Tuesday, June 2, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; June 2, 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.
Sunburst Marathon: Family walk starts 6 p.m., June 5 at College Football Hall of Fame; marathon begins June 6, 6 a.m., at Hall of Fame and ends at Notre Dame.
For more information go to www.sunburstraces.org or contact Molly Sullivan at (574) 647-3394.

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.

Herald Sports

Midwest League:
Silver Hawks idle; next game today at Dayton Dragons, 7 p.m.
NBA Finals: No game scheduled; first game Thursday.
NHL Stanley Cup Finals: No game scheduled; finals resume tonight at Pittsburgh with Red Wings leading Penguins 2-0.
NHL Notes: Canadiens--
Canadiens hire Panthers' general manager Jacques Martin as head coach.
MLB National League:
Cubs idle; Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2; Phillies 5, Padres 3; Reds 5, Cardinals 3; Astros 4, Rockies 1; Marlins 7, Brewers 4; Pirates 8, Mets 5.
MLB American League: White Sox 6, Athletics 2 (Thome hits 550th HR) ; Yankees 5, Indians 2; Orioles 1, Mariners 0.
French Open Tennis: Jelena Jankovic upset by 19-year-old; Andy Roddick loses 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France.
MMA: Kimbo Slice to make comeback on UFC's reality series "The Ultimate Fighter."

Local

Local Headlines: Hummer--
General Motors to sell Hummer brand to undisclosed buyer; Goshen--Goshen Cancer Center testing new vaccine which is said to help in the treatment of metastatic melanoma; Indiana--Gov. Daniels unveils new budget that would cut more programs, help schools, and dip into rainy day fund; says he wants to keep $1-billion of the state's $1.3-billion in reserve in case the economy gets worse; Schools--South Bend school board votes to implement "study tables;" also voted to raise GPA for extracurricular activities to 2.0 by 2011-12 school year.
Deaths: J. Jerome Perkins; 80; first African-American division chief in SBPD; 1978 Republican nominee for St. Joseph County sheriff; served as U.S. Marshall for northern Indiana from 1981-94.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: Pakistan--
Taliban abduct 85 students and nine staff members from boys' school in North Waziristan (original report said 400 students); 71 students and 10-15 staff members rescued by Pakistani army; 10-15 students appear to still be missing; Pakistani court frees cleric linked to Mumbai massacre; North Korea--leader Kim Jong il picks youngest son Kim Jong-un, 26, as successor; Congress--Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to meet lawmakers at Capitol Hill today;
Deaths: British female impersonator Danny LaRue, 81; first man to take lead role in major production of "Hello Dolly;" was one of Britain's highest-paid entertainers.

Weather
Today High 71 Low 52 Scattered T-Storms
Wed High 64 Low 46 Showers
Thu
High 71 Low 49 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 76 Low 54 Partly Cloudy
Sat
High 75 Low 57 Mostly Cloudy

TV Listing: 16--8 p.m., I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!; 9 p.m., Inside the Obama White House: Brian Williams Reports; 22--8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., The Mentalist; 25--8-10 p.m., Hitched or Ditched (two episodes); 28--8 p.m., House; 9 p.m., Mental; 34--8-9:30 p.m., David Garrett: Live in Berlin; 9:30-11 p.m., Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Paid; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8-9 p.m., According to Jim (two episodes); 9-11 p.m., ABC News Special: Earth 2100; 69--8-9 p.m., Street Patrol (two episodes); 9-10 p.m., Jail (two episodes).

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