Wednesday, July 8, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; July 8, 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.
4-H Fair: July 3-11, St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds.
Admission is $8 (free for 8 years and under, $5 for 65 years and older); Dollar Days are Monday, July 6 and Wednesday, July 8.
Concessionaire hours--12-10 p.m.; Midway hours--2-10 p.m.; Nature Center hours--10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Commercial Building--12-10 p.m.
4-H Livestock Auction starts at 9 a.m. Friday, July 10.
For more information go to www.4hfair.com.

ABE

▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Greatest Winner: We have a new program beginning July 14th called the Greatest Winner. The program will be on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 - 11:30 in the morning. The program will focus on supporting students on their journey to a healthier lifestyle through health education, physical activities, and group activities. All interested students see Deb Lane to sign up.
▪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:
Silver Hawks 5, Lugnuts 3.
ND Notes: Football--QB Tommy Rees of Lake Forest, IL. commits to ND.
MLB National League: Braves 2, Cubs 1; Giants 3, Marlins 0; Diamondbacks 4, Padres 3; Rockies 5, Nationals 4; Cardinals 5, Brewers 0; Pirates 6, Astros 3; Dodgers 8, Mets 0; Reds 4, Phillies 3.
MLB American League: White Sox 10, Indians 6 (P. Konerko hits 3 HRs); Tigers 8, Royals 5; Rays 3, Blue Jays 1 (11); Red Sox 5, Athletics 2; Yankees 10, Twins 2; Rangers 8, Angels 5; Orioles 12, Mariners 4.
MLB Notes: Cubs--RHP Ryan Dempster could be out one month after injuring big toe in dugout mishap; Blue Jays--Jays' pitcher Roy Halladay reportedly on trading block.
WNBA: Monarchs 83, Sky 73 (J. Perkins 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists); Storm 66, Silver Stars 53 (S. Cash 18 points, 12 rebounds); Dream 72, Sun 67 (E. Desouza 12 points, 17 rebounds); Lynx 96, Mystics 94 (OT), (L. Harding 27 points, N. Anosike 24 points).
NBA Notes: Pistons--Pistons expected to name John Kuester head coach today.
Soccer: U.S. Open Cup--Sounders 1, Wizards 0; DC United 2, Harrisburg City Islanders 1.

Local

Local Headlines: Sister Dies--Shianna Aston, 6, died this morning; had been in hospital since being struck by car on Mishawaka's south side May 8 while walking with sister; Shianna's sister Shyla, 4, died a day after the accident; Mishawaka--city of Mishawaka to cut 35 jobs, relocate departments; Construction--road construction projects begin at Cleveland and Bittersweet; project--to turn four-way stop into roundabout--will take two and a half months; sewer work will close lanes at Grape and Edison today, Thursday, and Friday; U.S. 31 will be closed for 20-minute intervals between U.S. 6 and Plymouth today and tomorrow; crews will be putting beams over the road to prepare for the new U.S. 31 corridor.
Area Headlines: New Carlisle--women allegedly offered undercover FBI man above-ground pool and cash to kill ex-boyfriend in custody battle.

Nation/World

National/World Headlines: White House--G8 leaders skip dollar debate; aim lower on climate change; U.S./Korea--cyber attacks paralyze major websites in U.S. and South Korea; North Korea suspected; Health Care--hospitals make concessions worth $155-billion in government payments over 10 years; money would be used to help secure coverage for uninsured; Afghanistan--Marines push militants out of Taliban-held region; trapped enemy combatants escape wearing Burqas after Marines allow women and children to leave village; China--ethnic riots in southwestern China force President Hu to leave G8 summit and return home; hundreds of troops in roit gear arrive in troubled area; 156 dead and more than 1,100 wounded in clashes between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs; Tennessee--girlfriend of slain former NFL QB Steve McNair bought gun found near her body week of shootings; SSNs--researchers discover that Social Security numbers are easy to guess; South Carolina--South Carolina GOP votes to censure Gov. Sanford; does not ask for his resignation; Israel--ancient stone quarry believed to be one used by King Herod to build second temple in Jerusalem uncovered; Wind Farm--Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens reportedly scuttles plans for world's largest wind farm in Texas Panhandle because of problems transmitting electricity; says he will try and find other homes for 687 giant wind turbines; Computer Battle--Google's new operating system for inexpensive computers to take on Microsoft's domination; Google is designing operating system primarily for netbooks; Pakistan--two suspected U.S. drone missile attacks kill 28 alleged militants in South Waziristan region of Pakistan.
Entertainment: Jackson--17,500 attend Michael Jackson memorial service in Staples Center; tearful daughter Paris Jackson, 11, eulogizes father; will take several days to count how many millions watched memorial live in theatres, other arenas, TVs, computers, and on mobile devices; Michael's death certificate leaves cause unknown; DeWitt--"Three's Company" star and Indiana native Joyce DeWitt arrested for drunken driving in Southern California.
Deaths: L.A. detective Susan Clemmer, 41; shoots self in lobby of suburban sheriff's station; was involved in Rodney King arrest; Robert Taylor, Jr., 96; former publisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin; John A. Keel, 79; author of "The Mothman Prophecies" and "UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse;" Oscar G. Mayer, 95; retired chairman of Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name; was third Oscar Mayer to head company founded by his grandfather Oscar F. Mayer.

Weather
Today High 76 Low 60 AM Clouds/PM Sun
Thu High 85 Low 68 Mostly Sunny
Fri High 83 Low 71 Scattered T-Storms
Sat High 83 Low 63 Scattered T-Storms
Sun High 81 Low 63 Sunny

TV Listings: 16--8-10 p.m., America's Got Talent (two episodes); 22--8 p.m., New Adventures of Old Christine; 8:30 p.m., Gary Unmarrried; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25--8-10 p.m., America's Next Top Model (two episodes); 28--8-10 p.m., So You Think You Can Dance (two-hour episode); 34--8 p.m., Time Team America; 9 p.m., Ascent of Money; 46--7-10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 57--8 p.m., Wipeout; 9 p.m., I Survived a Japanese Game Show; 69--8 p.m., MLB: Indians at White Sox.

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