South Bend, Indiana; September 3, 2008

Announcements

Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.

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.

▪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

Silver Hawks Open Playoffs Tonight: The Silver Hawks open their playoff schedule against the West Michigan Whitecaps tonight 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.

Other Midwest League playoff teams are Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Lansing, Dayton, Burlington, and Kane County.

MLB NL: Astros 9, Cubs 7 (11 innings, Cubs lead Brewers by 4.5 games; Cardinals by 11); Mets 6, Brewers 5 (10); Phillies 4, Nationals 0; Pirates 3, Reds 2; Braves 16, Marlins 14; Rockies 6, Giants 5 (12); Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 2; Dodgers 8, Padres 4.

MLB AL: Indians 9, White Sox 3 (ChiSox, Twins tied); Blue Jays 7, Twins 5; Red Sox 14, Orioles 2; Yankees 7, Rays 2; Angels 5, Tigers 4; Rangers 6, Mariners 4; Royals 5, Athletics 2.

MLS Scores: CONCACAF Champions League—Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 4, New England Revolution 0; Tauro FC 1, Chivas USA 1 (Tauro FC advances).

WNBA Scores: Fever 79, Mystics 68; Liberty 90, Comets 87; Storm 83, Dream 69.

NFL Notes: Upshaw—The NFL will honor the late Gene Upshaw at all of its games this week; Upshaw remembered at memorial service; Saints—The Saints will be able to play their scheduled game at the Superdome Sunday despite Hurricane Gustav; Lions—Lions ink Rudi Johnson to 1-year deal; Jaguars—Jaguar RB Fred Taylor is handcuffed in altercation with police; Broncos, Falcons—Falcons get CB Domonique Foxworth for seventh-round 2009 draft pick; Browns cut veteran QB Joey Harrington.

U.S. Open Tennis: The top seeds advanced including the USA's Andy Roddick. Long-time number one player (still number two) and four-time Open champion Roger Federer did need five sets to dispose of his quarterfinal opponent. No score yet on the Williams sisters match.

UFC: Randy Couture agreed Tuesday to defend his UFC heavyweight title November 15 against Brock Lesnar as the main event of UFC 91 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas after settling all outstanding lawsuits with the company.

First Week NCAA Football Scores: Thursday, Aug. 28—Eastern Michigan 52, Indiana St. 0; Ball St. 48, Northeastern 14; Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13; Central Michigan 31, Eastern Illinois 12; Buffalo 42, UTEP 17; Vanderbilt 34, Miami (OH) 13; Troy 31, Middle Tennessee St. 17; Miami (FL) 57, Charleston S. 7; Connecticut 35, Hofstra 3; Cincinnati 40, Eastern Kentucky 7; Georgia Tech 41, Jacksonville St. 14; South Carolina 34, North Carolina 0; Iowa St. 44, South Dakota St. 17; Stanford 36, Oregon St. 28; Friday, Aug. 29—Temple 35, Army 7; Rice 56, SMU 27; Sat., Aug. 30—Indiana 31, West Kentucky 13; LSU 41, Appalachian St. 13; Wisconsin 38, Akron 17; Bowling Green 27, Pittsburgh 17; Penn St. 66, Coastal Carolina 10; Ohio St. 43, Youngstown St. 0; Northwestern 30, Syracuse 10; East Carolina 27, Virginia Tech 22; Iowa 46, Maine 3; Georgia 45, Georgia Southern 21; Florida 56, Hawaii 10; Wyoming 21, Ohio 20; Air Force 41, Southern Utah 7; West Virginia 48, Villanova 21; USC 52, Virginia 7; Oklahoma St. 39, Washington St. 13; Navy 41, Towson 13; Utah 25, Michigan 23; Maryland 14, Delaware 7; Tulsa 45, UAB 22; Marshall 35, Illinois St. 10; TCU 26, New Mexico 3; BYU 41, Northern Iowa 17; Central Florida 17, South Carolina St. 0; North Carolina 35, McNeese St. 27; Louisiana Tech 22, Mississippi St. 14; Texas Tech 49, Eastern Washington 24; Southern Miss. 51, Louisiana Lafayette 21; Oklahoma 57, Chattanooga 2; Nebraska 47, Western Michigan 24; Minnesota 31, Northern Illinois 27; Ole Miss 41, Memphis 24; Houston 55, Southern 3; Texas 52, Florida Atlantic 10; Kansas 40, Florida International 10; Duke 31, James Madison 7; Auburn 34, LA Monroe 0; Arkansas 28, Western Illinois 24; Arkansas St. 18, Texas A&M 14; South Florida 56, Tenn-Martin 7; Kansas St. 45, North Texas 6; Boston College 21, Kent St. 0; San Jose St. 13, UC Davis 10; Boise St. 49, Idaho St. 7; California 38, Michigan St. 31; Alabama 34, Clemson 10; Missouri 52, Illinois 42; Nevada 49, Grambling St. 13.Cal Poly 29, San Diego St. 27; UNLV 27, Utah St. 17; Oregon 44, Washington 10; Arizona 70, Idaho 0; Arizona St. 30, Northern Arizona 13; Sun., Aug. 31—Kentucky 27, Louisville 2; Colorado 38, Colorado St. 17; Monday—Fresno St. 24, Rutgers 7; UCLA 27, Tennessee 24 (OT).

Weather

Today High 81Low 59 Chance Storms

Thu High 74 Low 61 Chance Storms

Fri High 74 Low 58 Chance Storms

Sat High 79 Low 58 Chance Storms

Sun High 76 Low 58 Mostly Cloudy

TV Schedule: 16—8-10 p.m., America's Got Talent (two-hour episode); 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 22—8 p.m., America's Greatest Dogs; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 25—8-10 p.m., America's Next Top Model (two-hour episode); 28—8-10 p.m., Bones (two-hour episode); 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m. Making Healthy Choices; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 10 p.m., Republican National Convention; 69—8-9 p.m., Twilight Zone (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Whacked-Out Videos (two episodes).

Nation/World

Pakistani PM Unhurt After Shots Fired: Pakastani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was unhurt when shots were fired at his motorcade earlier today.

Uncle Ron's Ramblings

Trig's Mom To Give Acceptance Speech: The Republican National Convention got so dull last night that four-month-old Trig Palin might not have been the only one sleeping.

Maybe he'll stay awake long enough to listen to his mom's speech tonight accepting the Republican vice-presidential nomination although that will probably be after his bed time.

The real big-hitters come out tonight and Thursday night.

Governor Sarah Palin, Trig's mom, will be preceded by former New York City mayor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani at the podium. Giuliani said he plans to emphasize to the convention that Barack Obama has never run a city or a state or a military unit (The Alaska governor is commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard).