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
ND Scores: Basketball, Men--ND 67, South Florida 57; Softball, Bama Bash--Wisconsin 2, 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 All-Star Game: West 146, East 119 (Kobe and Shaq are co-MVPs).
NHL Scores: Flyers 5, Rangers 2; Devils 6, Sharks 5; Capitals 4, Panthers 2; Avalanche 6, Red Wings 5 (SO); Hurricanes 3, Sabres 0; Thrashers 8, Ducks 4; Canucks 4, Canadiens 2.
NHL Notes: Penguins--Penguins fire head coach Michel Therrien; led them to NHL finals last season.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(22) Illinois 65, IU 52 (first 18 loss season for IU); Ball St. 53, Buffalo 51; Loyola Chicago 71, (15) Butler 67; UIC 83, Valparaiso 76; (18) Arizona St. 65, USC 53; (3) UNC 69, Miami (FL) 65; BC 80, (6) Duke 74; (5) Louisville 99, DePaul 54; Virginia 85, (12) Clemson 81 (OT).
Women--Purdue 68, Illinois 50; (1) U Conn 95, (19) Pittsburgh 42; (13) Texas 55, (16) Iowa St. 52; N. C. State 60, (17) Virginia 54; (8) UNC 73, Georgia Tech 50; (5) Auburn 63, Mississippi St. 58; (20) Kansas St. 79, Oklahoma St. 71; (11) Maryland 67, Rutgers 47; LSU 66, (9) Florida 47; (24) Vanderbilt 80, Georgia 64; (21) Xavier 78, Dayton 57; (18) Ohio St. 88, Northwestern 55.
Daytona 500: (Checkered flag came on 152d lap due to rain) 1. Matt Kenseth (17 Ford); 2. Kevin Harvick (29 Chevy); 3. AJ Almendinger (44 Dodge); 4. Clint Bowyer (33 Chevy); 5. Elliott Sadler (19 Dodge); 6. David Ragan (6 Ford); 7. Michael Waltrip (55 Toyota); 8. Tony Stewart (14 Chevy); 9. Reed Sorensen (43 Dodge); 10. Kurt Busch (2 Dodge); 33. David Stremme (12 Dodge); 36. Ryan Newman (39 Chevy).
Local
Local Headlines: Digital TV Switch--local TV stations will still turn off their analog signal this week even though Congress has extended the deadline for doing so.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama will sign stimulus bill Tuesday; France/Britain--British and French nuclear subs collide in middle of the Atlantic; Auto Industry--GM, Chrysler plans due Tuesday; Venezuela--voters approve constitutional amendment to do away with term limits; will allow President Hugo Chavez to rule indefinitely; Peanuts--Peanut Corporation of America goes into bankruptcy after salmonella outbreak.
Entertainment: Reunion--Simon and Garfunkel reunite briefly for reopening of renovated Beacon Theater in New York; perform “Sounds of Silence,” “The Boxer,” and “Old Friends/Bookends;” Salma Weds--Salma Hayek marries French billionaire.
Deaths: Estelle Bennett, 67, original member of the Ronnettes and sister of Ronnie Spector.
Weather
Today High 31 Low 20 Snow Showers
Tue High 41 Low 31 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 36 Low 20 Snow
Thu High 25 Low 13 Chance Snow
Fri High 29 Low 18 Partly Cloudy
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Chuck; 9 p.m., Heroes; 22--8 p.m., The Big Bang Theory; 8:30 p.m., How I Met Your Mother; 9 p.m., Two and a Half Men; 9:30 p.m., Worst Week; 25--8 p.m., Gossip Girl; 9 p.m., One Tree Hill; 28--8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., 24; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Bible Prophecy Unveiled; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-10 p.m., The Bachelor (two-hour episode). 69--8-9 p.m., Figure Skating; 9 p.m., Masters of Illusion.
Letter to the Editor
Shannon Moriarty Reports
Last month, unemployment rates surged to 7.6 percent. As the jobless population becomes older and more educated, many are ending up with no car, no job prospects, no health insurance, and - before long - no home. Will the dramatic increase of unemployment change the face of homelessness in America?
According to data from the Labor Department, more jobs have been lost in the past 12 months than any other period since the government began keeping records in 1939. Perhaps most disconcerting is that experts predict unemployment will get worse before it gets better. In 1991 and 2001, unemployment didn’t hit its peak until two years after those recessions ended.
As unemployment becomes worse, community-based organizations are noticing a change in their clientele. Shelters are seeing clients who are more representative of the newly unemployed. Here’s what one non-profit, Partnering for Change, reported on their blog just last week:
In recent months we’ve noticed a change in the needs of our program feeding homeless children. I’ve mentioned, there are over 11,000 elementary age children in Orange County, CA who are homeless. They are homeless for different reasons. But here’s a scenario you wouldn’t think would take place:Two able body parents in their early 30’s. He has a 4 year college degree in marketing, she went to a technical school in information technology. Both are smart with a willingness to work. They have 3 kids, ages 8, 5 and 2. But guess what, they are both unemployed….for 9 months now.What would you do? When your unemployment runs out and no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to get a job? How would you feed your family? How would provide shelter?Unfortunately this family is representative of the new face of homelessness in our community. The college educated family forced to leave their rental home and bounce around from motel to motel with no money for food to feed their children.
Another organization in St. Louis, the St. Patrick Center, has adjusted it’s employment services to meet the needs of the newly unemployed white collar workforce. They have launched a networking and job training program to connect laid off workers with employment opportunities:
Officials at the St. Patrick Center said an obvious need in the region — with roughly 7,800 professional people laid off in the past four months — prompted the effort. Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 7.3 percent in December, its highest mark in 25 years.
According to Business Week, over 200 suited professionals showed up for the first meeting.
Given that shelters and community safety nets are already grappling with shrinking budgets and increased demand, this economic outlook is downright scary.
[Photo from the Patriot-Ledger: "Father Bill's Place has seen a 25 percent increase in the numbers of homeless it serves since one year ago. Scott, 41, an unemployed laborer whose wife is also sheltered at Father Bill's walks to his bunk on the men's side of the shelter. On days that the temp dips below freezing, the homeless can stay in the shelter for the day."]
Lorenzo Kibler
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