South Bend, Indiana; August 14, 2008

Local

Dragnet Scoops Up CFH Pair: A community-wide dragnet scooped up two staff members from CFH yesterday.

Carla Lowe and Meg Awugah were arrested and taken to the “lock-up.” Their bail totaled $600. See “Uncle Ron’s Ramblings” to find out some of the things that money can do for “Jerry’s Kids.”

Uncle Ron’s Ramblings

No “Hard Time” for Carla, Meg: Meg, Carla, and the other “prisoners” rounded up for MDA didn’t actually do hard time.

They were taken to Tippecanoe Place—which means you can probably discount the unsubstantiated rumor.

I did consider running a picture of Meg in the “slammer” with this column but decided to pass it on to “America’s Most Wanted.” You can see it at the MDA web site (she’s right; she does look good in stripes).

What MDA Dollars Go For: $85—funds one minute of research; $100—support group session; $800—send one child to MDA Summer Camp; $2,000—assist with wheelchair or leg braces.

Unsubstantiated Rumor: It was reported by an unreliable source that the jail commander appointed jailhouse “snitches” to find out interesting tidbits of information about his “prisoners,” even though they weren’t hardened criminals; it was probably just force of habit.

Supposedly when the two from CFH were released the commander--a Yankee fan--said “Get those two out of here; I don’t want no Red Sox fans stinkin’ up my jail.”

Upon hearing that, one of the CFH pair allegedly raised her fist defiantly and shouted, “Beantown Rules.”

Announcements

New CFH Exercise Room Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1-3 p.m.; Monday-Friday, 6-8 p.m. (women 6-7 p.m., men 7-8 p.m.).

All guests using the facility will be asked to sign in and out.

Water Park Open: The children’s courtyard is open again but the water park east of CFH is still a cool alternative during these dog days of Summer.

Go east on Sample Street to Fellows Street by the Boys and Girls Club. Turn south. The park is on the south side of the YWCA. The water park is on the east side of the park.

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.

Voter Registration: There will be someone on hand to register voters Mondays at 6 p.m., either in the men’s lounge or the Community Room.

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.

▪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

▪Learn Better Handwriting: Tuesdays, 2-3 p.m., beginning August 5. 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.

▪Book Club: Book Club will be meeting 9-11:30 a.m. and 7-8 p.m. Monday and 7-8 p.m. Thursday in the Starting Over Room. Sign up in ABE.

▪Masterpiece and DCP: Masterpiece and DCP classes will be starting soon. Watch for signs.

Herald Sports

Silver Hawks 5, Wizards 3: Chance Wheeless hit a 3-run homer in the second inning for the visiting Hawks.

Collin Cowgill, Elijah Rumler, and Wheeless had two hits each.

Matt Oxendine led off the fourth with his second double of the game and scored an insurance run on a single by Winston Linton.

Starter Patrick McAnaney (W, 1-1) pitched five innings, gave up one hit, one walk, and struck out three. William Spottiswood picked up his 11^th save.

The Hawks (33-19) increased their lead to four games over the second-place Lansing Lugnuts.

The Silver Hawks and Wizards meet again at Ft. Wayne tonight and tomorrow night; game time is 7 p.m.

MLB NL: Cubs 10-8, Braves 2-0; Brewers 7, Padres 1; Cardinals 6, Marlins 4; Pirates 5, Reds 2; Mets 12, Nationals 0; Astros 6, Giants 2; Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 5; Dodgers 7, Phillies 6. .

MLB AL: White Sox 4, Royals 0; Twins 4, Yankees 2; Red Sox 8, Rangers 4; Orioles 6, Indians 1; Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3; Rays 3, Athletics 2; Mariners 10, Angels 7 (12).

MLS Scores: No games scheduled.

WNBA Scores: No games scheduled during Olympics.

Newman Joins Stewart: Ryan Newman has confirmed the speculation that he will join fellow Hoosier Tony Stewart with the new Stewart-Haas Racing Team.

Newman will move from the Penske number 12 Dodge to the number 4 Chevy. The “4” is in honor of Stewart’s first racing number.

Stewart has already announced that his new number will be “14’ in honor of his boyhood idol A.J. Foyt.

Olympics, Day 5

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Olympic Results: Women’s Basketball—USA 97, Mali 41; Women’s Softball—USA 3, Australia 0; Women’s Volleyball—USA 3, Venezuela 1; Men’s Soccer—Nigeria 2, USA 1; Women’s Water Polo—USA 9, Italy 9; Baseball—Korea 8, USA 7.

Medal Count (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total): China 22, 8, 5, 35; USA 10, 9, 15, 34; South Korea 6, 7, 3, 16; Australia 5, 4, 7, 16; France 2, 7, 6, 15; Russia 3, 8, 3, 14; Italy 6, 4, 3, 13; Germany 6, 2, 3, 11; Japan 5, 3, 3, 11; Great Britain 2, 2, 3, 7.

Weather

Today High 76 Low 54 Chance Storms

Fri High 76 Low 52 Partly Cloudy

Sat High 79 Low 59 Partly Cloudy

Sun High 83 Low 63 Partly Cloudy

Mon High 81 Low 65 Chance Storms

TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., 2008 Summer Olympics; 22—8 p.m., Big Brother; 9 p.m., CSI; 25—8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8p.m., NFL: Panthers at Eagles; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey’s Anatomy; 69---8-10 p.m., Texas Rangers (movie).

Nation/World

Arkansas Democratic Chairman Killed: Former legislator Bill Gwatney, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, was gunned down in his Little Rock office yesterday.

The gunman, 50-year-old Timothy Dale Johnson, was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies.