South Bend, Indiana; July 15, 2008

Announcements

When We Were Kings: The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and CFH will present the documentary film "Muhammed Ali: When We Were KIngs" today at 5:30 in the Community Room.
There will be a background presentation before the screening and a discussion afterward.

Talent Show: Sign up now for a talent show for guests age 21 and under. The sign-up sheet is on the ABE bulletin board in the first floor lounge.

Silver Hawks Tickets: All ticket requests must go through the development department. In addition, the Silver Hawks are unable to accommodate 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.

ABE
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▪Positive Life Skills Class: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m. PLS is a walk-in self-empowerment program for Starting Over graduates and new guests. It is open to anyone (even staff). Receive a new key chain when you have attended all eight sessions.
July 16—“Mind/Body Connection” with Katherine Dick.

▪Beginning Computer Classes: start 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: (Note: The Write Stuff will not be meeting during the month of July but will be taking sign-ups.) 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.

▪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.

▪Save Your Files: If you have any files on the hard drives in the ABE computers, you need to save them to a disk or flash drive. The hard drives are going to be cleaned out by August 1.

Herald Sports

Cougars 5, Silver Hawks 3: The host Silver Hawks (15-10) remained in second place as the Lansing Lugnuts lost to the Burlington Bees.

The Hawks scored two runs in the sixth and one in the bottom of the ninth. Taylor Harbin had three hits. Sean Coughlin had a double, single, and RBI. Elijah Rumler had two hits and scored a run.

The Hawks are off tonight. They travel to Wisconsin tomorrow to begin a 3-game series with the Timber Rattlers. Starting time for all three games is 8:05 p.m.

MLB NL: No games scheduled due to All-Star Game.

MLB AL: No games scheduled due to All-Star Game.

MLS Scores: Saturday--No games scheduled.

WNBA Scores: Sparks 75, Silver Stars 62 (Silver Stars winning streak snapped at seven).

Packer Out at CBS: Billy Packer will be replaced by Clark Kellogg as lead college basketball analyst at CBS, the network announced Monday.
Packer had spent 27 years as lead analyst and worked 34 final fours.


Weather

Today High 86 Low 63 Clear
Wed High 88 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Thu High 88 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 88 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 85 Low 65 Chance Storms