South Bend, Indiana; June 21, 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.
Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ribs Cook-Off: July 17, opens to the public for lunch. Competition begins at 11:30 a.m. Restaurants/caterers will start selling lunch and continue to cook up ribs, drinks, and additional food items into the evening. In addition to meals available for purchase vendors will offer a ribs sampling of two bones for $3, allowing attendees to judge the flavors themselves.
The event is free and open to the public. A limited amount of entries to compete in the Cook-Off are still available. Cost is $150 for an amateur team, $275 for a professional team, and $350 for restaurant/catering. Please call Kristen Pflipsen at (574) 235-5717.

ABE

▪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.
▪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: Beginner computer class will be starting again soon. Please sign up in ABE. The classes will be from 3:30 - 4 pm on Wednesdays.
▪Math Computation with Nick will be from 1-2:30 p.m. on Wednesdays starting June 10th.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Sundays, 6-7 p.m., in chapel.

Herald Sports

Midwest League: TinCaps 4, Silver Hawks 1 (TinCaps clinch first half Eastern Division title; finish 11-0 in first half against Silver Hawks).
MLB National League: Rockies 9, Pirates 7.
MLB Interleague: Cubs 6, Indians 5 (13); White Sox 10, Reds 8; Cardinals 7, Royals 1; Tigers 9, Brewers 5; Rays 3, Mets 1; Orioles 6, Phillies 5; Nationals 5, Blue Jays 3 (12); Red Sox 3, Braves 0; Astros 6, Twins 5; Marlins 2, Yankees 1; Dodgers 6, Angels 4; Giants 2, Rangers 1 (11); Athletics 6, Padres 3; Mariners 7, Diamondbacks 3.
WNBA: Mystics 81, Sky 72 (A. Beard 31 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists).
Soccer: MLS--Rapids 3, DC United 0; FC Dallas 2, Crew 1 (Crew unbeaten streak ends at nine); Real Salt Lake 1, Dynamo 1 (Dynamo unbeaten streak club-record 11); Sounders 1, Red Bulls 1; Earthquakes 2, Galaxy 1; WPS--D.C. Freedom 1, S.L. Athletica 0.
U.S. Open Golf: Tiger 11 shots off the pace; Ricky Barnes leads with 36-hole record of 8-under 132.
NCAA Basketball: USC--USC hires Kevin O'Neill to replace Tim Floyd as head coach.
Boxing: Ring Magazine Heavyweight Title Fight--IBF and WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko beats Ruslan Chagaev on TKO in 10th to add Ring Magazine title to his collection of belts; crowd of 61,000 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany soccer stadium largest German fight crowd since Max Schmeling knocked out Adolf Heuser in front of 70,000 in Stuttgart in 1939.

Local

Local Headlines: Alaska--Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rea completes Mayors' Marathon in Anchorage in time of 4:19.49; says a few years ago had a hard time walking around the block; Juneteenth--10th annual Juneteenth celebration brings 100s to LaSalle Park; Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States; was first celebrated June 19, 1865; Economy--LaGrange County unemployment rate goes from 5% to 17.7% in one year; Arrest--SBPD nabs hit-and-run suspect on Ironwood Road; incident happened at 34th Street and Mishawaka Avenue in River Park.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: IGs--Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) investigating firings of inspectors general Gerald Walpin of AmeriCorps and Judith Gwynne of the International Trade Commission; IG Neil Barofsky claims Obama administration is hampering his ability to do his job; Queen's English--British government tells educators not to teach the "i" before "e" rule any more because there are too many exceptions like "veil" or "their;" Iraq--truck bomb kills 70 worshippers leaving mosque and wounds 200 in Kirkuk; Iraqi PM warns residents of major cities to expect more violence as U.S. troops pull out of urban areas but insists deadline for withdrawal will be met "no matter what happens;" Afghanistan--rockets hit U.S. base in Afghanistan; two U.S. troop killed, six wounded; New York Times reporter David S. Rohde escapes from captivity; Taliban denies involvement in his kidnapping; Iran--at least 10 more deaths in post-election violence; North Korea--North Korea charges U.S. with trying to start nuclear war.
Entertainment: Expecting--Patriots' QB Tom Brady and wife Giselle Bundchen reportedly expecting; Madonna--Madonna's adopted daughter Mercy, 3, leaves native Malawi.

Weather
Today High 83 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 87 Low 68 Isolated T-Storms
Tue High 89 Low 70 Mostly Sunny
Wed High 89 Low 69 Mostly Sunny
Thu High 84 Low 64 Scattered T-Storms

TV Listings: 16--1:30-7:30 p.m., U.S. Open Golf; 8-10 p.m., Merlin (two episodes); 22--8 p.m., Million-Dollar Password; 9 p.m., Cold Case; 25--8-10 p.m., Good Boy!; 28--3 p.m., Formula One Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul; 8 p.m., Simpsons; 8:30 p.m., King of the Hill; 9 p.m., Family Guy; 9:30 p.m., American Dad; 34--8 p.m., Nature; 9-10:30 p.m., Masterpiece Mystery!; 46--8 p.m., Feed the Children; 8:30 p.m., Jack Van Impe Presents; 9 p.m., Winter JRC; 9:30 p.m., Dr. Leroy Thompson; 57--8 p.m., Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; 9-11 p.m., Impact; 69--8-10 p.m., Double Impact.