Announcements
Open House: The Center for the Homeless will have an open house Thursday, December 18, from 2-7 p.m. to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
We will be welcoming community members to visit with our residents, staff and volunteers and tour through our facility with a Center guest.
Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Citizens Take Note: “Citizen Kane” mirrored events in the life of news mogul William Randolph Hearst. He sued the producers and director Orson Welles who also played the title role.
In the movie Charles Foster Kane inherits the mother lode from his mother (how appropriate). Among his father’s investments is a newspaper. He decides it would be “fun to run a newspaper” with his best bud--played by Joseph Cotton. The one newspaper becomes a chain of newspapers.
He marries a nice lady played by Agnes Moorehead who was Endora on “Bewitched.”. We see them at dinner sitting on opposite ends of a long banquet table.
To spice up his life he has an affair with a young starlet of limited talents (if they were making the movie today Paris Hilton would get the part). He fires his former best bud for writing a truthful review saying that her concert performance stunk (he was being kind). When the affair is discovered it destroys Kane’s political career before it starts.
All these events mirrored the life of William Randolph Hearst--only the names were changed--so for extra credit does anyone know the name of the real Rosebud.
Oh yes, the film will be shown Friday, December 19, at 2 p.m. in the Community Room.
Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
I Hear the Sound of Distant Drums: If anyone is interested in forming a drum corps please see Juanetta.
Crochet and Knit Class: Saturdays from 9:30 am to 11:30 pm in the arts and crafts room.
It will be open to anyone who wants to learn, brush-up on their skills or just wants to work on an already existing project.
ABE
▪Learn Spanish: Sundays from 6-8 p.m. in the Adult Basic Education Room.
Four students from Notre Dame will be coming to the ABE room to help students learn Spanish.
Spanish class will be in recess after the December 14 session.
▪Academic Fun Fair: December 8-14. Different projects and hands-on activities will be available on a variety of topics including: optical illusions, science experiments, psychology, politics, poetry, Christmas crafts, etc. Students will be given an opportunity to earn a prize upon completion of a passport card showing that they visited all of the displays.
▪Positive Life Skills: PLS will be in session Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
▪Public Speaking Class: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., starting January 14.
▪Power In the Workplace: Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. December 3—“Legal Issues: What Are Your Rights?,” December 10—”The Story of American Workers,” December 17--”Globalization and the Future of Work.” The December 17 session is the last one.
▪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.
▪GED: A new GED class started up October 10 in ABE. All GED-bound students are welcome to attend. The class meets from 1-3 p.m. Fridays and includes group discussions and time to work on testing, individual assignments and the computer. Please see ABE for details.
▪Poetry Jam: Poetry Jam will be in recess after the December 19 meeting from 3-4 p.m., in the ABE Room. The ABE staff hopes to see it resume in late January.
▪Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
Writing will be in recess on Christmas and New Year’s days.
▪Creative Writing: Creative writing will resume January 15. .
Herald Sports
ND Scores: Baseball--ND junior outfielder A.J. Pollock put on 2009 Wallace Award watch list (Wallace Award is college baseball’s Heisman); Pollock was MVP in Cape Cod League this past summer; Pollock finished past NCAA season with .352 BA, 15 doubles, three triples, four homers, 42 RBI, and 28 stolen bases.
NFL Scores: Eagles 30, Browns 10.
NCAA Football Notes: Ball St.--Ball St. head coach Brady Hoke takes San Diego St. job; Cardinals were 12-0 in regular season before loss to Buffalo in MAC championship game; Auburn--Charles Barkley says race was issue in Auburn‘s hiring of white coach with losing record over ex-Nebraska QB and current University of Buffalo coach Turner Gill; Gill is African-American and his wife is white; Barkley charges “old boy“ establishment in SEC is still uncomfortable with mixed marriages; Gill took losing program at Buffalo and led them to MAC East title and win over previously unbeaten Ball St. in MAC championship game this season; new coach Gene Chizik greeted with boos upon arrival in Auburn.
NBA Scores: Pacers 118, Wizards 98; Hawks 83, Bobcats 79; Nets 94, Raptors 87; Bucks 98, Heat 83; Celtics 100, Jazz 91 (Celtic win streak 15); Nuggets 98, Mavericks 88; Suns 111, Knicks 103; Kings 118, Timberwolves 103; Magic 109, Warriors 98.
NBA Notes: 76ers--76ers fire coach Mo Cheeks; Kings--Kings fire coach Reggie Theus after 6-18 start; ex-Bulls’star is sixth coach to lose his job this season.
NHL Scores: Avalanche 3, Red Wings 2; Sharks 3, Kings 2 (SO).
College Basketball Scores: Men--(2) U Conn 91, Stonybrook 57; Cleveland St. 72, (11) Syracuse 69; Women--(18) Ohio St. 68, Cleveland St. 54; (2) UNC 105, Ark.-Pine Bluff 49.
MLB: Phillies--Phillies re-sign 46-year-old LHP Jamie Moyer and add Dodger free-agent RHP Chan Ho Park; Tigers--Tigers sign Twins’ free-agent SS Adam Everett; Astros--Astros sign free-agent outfielder Jason Michaels; Michaels played with Indians and Pirates last season.
Local
Local Headlines: County Council--St. Joseph County Council cancels meeting; local option income tax was on agenda; Cause of Death--Mishawakan Donna Mae Maximenko died of hypothermia; missing woman’s body was found in Berrien County; Hummer--GM and Chinese company discuss purchase of Hummer brand; Job Fair--Blue Chip Casino to hold job fair Wednesday for new Michigan City hotel; Trimester--South Bend Community School Corporation discusses switching from semester to trimester system; trimester would mean three 12-week periods instead of two of 18 weeks.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--Electoral College formally casts ballots today; President-elect Obama picks Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) as Interior Secretary; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praises designated successor Hillary Clinton; Illinois--Illinois lawmakers approve inquiry into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached; President-elect Obama says internal investigation shows neither he nor his staff had inappropriate discussions with Blagojevich over Obama’s Senate successor; New York--Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg expresses interest in Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat; same seat held by Caroline’s Uncle Bobby; Thailand--opposition leader Abjisit Vejjajiva wins thin majority in Parliament to replace scandal-ridden government; Entertainment--Tom Cruise apologizes to “Today” host Matt Lauer for outburst on air; outburst included criticism of Brooke Shield’s use of medication to treat post-partum depression; Cruise says he came across as “arrogant.”
Weather
Today High 22 Low 20 Snow
Wed High 27 Low 20 Mostly Cloudy
Thu High 34 Low 31 Ice Pellets
Fri High 34 Low 20 Chance Snow
Sat High 31 Low 18 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8-10 p.m., The Biggest Loser (two-hour episode); 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., 90210; 9 p.m., Privileged; 28---8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., Fringe; 46--8-10 p.m., Harvest Show Two-Hour Special; 57--8 p.m., A Charlie Brown Christmas; 9-10 p.m., According to Jim (two episodes); 69--8-10 p.m., The Spirit of Christmas.
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