Sunday, February 15, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 15, 2009

Announcements

Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
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. .
CFH Fundraiser Night: Texas Roadhouse, 4635 South Michigan Street; February 17.
Present coupon (available at CFH front desk) and 10% of your check will be donated to the Center for the Homeless.
Bengal Bouts (Boxing)--February 15 (5 p.m.), 17 (6 p.m.), 24 (6:30 p.m.), and 28 (7 p.m.) at the Joyce Fieldhouse; tickets on sale at Gate 1 of the Joyce Center.
Zumba Class: We now have a Zumba class for STAR students and other interested guests and staff, on Tuesdays from 3:00 until 3:45 in the Community Room. Zumba blends Latin dance and aerobics for a high energy workout. Kelly Thrall, former Front Desk Coordinator and certified Zumba Instructor, is the facilitator.

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.
▪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. Thursdays 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.; Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪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, 3-4 pm.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Intermediate Computer Classes: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Grammar Classes: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Mondays, 5-6 p.m., in the chapel..
▪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

High School Basketball Scores: Boys--Anderson 61, St. Joseph’s 53; Carmel 74, Mishawaka 58; Triton 83, New Prairie 55;
Girls Sectionals, John Glenn--Plymouth 59, Culver Academy 30; Penn--Washington 83, Clay 60; Bremen--Fairfield 44, Bremen 34.
ND Scores: Football--head coach Charlie Weis announced he will take over offensive coordinator duties; Basketball, Saint Mary’s--Albion 95, SMC 63; Tennis, Men--ND 6, Michigan St. 1; Women, ITA National Team Indoor--(14) ND 4, (4) Baylor 3; Hockey--ND 5, Northern Michigan 2; LaCrosse, Men--ND 10, Loyola College 9; Women--ND 22, Duquesne 7; Softball, Bama Bash--ND 2, East Carolina 1; (1) Alabama 10, ND 0; Boxing, Bengal Bouts--February 15 (5 p.m.), 17 (6 p.m.), 24 (6:30 p.m.), and 28 (7 p.m.) at the Joyce Fieldhouse; tickets on sale at Gate 1 of the Joyce Center.
NBA Scores: no regular games; All-Star weekend.; Dunk--Knicks’ Nate Robinson wins dunk title; 3-Point Shootout--Heat’s Daequan Cook wins 3-point Shootout in OT; Rookie Challenge--Sophomores 122, Rookies 116; Kevin Durant and Michael Beasley score 46 and 29 respectively; Durant’s 46 is Challenge record.
NBA Notes: NBA--NBA to rename the Finals MVP award the Bill Russell Award.
NHL Scores: Black Hawks 6, Stars 2; Flyers 5, Islanders 1; Oilers 3, Kings 2 (SO); Blue Jackets 5, Hurricanes 1; Maple Leafs 6, Penguins 2; Capitals 5, Lightning 1 (Caps‘ D Mike Green sets NHL record for defensemen by scoring goal in eighth consecutive game); Senators 5, Wild 3; Predators 3, Bruins 2 (SO); Flames 7, Coyotes 5.
College Basketball Scores: Men--IUSB 82, Illinois Tech 73; Marygrove (MI) 113, Holy Cross (SB) 70; Bradley 86, Evansville 79; (20) Purdue 49, Iowa 45; Oakland 83, IPFW 72; Indiana St. 76, Missouri St. 71; Oral Roberts 71, IUPUI 60; (19) Gonzaga 78, San Francisco 73; Boise St. 66, (21) Utah St. 56; Wisconsin 55, (24) Ohio St. 50; (10) Marquette 73, St. John’s 59; (8) Memphis 72, Southern Mississippi 47; (4) Pittsburgh 85, Cincinnati 69; (14) Xavier 88, Fordham 53; (7) Wake Forest 86, (25) Florida St. 63; (16) Kansas 85, Kansas St. 74; (17) Missouri 70, Nebraska 47; (2) Oklahoma 95, Texas Tech 74; Arizona 84, (11) UCLA 72; (1) U Conn 62, Seton Hall 54; (23) Syracuse 98, Georgetown 94 (OT).
Women--IUSB 71, Illinois Tech 60; Ball St. 80, Ohio 72; Missouri St. 53, Indiana St. 40; Butler 71, Loyola Chicago 63; Drake 69, Evansville 47; IUPUI 62, Oral Roberts 57; Oakland 76, IPFW 49; UIC 61, Valparaiso 60; (6) Stanford 58, (3) California 41; (2) Oklahoma 69, Kansas 54; (10) Louisville 67, Cincinnati 52; (12) Texas A&M 79, Colorado 50; Villanova 50, (25) DePaul 46; (7) Baylor 72, Missouri 43.
Golf: LPGA SBS Open at Turtle Bay (HI)--1. Angela Stanford -10; 2. Michelle Wie -7.

Local

Local Headlines: Stimulus--U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly says stimulus will bring 8,000 new jobs to Northern Indiana and $1-billion of road construction to state.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: Illinois--Sen. Roland Burris contradicts testimony and says he did discuss contribution and Senate seat with Blagojevich aide; World Economy--world’s richest countries pledge to fix economy at summit of Group of Seven finance ministers which included U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner; California--California lawmakers vote of $41-billion budget plan; Zimbabwe--jailed cabinet appointee Roy Bennett charged with terrorism; Venezuela--President Hugo Ch`avez reaches out to President Obama.

Weather
Today High 31 Low 18 Chance Snow
Mon High 34 Low 20 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 40 Low 31 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 34 Low 22 Chance Snow
Thu High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow





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