Election 2008
Obama Sweeps Weekend Voting: Barack Obama pulled ahead of Hilary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination by sweeping this past weekend’s primaries and caucuses.
The Illinois senator had wins in Washington state, Louisiana, Nebraska, Maine, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
NBC’s official (unofficial) delegate count has Obama leading Clinton in delegates 943-895 with 132 still to be allocated.
Republican front-runner John McCain lost races in Louisiana and Kansas. He was leading in Washington state but the race was still too close to call.
NBC’s count has McCain leading Mike Huckabee 724-234. Ron Paul has 14 delegates. Of the ex-candidates, Mitt Romney has the most delegates with 234.
Primaries will be held tomorrow in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
Announcements
Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad will be performed February 18 at the CFH Monday night meeting.
The Underground Railroad is a original play based on actual historical incidents. The cast of CFH staff members and guests is rehearsing three days a week under the direction of author David Evans.
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Intro to Computers: Introductory Computer Classes started February 8. They will be Fridays, 10:30-noon and 1-2 p.m. Sign up in ABE.
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Poetry Jam: Tuesday, 7-8 p.m. Share your own work; read a favorite poem; or listen, relax, and enjoy.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
National
Representative Tom Lantos Dies: U. S. Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA), the only Holocaust survivor elected the the U.S. Congress, died today after recently being diagnosed with cancer.
Herald Sports
(22) ND Men 86, (16) Marquette 83: Luke Harangody has his fifth straight double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds Saturday as the host Irish (18-4, 8-2 Big East) avenged one of their two Big East defeats this season.
The Irish went six minutes without a field goal at the end of the game but were 10-of-10 from the free throw line. They outshot the Golden Eagles 24-of-31 to 5-of-8 from the charity stripe.
It was the 34th straight home win for the Irish. Marquette was the last visiting team to win at the Joyce Center, on February 25, 2006.
(16/17) ND Women 81, (15) Pittsburgh 66: The Lady Irish (18-5, 6-3 Big East) held the visiting Lady Panthers to 31% shooting from the field.
Tulyah Gaines and Lindsay led a balanced ND effort with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Ferris St. Hockey 5, ND 3 (Fri.); ND 2, Ferris St. 2 (Sat.): The host Irish icers (20-10-2, 13-7-2 CCHA) could earn only one out of a possible four points for the weekend action.
The Irish gave up three goals in the third period Friday night.
Defenseman Ian Cole and center Christian Hanson scored goals for ND Saturday. There was no scoring in the overtime, so they had to settle for a tie.
(10 NAIA DII) Bethel Men 86, Goshen 73: The Pilots (21-5, 9-3 ;MCC) notched their 1,000th all-time victory in front of a home crowd.
Tyler Brown led a balanced Pilot effort with 23 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks. William Walker scored 17 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and handed out four assists. Wes Laidig came off the bench to contribute 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field. Ryne Lightfoot scored 13 points and dished out seven assists.
(4 NAIA DII) Bethel Women 102, Goshen 70: Paula Stout led the visiting Lady Pilots (23-2, 12-0 MCC) with 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field plus five rebounds and four assists.
Natalie Young scored 19 points and grabbed nine boards for Bethel. Kelsey McKee scored 15 points on five 3-pointers.
Cassie Grieves led the Lady Maple Leafs with 22 points on 9-of-10 field goal shooting.
St. Francis 86, IUSB Women 70: Jennifer VanderZanden led the visiting Lady Titans (15-10, 2-4 CCAC) as they had to settle for a season split with St. Francis.
Niki McDonald added 15 points and Ewa Comans 14 for IUSB.
(6 NAIA DI) Robert Morris 102, IUSB Men 98: Andre White sank two free throws with 9.5 seconds left to seal the win for visiting Robert Morris (20-2, 5-0 CCAC).
Five Titans (13-11, 0-4 CCAC) scored in double figures led by Terry Hill with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Qdar Owens, Tyler Leighton and Ben Werner contributed 19 each while Dylan Morris came off the bench to score 12 points.
(24) Purdue 72, (8) Wisconsin 67: Purdue’s 6-8 freshman Robbie Hummel scored 21 points as the Boilers (19-5, 10-1) ended Wisconsin’s 16-game Big Ten home win streak.
(14) IU 59, Ohio St. 53: D. J. White scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Hoosiers again won in a tough road environment yesterday.
Freshman Eric Gordon added 15 points for IU (20-3, 9-1 Big Ten).
