South Bend, Indiana; August 7, 2008

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Obama-Bayh Visit Concord High: Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Demo-cratic presidential nominee, spoke at Concord High School yesterday afternoon.

He was accompanied and introduced by Indiana Senator Evan Bayh. Obama did not—as rumored—use the occasion to appoint Bayh as his running mate.

The two rode by bus together to the Gary Airport, with a stop for lunch at a Schoop’s Restaurant in Portage.

According to Bayh, the senators talked about “sports and family.”

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.

Win a Bike: Anyone who completes extra projects and chores for Tammy, Troy, or Roger will have their name entered into the contest. The more projects completed, the more chances to win a bike (lock included). There are two bikes.

The drawing will be Friday, August 8, 2008. See Tammy for more details.

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.

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.

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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.

▪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

Lugnuts 3, Silver Hawks 1: The host Silver Hawks 28-17 saw their lead over the third-place Lugnuts shrink to three games. They maintained a 2-game margin over second-place Dayton.

The Hawks lost a scoring opportunity when a line-drive single hit an umpire. The batter was awarded first place but the runners at second and third had to remain on their bases where they were stranded.

Sean Coughlin and Collin Cowgill had two hits each. Cowgill led off the third with a single, advanced to second on a single by Coughlin, and stole third. He was stranded when Chance Wheeless struck out to end the inning.

Cowgill scored South Bend’s only run in the seventh when he led off with a triple and scored on a single by Taylor Harbin.

The two teams meet again at the Cove tonight and tomorrow; game time is 7 p.m.

MLB NL: Cubs 11, Astros 4; Brewers 6, Reds 3; Pirates 2, Diamondbacks 0; Giants 3, Braves 2; Phillies 5, Marlins 0; Padres 4, Mets 2; Cardinals 9, Dodgers 6; Nationals at Rockies, PPD.

MLB AL: White Sox 5, Tigers 1; Red Sox 8, Royals 2; Rays 10, Indians 7; Angels 9, Orioles 4; Twins 7, Mariners 3; Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1; Yankees 5, Rangers 3.

MLS Scores: Friendly—FC Barcelona 6, N.Y. Red Bulls 2.

WNBA Scores: No games scheduled during Olympics.

Olympics: Men’s Soccer—USA 1, Japan 0; Women’s Soccer—Norway 2, USA 0.

Favre Traded to Jets: Green Bay has given their young quarterback Aaron Rogers a vote of confidence by trading Brett Favre to the New York Jets.

Favre, 38, had announced his retirement last season but changed his mind before training camp opened.

The Jets announced that they will attempt to trade veteran quarterback Chad Pennington.

Olympic Gymnast Injured: Morgan Hamm has announced he will not be able to compete for the American team in Olympic gymnastics due to an injury.

Hamm’s twin brother Paul, the reigning Olympic champion, is already sitting out the Olympics due to injury.

Weather

Today High 79 Low 56 Partly Cloudy

Fri High 76 Low 54 Partly Cloudy

Sat High 76 Low 56 Partly Cloudy

Sun High 79 Low 58 Clear

Mon High 81 Low 63 Partly Cloudy

TV Schedule: 16—8-9:30 p.m., Last Comic Standing; 9:30-11 p.m., America’s Got Talent 22—8 p.m., NFL Preseason: Chiefs at Bears; 25—8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8-10 p.m., So You Think You Can Dance (two-hour episode, winner announced); 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 p.m., Tigers at Cubs.

Uncle Ron’s Ramblings

More Unrest in Africa: There is more political unrest in Africa, but it is on the western coast, not the eastern where CFH Executive Assistant Emily Pickerell will be living.

Of course there was already political unrest in Kenya earlier this year and it continues in Zimbabwe after the ruling party stole the presidential election.

The new unrest is in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It is in northwest Africa, bordered by Western Sahara (the country, not the desert), Algeria, Mali, Senegal, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The first democratically-elected Mauritanian president in many years has been overthrown by the military after he fired four generals.

This happened in the United States recently—except for the military coup part.

The Secretary of the Navy—not the president or the Secretary of Defense—fired the commander and executive officer of the nuclear aircraft carrier George Washington after a careless sailor did millions of dollars of smoke damage to the ship with a cigarette.

You could argue the fairness of that decision. A nuclear carrier is a large vessel, there are many layers in the chain of command between the top two officers and the average sailor, and that sailor undoubtedly knew the rules.

Irregardless of the fairness of the secretary’s decision, the military did not see fit to overthrow our government. Our generals and admirals know their place.

Tough Choice for TV Watchers: TV watchers tonight will have a tough choice, unless they don’t like sports. The Bears are playing a preseason game on channel 22 and the Cubs are playing the Tigers on channel 69.

The winner of “So You Think You Can Dance” will be announced on Fox 28. Smallville is a rerun; Kara (Supergirl) is still trapped in the Phantom Zone.