South Bend, Indiana; January 1, 2009

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: Tuesdays, 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.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.
▪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--(7) ND 92, DePaul 82.
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.
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: Armed Forces--Houston 34, Air Force 28; Sun--(24) Oregon 3, (18) Pittsburgh 0; Music City--Vanderbilt 16, BC 14; Insight--Kansas 42, Minnesota 21; Chick-fil-A--LSU 38, (14) Georgia Tech 3.
NBA Scores: Magic 113, Bulls 94; Pistons 83, Nets 75; Rockets 85, Bucks 81; Nuggets 114, Raptors 107; Thunder 107, Warrior 100; 76ers 100, Clippers 92.
NHL Scores: Islanders 4, Panthers 2; Wild 3, Sharks 2 (OT); Hurricanes 3, Thrashers 1; Coyotes 3, Avalanche 1; Stars 4, Devils 2; Blue Jackets 2, Ducks 0; Flames 6, Oilers 4.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Illinois St. 80, Evansville 50; Creighton 79, Indiana St. 61; North Dakota St. 67, IPFW 60; IUPUI 72, Mo.-Kansas City 69; UNLV 56, (18) Louisville 55; Wisconsin 73, (23) Michigan 61; (10) Michigan St. 70, (21) Minnesota 58; (1) UNC 84, Nevada 61; (24) Ohio St. 68, Iowa 65; (3) Pittsburgh 78, Rutgers 72; Utah 66, (16) Gonzaga 65; (22) Xavier 78, Robert Morris 57; (19) Baylor 113, Jackson St. 78; (5) Duke 92, Loyola (MD) 51; Women--(1) U Conn 78, Hartford 41; (17) Ohio St. 68, Northwestern 59; (6) Duke 66, Providence 49;
MLB: Cubs--Cubs sign IF Aaron Miles to 2-year deal; send IF Mark DeRosa to Indians; Angels--Angels, closer Brian Fuentes agree to 2-year, $17.5-million deal.
Local
Local Headlines: Homicide--SBPD investigate 17th homicide of 2008; Wednesday death believed related to home invasion on Frederickson St.; resident exchanged gunfire with intruders; one of intruders was hit; Erosion--inspector says broken water pipe cause bluff collapse at Lake Michigan home near St. Joseph, MI.; Morgue--new county morgue in works for St. Joseph County.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--Israel--Israel working on peace settlement; Colorado--72-year-old man who left four bombs in Aspen kills self; police detonate bombs in open areas without injuries or damage; Iraq--U.S. hands over control of Green Zone and Basra Airport to Iraqi forces; U.S. troops will remain in Green Zone for next 90 days; Thailand--dozens die in New Year’s night club fire in Bangkok; Cuba--Cubans mark 50th anniversary of Castro revolution.
Deaths: Helen Suzman, 91; one of the few white South African lawmakers who protested against apartheid.
Weather
Today High 34 Low 25 Mostly Cloudy
Fri High 31 Low 16 Chance Snow
Sat High 34 Low 29 Mostly Cloudy
Sun High 34 Low 16 Chance Snow
Mon High 27 Low 18 Partly Cloudy
TV Listings: 16--1 p.m., NHL Winter Classic--Red Wings at Blackhawks (at Wrigley Field); 8-10 p.m., Deal or No Deal; 22--1 p.m., Gator Bowl; 8 p.m., The Big Bang Theory; 8:30 p.m., How I Met Your Mother; 9 p.m. CSI; 25--8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28---8 p.m., FedEx Orange Bowl; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--1 p.m., Capital One Bowl; 5 p.m., Rose Bowl; 8:30 p.m., America‘s Funniest Home Videos; 9 p.m., Grey‘s Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., The 2008 World Magic Awards.