Announcements
Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.
Just a few notes concerning the Children's Courtyard/AKA Our Back Yard: 1) Families should refer to their copy of the playground rules in order to make sure they are always in compliance; 2) Absolutely NO SMOKING in this yard! We have been finding evidence of smoking and it will not be tolerated!; 3) Always clean up your messes. Put toys away and pick up trash; 4) New Back Yard hours begin September 1. Children may gain access at 4 p.m.
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 he/she should contact his/her coach who will then contact the Development Department.
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.
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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.
--Coming September 3: Essentials of Health with Katherine Dick.
▪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.
▪Advanced Computer Classes: Students need to sign up in ABE for a 15-minute preview with Sanya by September 5 to qualify for this class. The class will be meeting for eight sessions on Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m.
▪Math Study Sessions: Mondays, 3-4 p.m., and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., SOSH room.
▪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: Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Starting up again September 11, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., in the conference room.
▪Book Club: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.
Regular (CFH Book Club)--will be meeting Monday and/or Thursday, 8-8:30 p.m. Read books of choosing (approved by ABE staff).
Sign up in ABE or on the ABE bulletin board by the men's lounge.
▪Masterpiece Seminar: September 9-November 4; Tuesdays 6 –7 p.m.
▪DCP: DCP (Developing Capable People) classes will be starting September 17 on Wednesday and Thursday nights, 5:30-8 p.m. Ask your coach to get on the list.
Herald Sports
Lugnuts 4, #Silver Hawks 2 (#Second Half Eastern Division Champs): The Silver Hawks began the first half-season with a long losing streak which included four straight losses at Lansing. Their concluded the regular season with three straight home losses to the Lugnuts but the best second half record in the Eastern Division.
Despite the losing streak the Hawks (43-27) just missed out on the best second half record in the Midwest League. The Burlington Bees head into the playoffs with a 43-26 mark.
The Hawks open their playoff schedule against the West Michigan Whitecaps September 3 (tomorrow night) at the Cove. Game time is 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale. The next two games after that will be played at West Michigan.
MLB NL: Astros 3, Cubs 0 (Cubs lead Brewers by 4.5 games, Cardinals by 11); Mets 4, Brewers 2; Nationals 7, Phillies 4; Rockies 4, Giants 0; Diamondbacks 8, Cardinals 6; Dodgers 5, Padres 2.
MLB AL: Indians 5, White Sox 0 (ChiSox, Twins tied); Twins idle; Red Sox 7, Orioles 4; Yankees 13, Tigers 9; Mariners 12, Rangers 6.
MLS Scores: Saturday—Fire 1, Chivas USA 0; Houston 2, Columbus 0; DC United 2, Kansas City 0; Sunday—San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2; FC Dallas 2, Toronto 0.
WNBA Scores: Friday—Sky 79, Mystics 75; Shock 83, Liberty 69; Sun 98, Dream 72; Saturday—Fever 87, Dream 72; Monarchs 80, Comets 65; Lynx 92, Mystics 78; Sparks 58, Silver Stars 53; Sunday—Sky 82, Shock 81; Sun 80, Storm 76; Monday—Sparks 82, Lynx 58.
NFL Notes: Colts—Peyton Manning will start in opener vs. Bears; Ravens—Joe Flacco, rookie QB from University of Delaware, will start season as number one; Patriots—Tom Brady says he'll be ready to play in team's opener; Saints—Engineers say Superdome looks good in wake of Hurricane Gustav.
Williams Sisters To Meet Again at Forest Hills: Venus and Serena Williams will square off against other for the 17th time as professionals in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
The sisters each advanced with straight set victories in this weekend's action at Forest Hills.
Rafael Nadal will try to make his already successful season more so on the men's side. The Spaniard advanced along with the other top men's seeds. Nadal has already won his fourth French Open title and first Wimbledon crown this year. He has never reached the U.S. Open final.
Golf: PGA Deutsche Bank Cham-pionship—Vijay Singh -22 (Singh leads Sergio Garcia by 12,225 points), Mike Weir -17; LPGA—No events scheduled; Champions Tour Wal-Mart First Tee Open At Pebble Beach—Jeff Sluman -14; Fuzzy Zoeller and Craig Stadler -9.
Johnson Remains In Contention For Three-Peat: Two-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson remained in contention for the third straight with a convincing win in the Pepsi 500 at Charlotte Sunday night.
Johnson led 228 of the 250 laps. Greg Biffle finished 2.076 seconds behind.
Points leaders Kyle Busch (1) and Carl Edwards (2) retained their spots with seventh and sixth place finishes respectively. Johnson is in third place and Biffle sixth in the Sprint Cup standings.
South Bend native Ryan Newman's Cup dim Cup hopes faded even more with a 16th place finish Sunday. He also stands 16th in the standings.