IU is in a virtual tie with Purdue for the Big Ten lead. Purdue has one more conference win. The Hoosiers and Boilermakers only have one regular season game scheduled this year: February 19 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington.
. Albion 78, Saint Mary’s 70: Senior guard Alison Kessler set a new Belles’ record for 3-pointers in a career with 133.
The senior from New Prairie led the host Belles (9-12, 5-8 MIAA) in scoring with 28 points.
Sunday NBA Scores: Celtics 98, Spurs 90; Lakers 104, Heat 94; Nets 101, Mavericks 82; Pistons 113, Bobcats 87; Raptors 105, Timberwolves 82; Nuggets 113, Cavaliers 83.
Sunday NHL Scores: Canucks 3, Black Hawks 2 (SO); Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3; Washington 3, New York Rangers 2 (OT); Anaheim 3, Detroit 2; Los Angeles 3, Columbus 2 (SO); Minnesota 2, St. Louis 1 (SO); Buffalo 5, Florida 3; Nashville 6, Phoenix 3.
Sunday NCAA Men’s Basketball Scores: (3) North Carolina 103, Clemson 93 (2OT); Washington 71, (5) UCLA 61.
Sunday NCAA Women’s Basketball Scores: Illinois 73, IU 62; Evansville 82, Missouri St. 74; Louisville 79, (25) DePaul 68; (11) Duke 71, Wake Forest 36; (3) North Carolina 75, Georgia Tech 61; (8) LSU 63, (24) Georgia 57; Minnesota 68, Northwestern 48; Iowa 73, Penn St. 65; (23) Syracuse 70, Marquette 67; (19) Ohio St. 80, Wisconsin 77.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 8, 2008
Local
People in the News
Ben Newswanger took and passed his CNA licensing exams yesterday.
Please relay any people news to Uncle Ron. The Herald will not print any guest’s name without that person’s permission.
Election 2008
Romney Drops Out of Race: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination yesterday.
Romney trailed front-runner John McCain in the delegate count, 707-294 after this week’s “Super Tuesday” primaries and caucuses.
Romney did not formally endorse McCain.
Announcements
Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad will be performed February 18 at the CFH Monday night meeting.
The Underground Railroad is a original play based on actual historical incidents. The cast of CFH staff members and guests is rehearsing three days a week under the direction of author David Evans.
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Intro to Computers: Introductory Computer Classes start today. They will be Fridays, 10:30-noon and 1-2 p.m. Sign up in ABE.
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Poetry Jam: Tuesday, 7-8 p.m. Share your own work; read a favorite poem; or listen, relax, and enjoy.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
National
Gunman Kills Five in Missouri: A gunman killed five people at a town council meeting in Kirkwood, Mo. and wounded two others before being shot and killed by police Wednesday.
Herald Sports
(14) IU 83, Illinois 79: Armon Basset scored 11 of his 16 points for the Hoosiers (19-3, 8-1 Big Ten) in front of an Illini crowd that was more hostile than usual.
IU freshman Eric Gordon scored 19 points—including a clutch 3-pointer late in regulation-- while being booed, taunted, and cursed by the Illini faithful. Gordon had committed to Illinois before changing his mind and deciding to stay in his home state.
Jamarcus Ellis grabbed 11 rebounds for the Hoosiers.
Demetri McCarney scored 31 points for Illinois.
Alma 68, Saint Mary’s 64: New Prairie graduate Alison Kessler again led host Saint Mary’s (9-11, 5-7 MIAA) with 18 points.
The Belles led by as much as seven points in the first half, but couldn’t hold on at the end.
Kate Rashid added 12 points and eight assists for SMC.
Thursday NBA Scores: Bulls 114, Warriors 108 (Chris Duhon 34 points, nine assists; Joe Smith 27 points); 76ers 101, Heat 84; Rockets 92, Cavaliers 77 (LeBron James 32 points, seven rebounds; Yao Ming 22 points, 12 rebounds).
Thursday NHL Scores: Black Hawks 3, Flames 1; Toronto 4, Montreal 2; Vancouver 2, Atlanta 1; Anaheim 4, New York Rangers 1; Los Angeles 5, Detroit 3; Pittsburgh 4, New York Islanders 3; Ottawa 5, Florida 4; Dallas 1, Minnesota 0; Tampa Bay 2, Nashville 1 (OT); Columbus 2, Phoenix 1.
