South Bend, Indiana; January 6, 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.
▪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 Notes: Basketball, Men--(13) ND 73, (9) Georgetown 67 (Luke Harangody 31 points; Irish home win streak 44 games);
NFL Wildcard Weekend: Saturday--Ravens at Titans (4:30 p.m., CBS); Cardinals at Panthers (8:15 p.m., Fox); Sunday--Eagles at Giants (1 p.m., Fox ); Chargers at Steelers (4:45 p.m., CBS).
NCAA Football Bowl Scores: Fiesta--(3) Texas 24, (10) Ohio St. 21.
NBA Scores: Nuggets 135, Pacers 115; Spurs 91, Heat 84; Nets 98, Kings 90; Bucks 107, Raptors 97; Jazz 119, Warriors 114.
NHL Scores: Rangers 4, Penguins 0; Oilers 3, Islanders 2.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Wisconsin Milwaukee 61, Valparaiso 47; (6) Oklahoma 100, MD Eastern Shore 64; Women--Purdue 66, (8) Texas 55; Butler 84, Youngstown St. 50; North Dakota St. 63, IPFW 59; Mo. Kansas City 80, IUPUI 75; Cleveland St. 68, Valparaiso 55; (5) Duke 87, Temple 52; (15) Virginia 82, St. Francis (PA) 66; Florida St. 60, (3) Texas A&M 53; Oakland 67, (23) South Dakota St. 51.
MLB: Cubs--Cubs to give OF Milton Bradley a $30-million deal; Rays--Rays sign OF Pat Burrell to $16-million, 2-year deal; Twins--owner Carl Pohlad dead at 93.
Local
Local Headlines: Carbon Monoxide--South Bend Fire Station #9 evacuated due to carbon monoxide scare; Winamac--mother, two children, estranged husband dead in apparent murder-suicide; Grambo Update--70-year-old intruder who held intruder at gunpoint being treated for heart problems; Gentlemen (and Ladies), We Have Ignition--new nanotechnology park to be named “Ignition Park.”
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama chooses former U.S. Rep. and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta to be CIA chief; Obama tells House Speaker Nancy Pelosi he favors $775-billion price tag for economic stimulus package; Fox News sources say Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire will replace New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as Commerce Secretary-designate; appointment could come as early as today; Richardson withdrew from consideration due to investigation into possible improprieties in awarding New Mexico contract to campaign contributor; Israel/Palestine--Israeli troops continue to push into southern Gaza despite efforts by European envoys to broker cease-fire; India/Pakistan--India accuses Pakistan of involvement in Mumbai attacks; Senate--Majority Leader Harry Reid says there is “room for negotiation“ in seating of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich‘s appointed Sen. Roland Burris; Burris says he is determined to be seated; Burris will not be sworn in with the other new senators; Al Franken declared winner of Minnesota recount as results are certified by state‘s independent canvassing board; Minnesota incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman says he will challenge the recount in court; Thnolecogy--program to provide reduced-price digital converter boxes runs out of money.
Deaths: Griffin Bell, 90, U.S. Attorney-General during Jimmy Carter administration.
Weather
Today High 31 Low 25 Snow
Wed High 29 Low 16 Chance Snow
Thu High 22 Low 14 Chance Snow
Fri High 27 Low 20 Chance Snow
Sat High 25 Low 11 Chance Snow
TV Listings: 16--8-10 p.m., The Biggest Loser; 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., 90210; 9 p.m., Privileged; 28-- 8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., Fringe; 46--7 p.m.-12 a.m., Harvest Show Five-Hour Special; 57--8 p.m., Homeland Security USA; 9-10 p.m., Scrubs (two episodes); 69--8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Vice Squad (two episodes).