South Bend, Indiana; May 16, 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.

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.
▪Creative Writing: Starting up again this week, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪Computer Keyboarding Classes: Beginning April 2; Thursdays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Beginning Computer Classes: Starts this Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. It will be six sessions long.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—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, Coping with pain and depression; May 24, Sexual health.
▪Note: "Health and Wellness" is a walk-in class.

Herald Sports

Midwest League: Lugnuts at Silver Hawks cancelled; no make-up game; Hawks travel to Ft. Wayne tonight to play TinCaps (formerly Wizards); game time is 4:05 p.m.; game will be covered on ESPN radio (AM 1620) beginning at 3:45 p.m.
ND Scores: Saint Mary's at NCAA Division III Golf Championships--Belles 10th after round three; Baseball--ND 15, St. John's 8; Softball, NCAA Regional--ND 3, Cleveland St. 1; Tennis, Women's NCAA Tournament--ND 4, Clemson 0 (Irish move on to quarterfinals); Track & Field, Georgia Tech Invitational--Women's Javelin--Elise Knutzen finished second; Men's Pole Vault--Kevin Schipper and Matt Schipper finished first and second.
Bethel Scores: Golf, Women's NAIA Championships--Pilots finish second to five-time defending champion Oklahoma City University; Softball, Women's NAIA Tournament--Bethel 8, College of Idaho 4.
NBA Playoffs: No games scheduled.
NHL Playoffs: No games scheduled.
MLB National League: Astros at Cubs PPD; Mets 8, Giants 6; Padres 5, Reds 3; Brewers at Cardinals, PPD after second inning; Braves 4, Diamondbacks 3; Dodgers 6, Marlins 4; Phillies 10, Nationals 6 (12); Rockies 3, Pirates 1;
MLB American League: Blue Jays 8, White Sox 3; Yankees 5, Twins 4; Tigers 14, Athletics 1; Rays 8, Indians 7; Rangers 10, Angels 8; Royals 8, Indians 1; Mariners 5, Red Sox 4.
NASCAR: Mayfield Motorsports--suspended driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield picks J.J. Yeley to drive number 41 car in Sprint Cup events; wife Shana Mayfield will be owner of record for Mayfield Motorsports.
NFL Notes: Colts--Clyde Christensen will replace Tom Moore as Colts' offensive coordinator; retiring Moore was only offensive coordinator Peyton Manning played for in NFL.
Deaths: Waymon Tisdale, 44; former Oklahoma U. and NBA star dies after long battle with bone cancer.

Local

CFH Headlines: GED--Seven of state-best 500 GED recipients this year from South Bend earned GEDs through ABE at CFH: Arielle Guyton-Smith, Brianna LaMar, Samantha Bolen, Sheila Odom, Greg Wilton, Bill Allee, Brandon Urbin.
Local Headlines: Detour--Cleveland/Hickory Road detour begins Monday; will be continued until mid-August; eastbound lanes of Cleveland Road will be closed for 1000 feet before intersection; Hickory Road will be closed for 600 feet south of Cleveland; Food Drive--"Banking on Mishawaka" food drive to be held at Mishawaka Krogers' stores and De Amici's Club, 302 W. 11th Street in Mishawaka; today until 4 p.m.; Protests--traveled advised to avoid streets near ND this weekend because of pro-life activists here for President Obama's visits; ND--campus officials prepare for commencement tomorrow and President Obama's visit.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--President Obama says debt load "unsustainable;" warning of skyrocketing interest rates; president selects potential 2012 GOP rival, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, to be ambassador to China; India--Indian PM Manmohan Singh declares victory for his ruling Congress Party in country's month-long elections; Media--Tucson Citizen to publish final print edition today after 138 years; will continue online with commentary but no news; Ann Arbor News to publish final edition July 23; will be replaced by twice-weekly, online-focused operation; CIA--CIA Director Leon Panetta says his agency told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the truth about interrogations of terror suspects; California--Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes selling San Quentin, L.A. Coliseum, and other state-owned properties; Russia--Moscow police violently break up gay pride rally; Space--spacewalkers from shuttle Atlantis try to repair Hubble Telescope camera; Syria--Syria says new Netanyahu government not a good partner for peace; Guantanamo--Algerian detainee at center of Supreme Court battle, Lakhdar Boumedienne, released; was arrested with five other Algerians in Bosnia in 2001; charged with plotting to blow up U.S. embassy in Sarajevo.
Entertainment: New Ferrera Film--new America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty") film "The Dry Land" tries to show difficulties war veterans have readapting to civilian life.

Weather
Today High 62 Low 39 Partly Cloudy/Wind
Sun High 61 Low 40 Sunny
Mon High 69 Low 52 Mostly Sunny
Tue High 70 Low 47 Isolated T-Storms
Wed High 69 Low 53 Scattered T-Storms

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., Law and Order: SVU; 9 p.m., Southland; 10 p.m., Law and Order; 22--8-10 p.m., The Mentalist (two episodes); 10 p.m., 48 Hours Mystery; 25--8-10 p.m., American Pie; 10 p.m.-12 a.m., 8 MM; 28--8-9 p.m., Cops (two episodes); 9 p.m., America's Most Wanted; 10 p.m., Fox 28 News; 10:30 p.m., Family Guy; 46--8-9 p.m., Paid; 9 p.m., Best of Harvest; 10 p.m., Paid; 10:30 p.m., Jesse Duplantis Ministries; 57--8-11 p.m., Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; 69--8-10 p.m., The Vanishing; 10 p.m.-12 a.m., The Deadly Mantis.