Tuesday, February 17, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; February 17, 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

Indiana High School Basketball: Boys--New Prairie 66, Culver 45.
ND Scores: 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 Notes: no games scheduled; All-Star break; Suns--Suns fire head coach Terry Porter; promote assistant Alvin Gentry.
NHL Scores: Islanders 3, Penguins 2 (SO); Stars 3, Blue Jackets 2 (SO); Blues 2, Rangers 1; Senators 2, Predators 0; Oilers 3, Coyotes 1; Thrashers 7, Kings 6 (SO).
College Basketball Scores: Men--(4) Pittsburgh 76, (1) U Conn 68;
Women--IU 67, Wisconsin 61 (OT); IUPUI 57, Centenary 55; (22) South Dakota St. 87, Southern Utah 42; (7) Duke 62, (13) Tennessee 54.
Golf: PGA Northern Trust Open (Riviera Country Club at Pebble Beach) (54 holes; final round cancelled due to two days of rain)--1. Dustin Johnson -15 (after 54 holes); 2. Mike Weir -11.
Sports Notes: Cycling--Lance Armstrong’s bicycle stolen; Swimming--no charges filed against Michael Phelps in marijuana-smoking picture; Tennis--Israeli tennis player denied visa to play in tournament in United Arab Emirates.

Local

Local Headlines: State of City--South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke lays city plans in State of the City address; says despite the recession South Bend is making progress; cites $79-million expansion to Memorial Hospital, Eddy Street Commons, and Ignition Park; Digital TV Switch--local TV stations will still turn off their analog signal today even though Congress has extended the deadline for doing so; channel 57 still using analog signal; Thin Ice--thin ice on lakes and streams claims another life as authorities urge caution; Homeless Man Dies--homeless man Jerry Brown, 44, dies from injures received in Feb. 3 garage fire behind home on Diamond Avenue.

Nation/World


Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama to sign economic stimulus bill today; California--state of California to begin layoffs in budget crisis; Economy--Wal-Mart posts profit on grocery discounts; Japan--new Japanese finance minister says economic downturn worse than expected; former minister resigned because of economy; Cambodia--Cambodia begins Khmer Rouge war crimes trials.
Entertainment: Lindsay Lohan--skeletally-thin Lindsay blames weight loss on stress from hectic work schedule.

Weather
Today High 40 Low 31 Mostly Cloudy
Wed High 38 Low 20 Snow
Thu High 22 Low 13 Snow Showers
Fri High 29 Low 18 Chance Snow
Sat High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow

TV Listings (Channels 16, 22, 28, and 46 have switched to digital-only; you need cable, satellite, a digital-ready TV, or a converter box for your old analog TV): 16--8-10 p.m., The Biggest Loser; 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8 p.m., 90201; 9 p.m., Privileged; 28--8-10 p.m., American Idol; 46--8-10 p.m., Harvest Show Two-Hour Special; 57--8 p.m., Homeland Security USA; 9-10 p.m., Scrubs (two episodes). 69 (digital channel 50)--8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Whacked-Out Videos (two episodes).

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