Announcements
Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts 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 and will resume January 12.
▪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: Football--Charlie Weis has right knee replaced; Basketball, Saint Mary’s--Wilmington (OH) 72, SMC 58.
NFL Wildcard Weekend: Saturday--Falcons at Cardinals (4:30 p.m., NBC); Colts at Chargers (8 p.m., NBC); Sunday--Ravens at Dolphins (1 p.m., CBS); Eagles at Vikings (4:30 p.m., Fox). Titans, Panthers, Giants, and Steelers get byes.
NFL Notes: Coaches Fired: Romeo Crennel (Browns), Eric Mangini (Jets), Rod Marinelli (Lions); Marinelli coached Lions to worst record in NFL history (0-16).
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: Alamo--Missouri 30, Northwestern 23 (OT); Papa John’s--Rutgers 29, N.C. St. 23; Utah--head coach Kyle Whittingham signs 5-year, $6-million deal to stay at Utah; (7) Utes are 12-0 heading in to Friday‘s Sugar Bowl vs. (4) Alabama.
NBA Scores: Bulls 100, Nets 87 (Derrick Rose 21 points, 13 assists); Hawks 109, Nuggets 91; Pistons 88, Magic 82; Timberwolves 108, Grizzlies 98 (OT); Suns 110, Thunder 102; Wizards 89, Rockets 87; Jazz 112, 76ers 95; Warriors 117, Raptors 111.
NHL Scores: Rangers 5, Islanders 4; Canadiens 5, Panthers 2; Sharks 3, Stars 1; Flames 2, Wild 1; Avalanche 5, Predators 1; Blue Jackets 2, Kings 0.
College Basketball Scores: Men--UCSB 71, Ball St. 51; (11) Georgetown 74, (2) U Conn 63; (23) Michigan 77, N.C. Central 57; (15) Villanova 62, Temple 45; (14) Tennessee 89, LA Lafayette 62; (19) Baylor 79, Portland St. 66; (17) Arizona St. 84, Central Conn. St. 47; Butler (10-1) ranked 25th in new AP poll; Women--IU 62, Michigan St. 48; Wright St. 63, IPFW 57; Ball St. 77, Richmond 71; Butler 83, Christian Brothers 40; (14) Maryland 90, N.C. Asheville 57; (9) Auburn 87, Duquesne 67; (16) Virginia 68, Louisiana Tech 52; (10) Louisville 95, Central Michigan 72; (18) Florida 85, Vermont 76; (15) Rutgers 57, Geo. Washington 47; (24) South Dakota St. 82, Northern Iowa 69; (13) California 85, St. Mary’s (CA) 44.
MLB: Red Sox--BoSox reach tentative agreement with RHP Brad Penny on $5-million, 1-year contract.
Local
Local Headlines: Option Meeting Cancelled--St. Joseph County Council local option income tax meeting cancelled; LaPorte--LaPorte County Council votes down local option income tax 5-2; Recycling--recycling delays in area caused by weather; Surplus--community group Citizens for Common Sense says South Bend has $47-million budget surplus and St. Joseph County has $27-million surplus; Abandoned Kayak--SBPD investigates overturned kayak found in river; Flushed with Success--local company makes portable restrooms for inauguration; Coachmen--Coachmen Industries sells recreational vehicle division to Forest River; Coachmen’s CEO Rick Lavers says company will continue to manufactured homes and specialty vehicles and headquarters will remain in Elkhart County; Coachmen stock price is $1.92 per share today.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--HHS Secretary-designate Tom Daschle attends town meeting on health care in Dublin, IN; doctors tell Daschle that more patients going to emergency rooms because of lack of health insurance; Trig Palin is Uncle--Bristol Palin, daughter of Alaska governor and Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and fiance Levi Johnston announce birth of son Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston; Tripp’s parents plan to wed this summer; California--Santa killer reportedly planned more murders; Ford--billionaire investor Kirk Kekorian sells off all of his Ford stock; had owned 107.1-million shares in October; Pakistan/India--Pakistan urges new India dialogue; U.S. supply route closed in N.W. Pakistan; Israel/Palestine--no end in sight as Gaza battle enters fourth day; Illinois--feds want lawmakers considering impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich to hear four incriminating wiretaps; Bangladesh--former PM Sheikh Hasina will return to power after her party posts landslide win; Thailand--new PM Abhisit Vejjajiva inaugurates government despite protestors.
Deaths: singer/songwriter Delaney Bramlett, 69; worked with George Harrison and Eric Clapton; George Francis, 112, oldest man in U.S.; sculptor Robert Graham, 70.
Weather
Today High 40 Low 20 Mostly Cloudy
Wed High 253Low 14 Chance Snow
Thu High 31 Low 23 Mostly Cloudy
Fri High 27 Low 18 Chance Snow
Sat High 29 Low 20 Partly Cloudy
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Law and Order; 9 p.m., Law and Order: SVU; 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9-11 p.m., Kennedy Center Honors: Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, Brian Wilson with Caroline Kennedy as host; 25--8 p.m., 90210; 9 p.m., Privileged; 28---8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., Fringe; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Paid; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-p.m., Happy New Year, Charlie Brown; 8:30 p.m., Rudolph’s Shiny New Year; 9:30 p.m., According to Jim; 69--8-10 p.m., Shaken Not Stirred (two episodes).
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