porter Township home; family member arrested; Voting--lawsuits say Indiana is violating Voter Registration Law requirement to help low-income voters register; Gary--Michael Jackson's father Joe to attend memorial for son in hometown.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: G-8/G5 Summit--world leaders want $20-billion for food aid; President Obama says G-8 leaders concerned about Iran; Ghana prepares welcome for President Obama; China--earthquake registered at 6.0 forces 400,000 to relocate in southwestern China; Congress--fiscally conservative Democrats break ranks over health care; concerns include more cost containment measures, protections for small businesses, and a focus on rural health care; North Korea--Laura Ling, American reporter held in North Korean prison, phones sister Lisa in U.S.; Laura Ling and fellow prisoner Euna Lee reportedly in North Korean guest house rather than prison as North Korea negotiates journalists' release; Palin--daughter's ex-fiance and father of Grandson Tripp, Levi Johnson, says Gov. Palin resigned to take advantage of money-making opportunities; Afghanistan--22 Taliban reportedly killed in central Afghanistan; California--mysterious tremors detected on San Andreas Fault; Somalia--Islamist insurgents behead seven people; Climate--El Nino conditions return to affect weather.
Entertainment: Jackson--Michael Jackson memorial cost City of Los Angeles $1.4-million; Jackson's drug history to be probed.

Weather
Today High 85 Low 71 PM T-Storms
Sat High 82 Low 63 Isolated T-Showers
Sun High 85 Low 64 Sunny
Mon
High 83 Low 66 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 86 Low 70 Isolated T-Storms

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Chopping Block; 9-11 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9 p.m., Flashpoint; 10 p.m., Numb3rs; 25--8 p.m., Privileged; 9 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 9:30 p.m., The Game; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 28--8 p.m., Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?; 9 p.m., Mental; 10 p.m., Fox 28 News; 34--8 p.m., Washington Week with Gwen Ifill; 8:30 p.m., Now on PBS; 9 p.m., Bill Moyers' Journal; 10 p.m., Inside; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., LESEA in Action; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10 p.m., Wisdom Keys with Mike Murdock; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyer; 57--8 p.m., Surviving Suburbia; 8:30 p.m., The Goode Family; 9-10 p.m., According to Jim (two episodes); 10 p.m., 20/20; 69--8-10 p.m., Friday Night Smackdown; 10 p.m., Maury.

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