Friday, July 24, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; July 24, 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.
Firefighters Blues Festival: Saturday, 2 p.m., Crumstown Conservation Club; $20 for tickets at the gate; proceeds help send burned children to camp; for more ticket information call 574-233-2540.

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: Today, 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:
Lumberkings 11, Silver Hawks 3.
MLB National League: Cubs idle; Diamondbacks 11, Pirates 4; Phillies 9, Padres 4; Cardinals 4, Nationals 1 (7); Giants 5, Braves 1.
MLB American League: White Sox 5, Rays 0 (ChiSox' Mark Buehrle pitches perfect game; first MLB perfect game in five years); Indians 5, Blue Jays 4; Mariners 2, Tigers 1; Yankees 6, Athletics 3; Angels 6, Twins 5 (10).
WNBA: No games scheduled; All-Star Game tomorrow (ABC 57, 3:30 p.m.).
Soccer: Gold Cup--U.S.A. 2, Honduras 0 (U.S. reaches final for third straight year; face Mexico Sunday in the Meadowlands for the title); MLS--Revolution 2, Chivas USA 0; WPS--FC Gold Pride 0, L.A. Sol 0.
Tour de France--Alberto Contador holds on to lead; Lance Armstrong third as the relatively flat 19th stage begins.
NFL Notes: Steelers--Ben Roethlisberger denies assaulting Las Vegas woman; calls accusation in lawsuit "false and vicious;" local police say no investigation of QB a year ago when woman alleges incident happened because no complaint was made at the time; woman, an employee of hotel where Roethlisberger was staying, says she feared for her job; Meeting--NFL Commissioner Goodell and Michael Vick meet Wednesday.
Golf: Tom Watson in contention at Senior British Open one week after finishing second in playoff at British Open.
Sports Notes: ESPN--Erin Andrews' "peeping Tom" may have been ESPN employee.

Local

Local Headlines: Health Violations--First Stop N Go, 3301 Portage, and Always Open, 1401 Bendix Drive placed on probation for six months by St. Joseph County Health Department; Robbery--armed robber cleans out cash register at South Bend Motel early this morning; Bosch Sale--Bosch in talks to sell manufacturing facilities at former Bendix plants in South Bend and St. Joseph; Volunteers Needed--volunteers needed in local study of H1N1 flu vaccine; volunteers must be at least 18 and generally in good health; Cash for Clunkers--"Clash for Clunkers" program set to begin at local dealers; Lyme Disease--Lyme Disease popping up in Michiana; CDC says people in Michiana; Protests--Right-to-Life group protests at St. Joseph County Courthouse against Obama health care plan; say they are not opposed to health care reform but do not want abortion funding included in health care bill.
Area Headlines: Last Escapee Caught--last of three escapees from Indiana State Prison in Michigan City back in custody; convicted murderer Mark Booher captured Thursday at a hotel on the northwest side of Indianapolis; New Nature Preserves--Indiana approves new nature preserves near Columbia City in Whitley County and Silver Lake in Kosciusko County; Unpaid Leave--state of Michigan workers get unpaid long weekend; DUI Checkpoints--DUI checkpoints to be set up in Elkhart County this weekend; Benton Harbor--Benton Harbor school lunch program gets large federal stimulus grant; EMC--Electric Motors Corporation opens new headquarters in Wakarusa.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--U.S. officials now say that Republic of Georgia President Saakashvili did not ask U.S. Vice-President Biden for advanced U.S. weapons; Congress--Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says no vote on health care until after August recess; says "It's better to have a product that's based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than trying to jam something through;" NRA warns senators that Sotomayor vote will be rated; State Department--Secretary of State Clinton, visiting Thailand, says North Korea has "no friends left," must denuclearize; North Koreans respond by attacking the secretary's fashion sense; New Jersey--federal corruption probe nets three mayors, two state legislators, one deputy mayor, and several rabbis; total of 44 people arrested; New Zealand--New Zealand researchers to implant newborn pig cells into diabetics; Massachusetts--Cambridge (MA) Mayor Denise Simmons, who is also African-American, apologizes to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who was arrested for breaking in to his own home; arresting officer refuses to apologize, defends actions, and says he is not a racist; says President Obama off-base for calling his actions "stupid;" Cambridge authorities drop disorderly conduct charge against Gates; Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley's union issues statement expressing "full and unqualified support" for his actions; Pakistan--Predator drone strike in Pakistan may have killed Osama bin Laden's son Saad; Swine Flu--160-million doses of swine flu vaccine due in October; Texas--Texas cleaning up oil blobs on South Padre Island; health officials say swine flu could strike over 40% of Americans in two years; California--California Senate passes budget-balancing plan.
Entertainment: Acquital--Amy Winehouse acquitted of assault in Britain; MJ--manslaughter investigation targets Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.
Deaths: John "Marmaduke" Dawson, 64; collaborator with the Grateful Dead who co-wrote "Friend of the Devil" and leader of psychedelic group New Riders of the Purple Sage.

Weather
Today High 83 Low 69 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 79 Low 62 AM T-Storms
Sun High 79 Low 64 Partly Cloudy
Mon
High 82 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 80 Low 65 Scattered 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--7-10 p.m., MLB: White Sox at Tigers; 10 p.m., Friday Night Smackdown.

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