Thursday NCAA Men’s Basketball Scores: IPFW 65, Centenary 44; IUPUI 70, South Dakota St. 56; Wisconsin-Green Bay 76, Valparaiso 71 (OT); (5) UCLA 67, (17) Washington St. 59; (9) Stanford 72, Oregon 43.
Thursday NCAA Women’s Basketball Scores: IU 74, Northwestern 58; Purdue 68, (19) Ohio St. 67; Butler 56, Illinois-Chicago 48; Valparaiso 69, Loyola-Chicago 62; Michigan 68, Penn St. 53; Minnesota 61, Illinois 58; Iowa 82, Michigan St. 64; (2) Tennessee 87, Mississippi St. 69; (3) North Carolina 79, Clemson 47; (6) Stanford 72, Oregon 43; (8) LSU 89, Alabama 53; (9) California 56, Oregon St. 45; (11) Duke 51, Boston College 41.
Candace Parker Injured: Candace Parker, star forward for the number-two rated Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, is listed as day-to-day after suffering a knee injury in Thursday’s game against Mississippi State.
Martin to Drive Number 8 Car: Mark Martin has signed with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to drive the number 8 Chevy during this year”s NASCAR season.
The veteran driver will share number 8 with rookie Aric Almirola.
The number 8 car became available when Dale Earnhardt, Jr., left his late father’s team to join Hendrick Motorsports. Dale, Jr., will be driving number 88 for Hendrick.
Ryan Newman Among 23 Drivers in Budweiser Shootout: South Bend’s Ryan Newman is among the 23 drivers in Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.
Kurt Busch has won the pole position for the non-points all-star race that features pole winners from the previous NASCAR season and past Shootout winners.
The drivers will be using the current generation race car, formerly known as the Car of Tomorrow.
The race will be shown at 8 p.m., Saturday, on FOX-28.
Weis 2008 Recruiting Class Ranked Third: Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis has put together the third-ranked recruiting class for 2008.
The recruits are: defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore (6-4, 225 pounds, 4.90 40-yards), Weatherford, TX.; wide receiver Deion Walker (6-3, 185, 4.45), Christchurch, VA.; OG Trevor Robinson (6-5, 304, 5.20), Elkhorn, NE.; RB Jonas Gray (5-11, 214, 4.35), Beverly Hills, MI.; WR Michael Floyd (6-3, 200, 4.35), St. Paul, MN.; MLB Steve Filer (6-4, 220, 4.65), Chicago, IL; S Dan McCarthy (6-2, 190, 4.48), Youngstown, OH.); DE Ethan Johnson (6-4, 265, 4.90), Portland, OR.; S Jamoris Slaughter (6-1, 180, 4.50), Tucker, GA.; CB Robert Blanton (6-1, 175, 4.50), Matthews, N.C.; DT Brandon Newman (6-1, 305, 5.05), Louisville, KY.; OG Lane Clelland (6-5, 265, 4.90), Owings Mills, MD.; DT. Hafis Williams (6-4, 295), Elizabeth, N.J.; SLB Darius Fleming (6-2, 230, 4.57), Chicago, IL.; TE Joseph Fauria (6-7, 250), Encino, CA.; QB Dayne Crist (6-2, 225, 4.70), Sherman Oaks, CA.; MLB Anthony McDonald (6-3, 220, 4.55), Sherman Oaks, CA.; WLB David Posluszny (6-2, 214, 4.60), Aliquippa, PA.; TE Kyle Rudolph (6-7, 235, 4.70), Cincinnati, OH.; DT Sean Cwynar (6-4, 283), Woodstock, IL.; C Braxston Cave (63, 292), Mishawaka, IN.; WR John Goodman (6-3, 186), Ft. Wayne, IN.; OG Mike Golic, Jr. (6-2, 265), West Hartford, CT.
People in the News
Ben Newswanger took and passed his CNA licensing exams yesterday.
Please relay any people news to Uncle Ron. The Herald will not print any guest’s name without that person’s permission.
Election 2008
Romney Drops Out of Race: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination yesterday.
Romney trailed front-runner John McCain in the delegate count, 707-294 after this week’s “Super Tuesday” primaries and caucuses.
Romney did not formally endorse McCain.
Announcements
Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad will be performed February 18 at the CFH Monday night meeting.
The Underground Railroad is a original play based on actual historical incidents. The cast of CFH staff members and guests is rehearsing three days a week under the direction of author David Evans.
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Intro to Computers: Introductory Computer Classes start today. They will be Fridays, 10:30-noon and 1-2 p.m. Sign up in ABE.
