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.
FDA Warning: The FDA warns consumers to avoid using cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other foods containing peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination.
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.
▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Developing Capable People: Do you want to learn more about yourself and others? Do you need “new information” to get your life on track? Do you work during the day and want to learn at night? Are you waiting for your health to get better? Are you waiting for disability or SSI or housing or a 2nd chance?
This 10-week evening class is for you!! Wednesday and Thursday nights, 5:30 -8 p.m. Starts February 11. Ask your coach to get on the list. Class size is limited.
▪Public Speaking Class: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., January 14, 21, 28, and February 4. Those who attend all four sessions will get a certificate..
▪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: 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: Mondays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Writing: Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Creative writing will resume January 15.
▪Math: Computation--Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 1-2 p.m.; Applied--Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. and Fridays, 2-3 p.m.
▪Gender Roles: Fridays, time TBA.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m., in the chapel.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Nutrition Class: Starts January 7 and will be Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. There will be classes on menu planning and food budgeting and cooking demonstrations.
Everyone is welcome to join. Sign up in ABE.
Herald Sports
ND Scores: Basketball, Men--for first time in ND history, Joyce Center will host ESPN Gameday prior to Irish-(3) U Conn game; show hosted by Rece Davis and includes commentary from Digger Phelps, Jay Bilas, Hubert Davis, and Bobby Knight; Swimming--ND to host Shamrock Invitational tonight and tomorrow at Rolfs Aquatic Center; other teams include Denver, Michigan St., and West Virginia.
High School Basketball Scores: Boys--Washington 53, Clay 32; Girls--Penn 82, St. Joseph’s 29; Girls’ Bi-County Tournament--LaVille 38, Bremen 37; Oregon-Davis 46, John Glenn 28; Argos 58, New Prairie 36; Culver 61, Culver Academy 48.
NFL Notes: Giants--WR Taye Biddle treated and released for gunshot wounds to hands and leg; was shot while visiting relatives in Decatur, AL; police say no evidence Biddle did anything to provoke shooting; Buccaneers--Bucs hire Jim Bates as new defensive coordinator; Panthers--defensive coordinator Mike Trgovac becomes second Panther assistant to quit this week.
NBA Scores: Celtics 90, Magic 80; Lakers 117, Wizards 97.
NHL Scores: No games scheduled; All-Star weekend.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Oakland 75, IUPUI 57; (18) Purdue 70, (21) Minnesota 62; IPFW 80, Western Illinois 71; (16) Butler 68, Wis. Green Bay 59; Valparaiso 63, Wis.-Milwaukee 51; (13) UCLA 61, Washington St. 59; (23) Gonzaga 83, Pepperdine 69; West Virginia 75, (12) Georgetown 58; Women--Purdue 56, Minnesota 43; (12); IU 60, Michigan 50; Illinois St. 75, Evansville 62; (11) Stanford 85, Oregon 57; (8) California 77, Oregon St. 722; (6) Auburn 84, Alabama 66; (10) Tennessee 76, Arkansas 67; Georgia Tech 66, (2) UNC 62; (19) Ohio St. 68, Illinois 51; Georgia 66, (17) Vanderbilt 55.
Tennis: Australian Open--former No. 1 seed Ana Ivanovic upset by 29th seed.
MLB: Cubs--family of billionaire Tom Ricketts has reportedly won bidding to be new owner of Cubs; Ricketts family has Chicago connections but built its fortune in Omaha; Tribune Company says hurdles still remain before sale is finalized.
Local
Local Headlines: Charges--six men charged in connection with rash of violence in October which included five shootings; police believe three of those shootings are related; Missed Bus--South Bend man, 83, misses bus at President’s Inauguration after dancing with young woman.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama issues executive order to close prison at “Gitmo“ and CIA prisons overseas; says interrogations will be in accordance with U.S. Army field manual; Obama keeps Blackberry enhanced with security measures to protect his privacy, becomes first president to use email; redesignated “Blackberry One;“ State Department--Hillary Clinton takes over at State; President Obama and Vice-President Biden visit State Department to emphasize importance of foreign affairs to new administration; Senate--N.Y. Gov. David Paterson selects U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Senate; Treasury-Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner approved by Senate Finance Committee; confirmation vote could be today; Economy--Forbes says stores like Lane Bryant and Sears (which also owns Kmart) could go under in 2009; Harley-Davidson cuts 1,100 jobs after 4Q profit falls; Bill Gates lost more of his own money last year than anyone in history but remains upbeat; will still increase giving from $3.3-billion to $3.8 billion; Gaza--Israeli PM says Israel will defend itself against Gaza war crimes charges; President Obama issues appeal to Israel, Hamas; India--Indian PM Manmohan Singh, 76, will undergo second heart bypass surgery; Vatican--Pope Benedict XVI gets own YouTube channel (no word on what his You Tube “handle“ is going to be, might be open to suggestions).
Entertainment: Ledger--Heath Ledger gets posthumous Oscar nomination for “Dark Knight.”
Deaths: Bill Werber, 100, oldest living ex-major leaguer and teammate of Babe Ruth.
Weather
Today High 31 Low 11 Mostly Cloudy
Sat High 16 Low 0 Chance Snow
Sun High 13 Low 2 Chance Snow
Mon High 18 Low 7 Chance Snow
Tue High 22 Low 11 Partly Cloudy
TV Listings: 16--8-9 p.m., Howie Do It (two episodes); 9 p.m., Friday Night Lights; 10 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9 p.m., Flashpoint; 10 p.m., Numb3rs; 25--8 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 8:30 p.m., The Game; 9 p.m., 13: Fear is Real; 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 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 Meyers; 57--8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 10 p.m., 20/20; 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Maury.
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