Thursday, July 23, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; July 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.

Summer Concert Series (at St. Patrick's County Park)

▪Beach Boys: August 15, 7 p.m.

Fridays at the Fountain (Century Center, Free)

▪Bill Nicks and Motown Dance Party: July 24, 11:30 a.m.
▪Goldmine Pickers (Bluegrass): August 7, 11:30 a.m.

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 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 10, Lumberkings 2.
MLB National League: Cubs 10, Phillies 5; (Cubs end Phillies' 10-game win streak); Dodgers 6, Reds 2; Astros 4, Cardinals 3; Braves 4, Giants 2; Nationals 3, Mets 1; Marlins 5, Padres 0; Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 3; Pirates 8, Brewers 7.
MLB American League: White Sox 4, Rays 3; Yankees 6, Orioles 4; Athletics 16, Twins 1; Mariners 2, Tigers 1; Blue Jays 10, Indians 6; Rangers 3, Red Sox 1; Angels 9, Royals 6.
MLB Notes: Trade--Red Sox trade SS Julio Lugo to Cardinals for OF Chris Duncan and acquire 1B Adam LaRoche from Pirates for two minor leaguers.
WNBA: Liberty 77, Sky 70 (S. Fowles 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists); Dream 98, Shock 95 (OT), (K. Braxton 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists; M. Snow 16 points, 12 rebounds); Sun 83, Monarchs 75 (A. Jones 28 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists); Storm 98, Sparks 87 (S. Bird 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists; D. Milton-Jones 15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists); Lynx 99, Mercury 86 (N. Anosike 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists; C. Pondexter 28 points).
Soccer: World Football Challenge--Club America 2, AC Milan 1; Women's Soccer--USA 1, Canada 0 (USA sweeps three-game friendly series); WPS--S.L. Athletica 1, N.J. Sky Blue FC 0.
Tour de France--Alberto Contador takes lead; Lance Armstrong falls to fourth.
NFL News: Bills--Bills' former starting QB J.P. Losman signs with UFL Las Vegas franchise.
Sports Journalism: ESPN--ESPN bans New York Post reporters from ESPN programming after Post uses photos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews taken from nude video footage shot through the keyhole of her hotel room door.

Local

Local Headlines: ND--Notre Dame to host AND kids World Film Festival this weekend; Sean Astin, star of "Rudy" and "Lord of the Rings," will make appearance; Stabbing--female suspect in stabbing death of Antoine Webb, 17, claims self-defense; Cool--this July could be one of coolest on record; Robbery--lone gunman robs Family Video store on S.R. 933 Wednesday night.
Area Headlines: Michigan--Michigan's unemployment rate continues to tower over the national average.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--President Obama vows to reject any health care measure thats "primarily funded through taxing middle class families;" president says Cambridge, MA police acted "stupidly" in arresting noted African-American scholar and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., for breaking in to his own home; Congress--house GOP leaders says don't expect health care plan by congressional recess in August; State Department--Secretary of State Clinton says North Korea is running out of options on nukes; Auto Industry--Ford posts $2.3-billion quarterly profit after debt restructuring; VW and Porsche pursue merger; VW says Porsche will retain independence; Michigan--Ann Arbor News ceases daily newstand publication after 174 years; becomes latest daily to move to online publication; was only daily paper in University of Michigan's hometown; Republic of Georgia--Georgia asks U.S. Vice-President Biden for weapons; U.S. won't commit; Texas--drive-by shooting at Texas Southern University wounds six; Israel--Israeli missile-defense test aborted; Iran--brother-in-law of defeated opposition presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi reportedly jailed in Iranian crackdown; New Jersey--mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus and state assemblyman jailed as a result of corruption probe; Florida--Ft. Myers Beach fires town manager married to porn star; Twitter--new Twitter service lets Jews tweet a prayer to God; the Western Wall in Jerusalem gets its own address on the social networking site; Swine Flu--manufacturers brewing new swine flu vaccine; CDC says no sign yet that swine flu in mutating; Employment--new jobless claims rise to 554,000; total jobless benefit rolls fall by 88,000 to 6.2-million.
Entertainment: Idol--Chris Daughtry becomes first "American Idol" alumnus to record back-to-back #1 albums with Leave This Town and Daughtry; Kelly Clarkson had two #1 albums but they weren't back-to-back; M.J.--officials probe Michael Jackson's doctors in singer's death.
Deaths: Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, 15 (85 in dog years); also had cameo in "Legally Blonde 2;" Brenda Joyce, 92; played Jane in five "Tarzan" films in the 1940's opposite Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker; appeared in approximately two-dozen movies.

Weather
Today High 74 Low 59 Isolated T-Storms
Fri High 84 Low 67 PM Mostly Sunny
Sat High 78 Low 63 AM T-Storms
Sun High 78 Low 64 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 84 Low 66 Partly Cloudy

TV Listings : 16--8 p.m., 30 Rock; 8:30-9:30 p.m., The Office (two episodes); 9:30 p.m., 30 Rock; 22--8 p.m., Big Brother; 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., This Old House Hour; 9 p.m., Antiques Roadshow; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live from Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-9 p.m., Samantha Who? (two episodes); 9 p.m., Grey's Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., Batman Returns.

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