Friday, December 5, 2008

South Bend, Indiana; December 5, 2008


Announcements
Art:
Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
CFH Film Series: The next feature in the CFH Film Series will be the 1999 Japanese anime epic “Princess Mononoke” directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which made Roger Ebert‘s list of 10 best films for that year. The film will be shown today at 2 p.m. in the Community Room.
It features the voice talents of Yoji Matsuda as Prince Ashitaka who encounters a human princess raised by wolves during a trip to the Far East. Princess Mononoke is voiced by Yuriko Ashida. The princess and the forest animals are battling an evil mining conglomerate. The film also stars Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup.
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 10:00 am to 12:30 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.
▪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.
▪Advanced Excel Classes: Wednesdays, Nov. 19-Dec. 10; 3-4 p.m. Sign up in ABE.
▪Computer Basics and Microsoft Word: Wednesdays starting November 5, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Four sessions: November 5, 12, 19 and December 3.
▪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.”
▪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.
▪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 returned October 17. The new hours are Friday, from 3-4 p.m., in the ABE Room. Read a favorite poem, share your own work; or just listen, relax, and enjoy.
▪Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; open to everyone.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.; Regular—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.
Herald Sports
NFL Scores: Chargers 34, Raiders 7.
NFL Notes: NFLPA--NFLPA sues to block five doping suspensions; Bears--DT Dusty Dvoracek out for season with arm injury; DT Anthony Adams to start; Vikings--Kevin and Pat Williams back at practice after judge overturns suspensions for doping; Jets--DE Shaun Ellis charged with pot possession; Titans--backup QB Vince Young, starting CB s Nick Harper and Cortland Finnegan miss practice due to injuries; Saints--Saints place S Kevin Kaesviharn on IR; through for season; Rogers--former Lions’ and Michigan St. WR Charles Rogers jailed for probation violation; Giants--Antonio Pierce to talk to investigators today regarding Plaxico Burress shooting incident.
NCAA Football Scores: Rutgers 63, Louisville 14.
NCAA Football Notes: MAC Championship Tonight--(12) Ball St. (12-0, 8-0) vs. Buffalo (7-5, 5-3) Auburn--AD Jay Jacobs says Tommy Tuberville‘s job was not in jeopardy when he stepped down; Washington--Washington denying reports that USC assistant Steve Sarkisian will be Huskie’s new head coach.
NBA Scores: Mavericks 112, Suns 97; Spurs 108, Nuggets 91.
NBA Notes: 76ers--F Eldon Brand out with hamstring injury.
NHL Scores: Penguins 5, Hurricanes 2; Capitals 5, Islanders 2; Canadiens 6, Rangers 2; Devils 3, Flyers 2 (OT); Red Wings 6, Canucks 5; Panthers 2, Sabres 1; Bruins 3, Lightning 1; Predators 3, Avalanche 2; Coyotes 6, Maple Leafs 3; Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2.
NHL Notes: Canadiens--Canadiens celebrate 99th birthday with win over Rangers; Stars--suspended Sean Avery meets with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Brescia (KY) 72, IUSB 62; Valparaiso 68, Youngstown St. 57; Butler 50, Cleveland St. 48; Southern Utah 78, IPFW 62; (19) Arizona St. 81, Jackson St. 60; (2) U Conn 68, Buffalo 64; (6) Oklahoma 73, USC 72: (17) Villanova 93, Houston Baptist 57; (8) Texas 68, (12) UCLA 64; Women--Trinity International (IL) 71, IUSB 67; (8) Maryland 70, (17) Purdue 59; (12) Duke 71, Iowa 47(13) Louisville 67, Middle Tenn. St. 44; (20) Virginia 63, Illinois 39; (16) Vanderbilt 83, CSU-Fullerton 67; Fresno St. 75, (22) TCU 71.
ND Scores: Women’s Soccer College Cup at Cary, NC--ND (25-0-0) vs. Stanford (21-1-1) (Irish try for first perfect season and third national championship; third straight final four appearance for ND) and UNC (32-1-2) vs. UCLA (22-0-2); College Cup final will be Sunday; Swimming--Irish men’s and women’s swim teams travel to Ohio St. Invitational this weekend.
MLB: Bonds--feds drop four counts of lying to a grand jury against Barry Bonds.
Local
Local Headlines: 2-Year-Old Dies--
2-year-old South Bend girl with skull fracture declared brain dead; still on life support; father Valentin Escebedo, 24, has been arrested on preliminary charge of neglect; No New Taxes--government watchdog groups mobilizing to fight tax proposals by city and county councils; Property Tax--St. Joseph County property tax rates to drop an average of 30-45 percent; Unsolved--stabbing death of South Bend mother Delia Lerma remains a mystery one year later; Lerma was reported missing and subsequently found stabbed to death in December 2007; ISTEP--local school officials in Elkhart and South Bend say ISTEP scores show promise; scores are down statewide.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--
First Lady-elect Michelle Obama says puppy decision is on hold “until we get settled;“ “We’re getting a lot of suggestions,“ says President-elect Obama, “and we’re taking it all under advisement;“ Economy--November job losses steepest since 1974; automakers take plea for bailout to House committee; Bratz--judge orders MGA Entertainment Inc. to stop making and selling all 40 Bratz dolls--including the four originals Yasmine, Chloe, Sasha, and Jade--because MGA violated Mattel’s copyright; Bratz designer Carter Bryant developed concept while working for Mattel; Canada--PM Stephen Harper has huge margin in opinion polls as opposition coalition attempts to take power; if election were held today Conservatives would take 46% of vote as opposed to 37.6% in actual elections held October 14; Harper closes Parliament until January 26 to forestall no-confidence vote; O.J.--O.J. Simpson faces six years to life at sentencing today.
Weather
Today High 22 Low 18 Mostly Cloudy
Sat High 29 Low 16 Snow
Sun High 27 Low 14 Chance Snow
Mon High 29 Low 25 Chance Snow
Tue High 34 Low 20 Chance Snow

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Greatest Holiday Moments: TV and Film Countdown; 9 p.m., Lipstick Jungle; 10 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9-11 p.m., Numb3rs; 25--8 p.m., Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer; 9 p.m., The Story of Santa Claus; 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., Making Healthy Choices Classics; 10:30 p.m., Joyce Meyer; 57--8-10 p.m., Dr. Suess‘ How the Grinch Stole Christmas; 10 p.m., 20/20; 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Punk‘d with Jessica Biel and Nick Lachey; 10:30 p.m., MTV Cribs.

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