South Bend, Indiana; June 20, 2008

Announcements

Silver Hawks Tickets: All ticket requests must go through the development department. In addition, the Silver Hawks are unable to ac-commodate requests on short notice. If a guest is interested in attending a game please contact Jacqueline Kronk.

Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.

VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis at (574) 243-VETS (8387)

Homeless Veterans: If you are disabled and cannot work full-time (or are over 65), you may be entitled to a disability pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

For more information and complete eligibility requirements, call 1-800-827-1000.

You can also contact: Dianne W. Brown, Homeless Veterans Coordinator by calling 317-554-0000, extension 82589 or direct dial 317-988-2589 at Indianapolis VAMC, Room C-2065. Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-3:45 p.m.

ABE

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▪Computer Classes: Beginning—starts July 11. Fridays, 10-30-noon for four sessions. Sign up in ABE.

▪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.

▪Math Study Sessions: Mondays, 3-4 p.m., and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., SOSH room.

▪GED Essay Writing Class: Are you working on your GED? Do you need to write an essay or refine your writing skills? Then join us for the Essay Class, Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m.

▪Submit Your Poem: If you like to write poetry in your free time, this is your chance to be a published author! Submit a poem to any staff member in the ABE room and it may be published in the next ABE Newsletter. Also, we will hopefully start another Poetry Jam in the Fall; let us know if you are interested

▪The Write Stuff: Are you the only person who can read your handwriting? Come join us on Tuesday afternoons from 2-3 p.m. to learn writing that will look great on job applications, love letters, and everything else. Class starts May 6. Sign up in ABE.

▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.

▪Creative Writing: Starts June 12. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; open to everyone.

Herald Sports

Silver Hawks 6, White Caps 1: The Hawks (1-0) got the second half-season off to a successful start at the Cove yesterday.

Mike Mee, Sean Coughlin, Taylor Harbin, Chance Wheeless, and Derrick Walker each had two hits for South Bend. Wheeless drove in two runs.

The Hawks scored two runs in each of the fourth, fifth, and eighth innings.

Joshua Collmenter (6-4) pitched five innings, gave up the only run, and got credit for the win. Daniel Stange, Jeff Dietz, and Evan Scribner held the Whitecaps to one hit over the last four innings.

Game times for the remainder of the series are 7:30 p.m. tonight, 7 p.m. tomorrow, and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

MLB National League: Dodgers 7, Reds 4.

MLB Interleague: Rays 8, Cubs 3; White Sox 13, Pirates 8; Yankees 2, Padres 1; Twins 9, Nationals 3; Rangers 5, Braves 4; Brewers 8, Blue Jays 7; Royals 4, Cardinals 1; Diamondbacks 2, Athletics 1; Orioles 7, Astros 5; Rockies 6, Indians 3.

MLS Scores: Chivas USA 2, Fire 0.

WNBA Scores: No games scheduled.

Former Cub Skipper Riggleman Succeeds McClaren at Seattle: Former Cub manager Jim Riggleman became the fifth Seattle Mariner skipper in six years yesterday.

The team had a 25-47 record under fired manager John McClaren. They could be the first team with a $100-million player payroll to lose 100 games.

Riggleman has a 486-598 record with the Padres and Cubs. He led the Cubs to the playoffs in 1998; they lost to the Braves 3-0.

Nation/World.

Mars Lander Finds Ice: The NASA Phoenix Mars has reportedly found dice-sized ice crumbs that may have melted after being uncovered more than dour days ago. As Phoenix dug around and took images of the Martian soil, scientists noticed several small cubes that vanished over a span of several days.

The possible ice was found in a small trench which was made larger by a robotic arm on Phoenix.

Zimbabwe Security Members Forced to Vote for Mugabe: Members of Zimbabwe’s police force, military, and prison service—100,000 in all—are being forced to vote for President Robert Mugabe ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off.

Senior department officials supervised police officer voting in Harare Wednesday. Officers were forced to mark their postal ballots in front of the supervisors before they placed them into envelopes.

Morgan Tsvangirai, who outpolled Mugabe 48%-43% in the general election, rejected advice to pull out of the run-off and vowed to press ahead with his campaign. Under Zimbabwean law, a presidential candidate must get at least 50% of the vote.

Mugabe’s supporters have carried out acts of intimidation—including murder—and the government has thrown obstacles in the way of Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Police have barred MDC campaign rallies and Tsvangirai has been detained five times.

Tsvangirai’s number two, Tendai Biti, was arrested June 12 following a long stay in South Africa. He was formally charged with treason yesterday—a capital offense.

Mugabe has said that he is ready to fight to keep the opposition from coming to power.

Highlights on This Date:. (1787)—Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal convention to call the government the United States; (1837)—Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne; (1863)—West Virginia is admitted as the 35^th U.S. state; (1877)—Alexander Graham Bell installs world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario; (1893)—Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murdering her stepmother and father; (1948)—“Toast of the Town,” later “The Ed Sullivan Show” debuts.

Births: Betty Washington, sister of George (1733); Errol Flynn ((1909-59); Gail Patrick (“Annie Oakley” TV show, 1911-80); Chet Atkins (1924-2001); Audie Murphy (1924-71); Olympia Dukakis (77); Martin Landau (77); Danny Aiello (75); Len Dawson (73); John Mahoney (“Frasier” dad, 68); Brian Wilson (66); Anne Murray (63); Bob Vila (62); Candy Clark (“American Graffiti”, 61); Lionel Richie (Nicole’s dad, 59); Nicole Kidman (41); golfer Charles Howell III (29).

Deaths: Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor (778-840); William IV of the United Kingdom (1765-1837); Howard Johnson, innkeeper (1897-1972); Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops, 1938-97).

Observances: United Nations World Refugee Day, Flay Day in Argentina (1938), West Virginia Day.

Weather

Today—isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly cloudy with a high near 82. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight—isolated showers and thunderstorms after 10 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 a.m. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly cloudy with a low around 60. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sat High 81 Low 57 Chance Storm

Sun High 74 Low 55 Chance Storm

Mon High 72 Low 57 Mostly Sunny

Tue High 80 Low 61 Sunny

TV Schedule: 16—8-9 p.m., Most Outrageous Moments (two episodes); 9-11 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22—8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9-11 p.m., Numb3rs (two episodes); 25—8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 28—8-10:30 p.m., Planet of the Apes; 10:30 p.m., Fox 28 News; 46—8p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., LESEA in Action; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10 p.m., Berean Seventh Day Adventist; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyer; 57—8-10 p.m., Daytime Emmy Awards; 10 p.m., MVP: He Shoots, She Scores; 69---8 p.m., Meet My Folks; 9 p.m., Paradise Hotel 2; 10 p.m., Andy Griffith; 10:30 p.m., Twilight Zone.