NASCAR Pepsi 500 At Charlotte: 1. Jimmie Johnson (48 Chevy); 2. Greg Biffle (16 Ford); 3. Denny Hamlin (11 Toyota); 4. Kevin Harvick (29 Chevy); 5. Matt Kenseth (17 Ford); 6. Carl Edwards (99 Ford); 7. Kyle Busch (18 Toyota); 8. Kasey Kahne (9 Dodge); 9. David Reutimann (44 Toyota); 10. Clint Bowyer (07 Chevy); 16. Ryan Newman (12 Dodge).
Sprint Cup Standings: 1. Kyle Busch 3755; 2. Carl Edwards 3547; 3. Jimmie Johnson 3386; 4. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3323; 5. Jeff Burton 3234; 6. Greg Biffle 3159; 7. Kevin Harvick 3132; 8. Tony Stewart 3110; 9. Matt Kenseth 3081; 10. Jeff Gordon 3074; 11. Denny Hamlin 3065; 12. Clint Bowyer 2989; 16. Ryan Newman 2789.
IRL Standings (No Races Scheduled Labor Day Weekend): 1. Helio Castroneves 626, 2. Scott Dixon 624, 3. Tony Kanaan 516, 4. Dan Wheldon 496, 5. Ryan Briscoe 452, 6. Danica Patrick 389, 7. Oriol Servia 360, 8. Marco Andretti 355, 9. Hideki Mutoh 351, 10. Ryan Hunter-Reay 350.
Jaguar Lineman Fights For Life: Jaguars reserve offensive tackle Richard Collier is fighting for his life in Jacksonville's Shands Medical Center after a Tuesday shooting.
Collier and recently released former Jaguar defensive end Kenneth Pettway were sitting in a car outside a Jacksonville apartment waiting for some women when the shooting occurred.
Pettway was not injured in the attack. Jacksonville police have still not discovered a motive for the shooting.
The Jaguars still believed before the shooting that Collier could be a future starter; they signed him to an extension in the off-season.
Collier, 6-7/345 pounds, is a third-year player who came to the team as a rookie free agent. He helped lead Valdosta State to the 2004 NCAA Division II Title.
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Nation/World
Calls For Palin To Drop Out: Democrats and Republicans are calling for presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to drop out of the race prior to this week's GOP convention after the announcement that Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter was pregnant.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain was aware of Bristol Palin's pregnancy before he chose her mother, the Governor of Alaska, as his running mate, a top advisor to the Arizona senator said.
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack O:bama said that families should be off-limits in presidential campaigns after learning of the news. "Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits."
iReporter Darla Jones of Roseburg, Oregon, who supports McCain, agrees that the media and public should leave Bristol and the Palin family alone.
"I had a daughter very young," Jones worte on iReport.com, explaining that being a young mother made it difficult to get jobs and complete her education. "This should not affect the presidency in any way."
Sabrina Lee of Laveen Arizona, a previously undecided voter, had a different opinion.
"Personally, I have a right to know anything and everything about the next president and vice president," Lee wrote on iReport.com. "I want to know the truth. "I feel as a voter I have the right to know everything about each nominee. This is just my opinion, but it's also my vote and its precious."
Lee said she now plans to vote for Obama.
"Family values are a Republican platform," Lee said, describing the news of Bristol's pregnancy as "a travesty."
Arizona resident Alicia Summers, an Obama supporter, suggested that Palin drop out of the race out of respect for the privacy of her family.
Another women wrote on iReport.com, "An unmarried 17-year-old pregnant daughter is not consistent with conservative principles.
Gov. Palin had been charged with faking her recent pregnancy to cover for her daughter. The governor gave birth four months ago to son Trig, who has Down's Syndrome.
Gov. Palin and husband Todd have three other children: Track, Willow, and Piper. The grandchild will be their first.
Bristol plans to deliver the baby and wed the father. The family did not release the name of the young man.
Japanese PM Resigns: Taro Aso, a man described as a "hardliner" and "controversial" appears to be the front-runner to replace Yaluo Fukuda as Japanese prime minister, who resigned yesterday.
Fukuda is the second Japanese prime minister to resign this year.
TV Schedule: 16—8-10 p.m., America's Got Talent (two-hour episode); 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 22—8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., Big Brother; 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 25—8-10 p.m., New 90210 (two-hour premier); 28—8-10 p.m., House (two-hour episode); 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m. Paid Programming; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Wipeout; 9 p.m., Wanna Bet?; 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 69—8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Jail (two episodes).
Uncle Ron's Ramblings
Veep "Scandal" Already For GOP: I may not be in whole-hearted agreement with Barack Obama but I am on this issue.
Children should not be used as political pawns in their elders' campaigns, especially four-month-old babies. Presumptive GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's fourth-month-old son Trig wasn't letting the commotion bother him at the announcement of his mother's selection by presidential candidate John McCain; he appeared oblivious to all the commotion as he slept peacefully in his sister Bristol's arms. Maybe he had the right idea.
If the rumors were true that Gov. Palin faked her recent pregnancy and that Trig is really Bristol's son, then that would demonstrate a lack of integrity. It appears that only soap opera aspect of this situation is in some reporters' imaginations and the names of the Palin children: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig.
In regards to the names the Palins probably believe their children are not common and don't deserve common names; parents could be forgiven for feeling that way.
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