Announcements
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.
“Citizen Kane” is considered one of the best--if not the best--films ever made.
Oh yes, the film will be shown today, 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.
▪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.
▪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.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.
December 15 was the last meeting of Inspirational Reading Squad until January.
Herald Sports
ND Scores: Basketball, Men--Irish home game against Delaware St. Saturday will be part of Indiana Basketball Extravaganza; reporters Howard Smith and Ryan Powell will cover 11 games across the state in four days.
NFL Scores: Colts 31, Jaguars 24.
NFL Notes: Jaguars--shooting victim Richard Collier honored at Jags-Colts game; former OL Collier paralyzed and forced to have leg amputated after being shot in September; Collier was named team captain for game; Vikings--QB Tarvaris Jackson will start.
NCAA Football Notes, Bowls This Weekend: Saturday--Eagle Bank Bowl (Washington, D.C.), Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Navy (8-4); New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque), Colorado St. (6-6) vs. Fresno St. (7-5); St. Petersburg Bowl, Memphis (6-6) vs. South Florida (7-5); Las Vegas Bowl, (17) BYU (10-2) vs. Arizona (7-5); Sunday--New Orleans Bowl, Southern Miss (6-6) vs. Troy (8-4); Ball St.--Ball St. names offensive coordinator Stan Parrish new head coach; Georgia Tech--head coach Paul Johnson gets new 7-year deal; Florida--QB Tim Tebow files paperwork for draft but not committing himself.
NBA Scores: Trailblazers 124, Suns 119 (Trailblazers’ Brandon Roy scores 52 points); Magic 90, Spurs 78.
NBA Notes: Grizzlies--Grizzlies waive former All-Star F Antoine Walker.
NHL Scores: Canadiens 5, Flyers 2; Capitals 4, Blues 2; Bruins 8, Maple Leafs 5; Hurricanes 2, Panthers 1 (OT); Penguins 6, Thrashers 3; Red Wings 6, Sharks 0;. Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 (SO); Stars 6, Blue Jackets 5 (SO); Coyotes 2, Predators 1.
NHL Notes: Chicago--ice being readied at Wrigley Field for Winter Classic on New Year’s Day; Blackhawks will host Red Wings.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(1) UNC 91, Evansville 73 (Tyler Hansbrough becomes UNC‘s all-time leading scorer); (9) Louisville 77, Mississippi 68; (8) Gonzaga 84, Texas Southern 42; Women--St. Francis (IN) 70, IUSB 62; Tennessee Tech 75, Evansville 71; (1) U Conn 109, Washington 51; (25) Georgia Tech 65, Winthrop 27; (17) Virginia 73, Monmouth 45; (11) Tennessee 81, Old Dominion 76; (5) Texas 81, (21) Arizona St. 71;
Local
Local Headlines: Option on Agenda--St. Joseph County Council reschedules vote on Local Option Income Tax (LOIT) increase to December 30; meeting will be short-handed since two council members will be out of town for holidays; if county council loses any more it may not have enough members for a quorum; South Bend has already passed LOIT increase; needs county council or Mishawaka city council to pass measure for it to take effect; so far LOIT is not on Mishawaka council agenda; Fire--St. Joseph County couple loses home and seven cats in house fire; Storms--street departments and utility companies in area prepare for severe storms.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama expected to round out cabinet today by picking U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) as Labor Secretary and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. trade representative; Economy--Uncle Sam could be next victim in Wall St.’s Bernard Madoff scandal; IRS could lose $17-billion in tax revenue and a federally mandated insurance fund may lack funds to cover all the investor claims against Madoff; Auto Bailout--White House to give automakers low-interest loans; Deaths--Watergate’s “Deep Throat” Mark Felt, 95, dies; conservative leader Paul Weyrich, 66, dies; Malaysia--Malaysian foreign minister praises Bush shoe thrower; Iraq--Iraqi government says Bush shoe thrower apologized; Technology--University of Nevada researchers develop method to refine biodiesel from coffee grounds; Guantanamo--Defense Secretary Gates Bill Gates directs staff to draw up plans for closing prison camp at Guantanamo; Zimbabwe--Robert Mugabe says African leaders “not brave enough” to force him from power; Entertainment--country singer Mindy McCready in hospital after apparent suicide attempt.
Weather
Today High 31 Low 20 Ice and Snow
Sat High 29 Low 13 Partly Cloudy
Sun High 18 Low 9 Snow
Mon High 16 Low 11 Chance Snow
Tue High 27 Low 20 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Momma‘s Boys; 9-11 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9-11 p.m., Numb3rs (two episodes); 25--8 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 8:30 p.m., The Game; 9 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 9;30 p.m., The Game; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 28---8 p.m., Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?; 9 p.m., Don’t Forget the Lyrics!; 10 p.m., Fox 28 News; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., LESEA In Action; 9 p.m., Harvest; 10 p.m., Berean Seventh Day Adventist Church; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyer; 57--8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey‘s Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Punk‘d w/Jennifer Love Hewitt; 10:30 p.m., MTV Cribs: Jackass Edition.
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