South Bend, Indiana; April 25, 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: The Crochet and Knit Class will be taking a break for the Spring and Summer. It will resume in November, 2009.

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.
Run Ten Ten: The first annual Run Ten Ten 10K Race and 2-Mile Mutt Strut; today at Howard Park. Participants should arrive at 8 a.m. Race starts at 8:30 a.m. and 2-Mile Mutt Strut begins at 8:45 a.m.
Sponsored by C.B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. and Care of South Bend.
Komen Race for the Cure: Sign-up from 7:30-9 p.m. Sunday at Beutter Park, Mishawaka; race begins at 10 p.m.; proceeds help fight breast cancer.

ABE

▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Money Smart: 10-week finance class starting March 2 sponsored by Lake City Bank; Mondays 7-8:30 p.m. Get paid $15 per class! Build or fix your credit through interest-free loans.
Priority eligibility: STAR graduates, Transitional guests, Starting Over Graduates, coach referral (if open seats exist). Sign up in ABE room.
▪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.
▪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--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.
▪Computer Keyboarding Classes: Beginning April 2; Thursdays, 3-4 p.m..
▪Grammar Classes: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Taking a break; moving to Sundays, 6-7 p.m., in the chapel, starting April 19.
▪Health and Wellness Class: Sundays from April 19 through May 17th 3:30 - 4:30 on the SO/SH room.
--April 19, Mediation facts and compliance; April 26, Living with diabetes; May 3, Managing pain without drugs; May 10, Coming out of depression without drugs; May 17, Sexual health.
▪Power in the Workplace II: Cancelled.
▪Note: Both "Health and Wellness" and "Power in the Workplace II" are walk-in classes.

Herald Sports

Midwest League: Lugnuts 10, Silver Hawks 8.
ND Scores: Golf, Saint Mary's, MIAA NCAA Qualifier at Marshall, MI--Belles lead by one stroke after second round; Baseball--Louisville 8, ND 7; Lacrosse, Women's Big East Semifinals--ND 16, Syracuse 10.
Bethel Scores: Softball--(7) Bethel 1, St. Xavier 0; St. Xavier 5, Bethel 2 (Regular season final for Pilots; MCC Tournament begins Tuesday at Marion, IN).
NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers 79, Pistons 68 (Cavs lead 3-0); 76ers 96, Magic 94 (Dwight Howard 36 points), (76ers lead 2-1); Rockets 86, Trailblazers 83 (Rockets lead 2-1).
NHL Playoffs: Capitals 4, Rangers 0 (Rangers lead 3-2).
MLB National League: Cardinals 4, Cubs 3; Padres 4, Pirates 3 (11); Giants 5, Diamondbacks 1; Dodgers 6, Rockies 5; Brewers 5, Astros 2; Mets 4, Nationals 3; Braves 4, Reds 3; Phillies 7, Marlins 3.
MLB American League: Blue Jays 14, White Sox 0; Rangers 5, Orioles 4; Twins 5, Indians 1; Red Sox 5, Yankees 4 (11); Royals 6, Tigers 1; Mariners 8, Angels 3; Rays 8, Athletics 2.
NFL Notes: Lions--Lions reach 6-year, guaranteed $41.7-million agreement with Georgia QB Matthew Stafford; Lions will pick Stafford first in 2009 NFL draft.

Local

Local Headlines: Explosion--ND grad student suffers "moderately serious burns" when her lab experiment explodes; Challenge--homeless veteran David Whitaker of Mishawaka plans trip from Key West, FL, to Blaine, WA, in his motorized wheelchair to raise awareness of homelessness among American military veterans; plans to travel about 50 miles per day; Dancing With Our Stars--stars dance last night to raise money for CFH; Arraignment--Julius Anderson, 25, arraigned Friday in murder of girlfriend Dawn Brooks; her body was found Tuesday in her burning home; Our Lady Stays Open--Our Lady of Hungary School to stay open for one more year; Belated Honors: local WWII vets George Kline and John Hums finally receive WWII medals Friday at ceremony presided over by U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly; Volunteer Center--United Way to study feasibility of starting volunteer center.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--President Obama asks for ideas to curb federal spending; Armenia--Armenians march to commemorate 94th anniversary of deaths of estimated 1.5-million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks; Iraq--Secretary of State Clinton assures Iraquis that U.S. will not abandon them; Swine Flu--health officials in Mexico and California worry about new brand of swine flu; South Africa--ANC wins with 65.9% of votes cast in South African election paving the way for new Parliament to elect ANC leader Jacob Zuma president in May; Somalia--pirates seize German-owned ship; North Korea--North Korea says it has restarted nuclear facilities.

Weather
Today High 81 Low 53 Scattered T-Storms/Wind
Sun High 80 Low 61 Scattered T-Storms/Wind
Mon High 75 Low 49 Scattered T-Storms/Wind
Tue High 58 Low 39 Isolated T-Storms
Wed High 61 Low 41 Partly Cloudy