Saturday, July 11, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; July 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.
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: Snappers 5, Silver Hawks 1.
MLB National League: Cardinals 8, Cubs 3; Giants 8, Padres 0 (Giants' Jonathan Sanchez pitches no-hitter); Diamondbacks 8, Marlins 0; Braves 4, Rockies 1; Astros 6, Nationals 5; Dodgers 12, Brewers 8 (10); Reds 3, Mets 0; Phillies 3, Pirates 2.
MLB American League: Twins 6, White Sox 4; Tigers 5, Indians 1; Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0; Red Sox 1, Royals 0; Rays 6, Athletics 0; Angels 10, Yankees 6; Rangers 6, Mariners 4.
WNBA: Fever 83, Sky 54 (Fever win streak nine); Silver Stars 77, Lynx 61 (S. Young 21 points; N. Anosike 14 points, 12 rebounds).
Tour de France: Lance Armstrong drops to third.

Local

Local Headlines: Outage--power outage affects 2,315 on south side of South Bend; North Carolina teen to stand trial in South Bend for making internet bomb threats to Indiana colleges; Real Estate--St. Joseph County realtors say local market looking up; Mishawaka--Mayor Rea says layoffs will save city $1-million per year; cautions that cuts won't solve long-term financial problems; Arrest--bank robbery suspect Andrew Patterson, Jr., arrested Thursday after anonymous tip; police also recovered cash believed taken from bank.
Area Headlines: Gary--Gary native Deniece Williams performs during Michael Jackson memorial at Gary baseball stadium Friday; Michael's father Joe Jackson and the Rev. Jesse Jackson also attend; Jacksons still own family home in Gary; Post Bust--photos on internet lead police to pot growing operation.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--Ghanian President Atta and throngs of citizens welcome President Obama and family on visit to sub-Saharan African nation; President Obama tells other African leaders to end corruption and tyranny; Ghana is one of Africa's most stable democracies with a growing economy; president meets with Pope before leaving for Ghana; pope and president discuss poor, abortion, stem cells; U.S./Palestine--U.S. takes in 1,350 Palestinian refugees; Illinois--300 graves desecrated in cemetery where civil rights-era lynching victim Emmett Till and his mother are buried; the Till graves were apparently undisturbed; four people--including cemetery director--charged; group allegedly made $300,000 digging up graves and reselling plots; cemetery director reportedly collected money for Till memorial and pocketed funds; Sen. Burris decides not to run for full term; cites fund-raising difficulties rather than questions about his relationship with indicted ex-Gov. Blagojevich; Florida--Florida overrun with invasive alien species such as Burmese pythons; turns to bounty hunters; Costa Rica/Honduras--Costa Rican President Arias moderates talks between ousted Honduran President Zelaya and new President Michelletti; Michelletti says "we are open to dialogue as long as it does not involve the return of President Zelaya;" Cyber Attacks--PCs could be hit next in cyber attacks which have paralyzed government computers in South Korea and U.S; North Korean army suspected; Royal Warning--Prince Charles tells audience of industrialists and environmentalists that we have just 96 months to save the world; Minimum Wage--minimum wage hike to be $1 an hour in most of country; Spain--first death at Running of the Bulls in Pamplona since 1995; Russia--Russian TV channel cuts Putin scene from episode of "South Park;" China--China raises death toll from ethnic riots to 184; GM--new CEO vows better performance as GM exits bankruptcy; GM to try selling new cars on eBay; Germany--drunk badger disrupts traffic in Berlin.
Entertainment: Jackson--Michael to be buried with his trademark white glove; still no word on location where he will be buried; one week delay for Jackson children guardianship case; Beaver--Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster to reunite for movie "Beaver;" movie is about a man who wears a beaver puppet on his hand; Gibson and Foster starred together in "Maverick" 15 years ago; Foster will also direct "Beaver;" Potter--Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) to kiss in soon-to-be-released Harry Potter movie; kiss has already been filmed; producers do not reveal which movie kiss will be in; Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Ron's sister have kissing scene also; Green Lantern--Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, and Justin Timberlake are finalists for "Green Lantern" movie role; Arquette--actor David Arquette to live in box to raise money for hungry and homeless.

Uncle Ron's Ramblings

Ref: Drunk Badger Disrupts Traffic: Actually this is not unusual in Germany. The water is so bad just about everybody drinks beer.
Arquette to "Live" in Box: Actually the headline is misleading. David Arquette will stay in a glass box above the marquee at Madison Square Garden for eight hours a day, so he will not actually "live" in the box. He'll be able to go home, take a shower, and have a good meal with wife Courtney Cox and family.
Unsubstantiated Rumor: No confirmation on the rumor that if Justin Timberlake gets the title role in "Green Lantern" ex-girlfriends Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz will play Supergirl and Power Girl respectively.
Also, since the latest Green Lantern is African-American why wasn't Will Smith considered. Is there a law that an actor can't play more than one super hero (Smith played a super character with issues in "Hancock").

Weather
Today High 82 Low 63 AM T-Storms
Sun High 84 Low 63 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 80 Low 61 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 82 Low 68 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 83 Low 67 Scattered T-Storms

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Kings; 9 p.m., Law & Order; 10 p.m., Law & Order: SVU: 22--8 p.m., 48 Hours Mystery; 9-11 p.m., Harper's Island (two episodes); 25--8-11 p.m., Black Hawk Down; 10 p.m.-12 a.m., Cruel Intentions; 28--3:30 p.m., This Week in Baseball; 4 p.m.--MLB: Cardinals at Cubs; 8-9 p.m., Cops (two episodes); 9 p.m., America's Most Wanted; 10 p.m., Fox 28 News; 10:30 p.m., Family Guy; 34--8 p.m., Antiques Roadshow; 9 p.m., Keeping Up Appearances; 9:30 p.m., As Time Goes By; 10 p.m., Last of the Summer Wine; 10:30 p.m., One Foot in the Grave; 46--8-9 p.m., Paid; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10-11p.m., Paid; 57--8 p.m., Wipeout; 9 p.m., Castle; 10 p.m., Eli Stone; 69--8-10 p.m., Volcano; 10 p.m., Untouchables.

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