Announcements
Community Cleanup: There will be a Community Cleanup for CFH guests Thursday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.
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.
▪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: No handwriting classes in September. Sign up in ABE for the next class.
▪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 Community Room.
▪Book Club: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.; Regular (CFH Book Club)--will be meeting Monday, 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
ND Notes: Football—former Irish and Washington Redskins QB Joe Theismann to receive 2008 Davey O'Brien Legends Award February 16, 2009, in Ft. Worth; Irish 51-26-2 in Purdue series; have won 14 of last 15 meetings at ND; indicated TE Will Yeatman can practice but won't play.
MLB NL: Mets 6, Cubs 2; Braves 3, Phillies 2 (Phillies lead Mets by 1.5); Dodgers 10, Padres 1 (Dodgers lead Diamondbacks by 3); Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 4; Nationals 9, Marlins 4; Brewers 7, Pirates 5; Reds 2, Astros 1; Rockies 9, Giants 4.
MLB AL: Twins 9, White Sox 3 (ChiSox lead Twins by 1.5); Rays 5-7, Orioles 5-5 (Rays lead Red Sox by 3); Red Sox 5, Indians 4 (BoSox clinch playoff spot); Royals 5, Tigers 0; Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1; Rangers 6, Athletics 4; Mariners 9, Angels 6.
MLS Scores: No games scheduled.
WNBA Playoff Scores: Shock 80, Fever 61 (Shock win 2-1); Sparks 71, Storm 64 (Sparks win 2-1).
.NFL Notes: Bears—Bears cut WR Mark Bradley and sign CB Marcus Hamilton; Colts—no injuries reported; Dancing With Stars—former DT Warren Sapp makes impressive debut (according to Phil Simms); Jets—Favre limping but coach Mangini says he should start Sunday; Rams—QB Marc Bulger benched; former Hoosier Trent Green to start Sunday; Steelers—RB Willie Parker, DL Casey Hampton, and DE Brett Keisel out for Sunday Raven game; Texans—owner Bob McNair expects team to play October 5 home opener at Reliant Stadium with roof open; Chiefs—team leaning toward starting QB Damon Huard; Browns—slumping QB Derek Anderson on short leash; Broncos—center Tom Nalen placed on IR; Cowboys—To releases book, inks new endorsement deal.
NCAA Football Notes: Ball St.—WR Dante Love moving arms, legs after surgery on broken spine; IU—Hoosiers without safeties Austin Thomas and Nick Polk, CB Chris Phillips for Michigan St. game; Purdue—no new injuries for Boilers; Ohio St.—Tressel says RB Chris "Beanie" Wells likely to play vs. Minnesota Saturday; Oregon St.—Beavers get QB Peter Lalich who was dismissed last week by Virginia for probation violation; Georgia—Bulldogs to wear black jerseys vs. 'Bama; Penn St.—Paterno hopes to return to sidelines Saturday; Iowa—two university officials fired for response to alleged sexual assault by two former football players.
Sports Notes: NBA—convicted former referee Tim Donaghy reports to federal prison camp; Spurs sign first round pick George Hill; Kings forward Shareef Abdur Rahim retires because of persistent right knee injury; guard Juan Dixon returns to Wizards; Wizards pick up one-year option on coach Eddie Jordan; NHL—Blues Erik Johnson to miss season after tearing two ligaments in right knee at golf outing; Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason out for 4-6 weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery; NASCAR—Hendrick Motorsports to enter Brad Keselowski in two Sprint Cup races this season; AJ Allmendinger loses ride at Red Bull Racing; NASCAR officials Tim Knox and Bud Moore fired, had been accused and suspended in $225-million sexual harassment lawsuit.
Uncle Ron's Sports Ramblings
Should Cub Fans Get Hopes Up: I hate to pour cold water on the Cub fans' celebration but they still have to get past the first round of the playoffs.
If they do make it to the final round, will they ban anyone named Bartman or Garvey from Wrigley Field. And I would definitely keep a goat in the dugout just to be on the safe side—maybe they could get a little Nubian goat—plus they might want to consider adding goat's milk to the concession menu.
Local
Local Headlines: Local Teacher Honored—South Bend Community School Corporation elementary teacher Tania Harman named Indiana Teacher of the Year; Crime—violent crime rate up in South Bend for first eight months of 2008; Read Our Lips—county, city leaders consider local option income tax; Air Scare—Delta flight from Atlanta makes emergency landing at South Bend; New Rescue Tool—the South Bend Fire Department recently unveiled its new Arizona Vortex rope and pulley rescue device; SBFD one of few departments in Midwest to have device.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Wall St. Crisis—Warren Buffett calls crisis "an economic Pearl Harbor" and says $700-billion bailout is "absolutely necessary"; Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will buy a $5-billion stake in Goldman Sachs Group Inc.; FBI probes bailout firms such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, and AIG; Presidential Campaign—NRA begins push to tarnish Obama on guns; Hurricane Ike—residents return to Galveston after Ike; North Korea—North Korea bars international inspectors from nuclear facility; plans to begin introducing nuclear material in a week; China—Asian and African states ban China milk products after deaths from tainted milk; Finland—second deadly school shooting in a year sparks gun debate; Iran—President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells UN that Iran will press ahead with nuclear program; blames George Bush and "Zionists" for his country's finanicial woes; Entertainment—Clay Aiken and Lindsay Lohan both come out of closet in same week.
Weather
Today High 81 Low 52 Clear
Thu High 79 Low 54 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 79 Low 52 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 77 Low 54 Partly Cloudy
Sun High 70 Low 49 Partly Cloudy
TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., New Knight Rider; 9 p.m., America's Got Talent; 22—8p.m., New Adventures of Old Christine; 8:30 p.m., Gary Unmarried (pilot); 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25—8 p.m., America's Next Top Model; 9 p.m., 90210; 28—8 p.m., Bones; 9 p.m., "Til Death; 9:30 p.m., Do Not Disturb; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Dancing With the Stars; 9-11 p.m., David Blaine: Dive of Death; 69—7-10 p.m., Cubs at Mets (Mets still in pennant race).
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