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Poetry Jam: Tuesday, 7-8 p.m. Share your own work; read a favorite poem; or listen, relax, and enjoy.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
National
Gunman Kills Five in Missouri: A gunman killed five people at a town council meeting in Kirkwood, Mo. and wounded two others before being shot and killed by police Wednesday.
Herald Sports
(14) IU 83, Illinois 79: Armon Basset scored 11 of his 16 points for the Hoosiers (19-3, 8-1 Big Ten) in front of an Illini crowd that was more hostile than usual.
IU freshman Eric Gordon scored 19 points—including a clutch 3-pointer late in regulation-- while being booed, taunted, and cursed by the Illini faithful. Gordon had committed to Illinois before changing his mind and deciding to stay in his home state.
Jamarcus Ellis grabbed 11 rebounds for the Hoosiers.
Demetri McCarney scored 31 points for Illinois.
Alma 68, Saint Mary’s 64: New Prairie graduate Alison Kessler again led host Saint Mary’s (9-11, 5-7 MIAA) with 18 points.
The Belles led by as much as seven points in the first half, but couldn’t hold on at the end.
Kate Rashid added 12 points and eight assists for SMC.
Thursday NBA Scores: Bulls 114, Warriors 108 (Chris Duhon 34 points, nine assists; Joe Smith 27 points); 76ers 101, Heat 84; Rockets 92, Cavaliers 77 (LeBron James 32 points, seven rebounds; Yao Ming 22 points, 12 rebounds).
Thursday NHL Scores: Black Hawks 3, Flames 1; Toronto 4, Montreal 2; Vancouver 2, Atlanta 1; Anaheim 4, New York Rangers 1; Los Angeles 5, Detroit 3; Pittsburgh 4, New York Islanders 3; Ottawa 5, Florida 4; Dallas 1, Minnesota 0; Tampa Bay 2, Nashville 1 (OT); Columbus 2, Phoenix 1.
Thursday NCAA Men’s Basketball Scores: IPFW 65, Centenary 44; IUPUI 70, South Dakota St. 56; Wisconsin-Green Bay 76, Valparaiso 71 (OT); (5) UCLA 67, (17) Washington St. 59; (9) Stanford 72, Oregon 43.
Thursday NCAA Women’s Basketball Scores: IU 74, Northwestern 58; Purdue 68, (19) Ohio St. 67; Butler 56, Illinois-Chicago 48; Valparaiso 69, Loyola-Chicago 62; Michigan 68, Penn St. 53; Minnesota 61, Illinois 58; Iowa 82, Michigan St. 64; (2) Tennessee 87, Mississippi St. 69; (3) North Carolina 79, Clemson 47; (6) Stanford 72, Oregon 43; (8) LSU 89, Alabama 53; (9) California 56, Oregon St. 45; (11) Duke 51, Boston College 41.
Candace Parker Injured: Candace Parker, star forward for the number-two rated Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, is listed as day-to-day after suffering a knee injury in Thursday’s game against Mississippi State.
Martin to Drive Number 8 Car: Mark Martin has signed with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to drive the number 8 Chevy during this year”s NASCAR season.
The veteran driver will share number 8 with rookie Aric Almirola.
The number 8 car became available when Dale Earnhardt, Jr., left his late father’s team to join Hendrick Motorsports. Dale, Jr., will be driving number 88 for Hendrick.
Ryan Newman Among 23 Drivers in Budweiser Shootout: South Bend’s Ryan Newman is among the 23 drivers in Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.
Kurt Busch has won the pole position for the non-points all-star race that features pole winners from the previous NASCAR season and past Shootout winners.
The drivers will be using the current generation race car, formerly known as the Car of Tomorrow.
The race will be shown at 8 p.m., Saturday, on FOX-28.
Weis 2008 Recruiting Class Ranked Third: Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis has put together the third-ranked recruiting class for 2008.
The recruits are: defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore (6-4, 225 pounds, 4.90 40-yards), Weatherford, TX.; wide receiver Deion Walker (6-3, 185, 4.45), Christchurch, VA.; OG Trevor Robinson (6-5, 304, 5.20), Elkhorn, NE.; RB Jonas Gray (5-11, 214, 4.35), Beverly Hills, MI.; WR Michael Floyd (6-3, 200, 4.35), St. Paul, MN.; MLB Steve Filer (6-4, 220, 4.65), Chicago, IL; S Dan McCarthy (6-2, 190, 4.48), Youngstown, OH.); DE Ethan Johnson (6-4, 265, 4.90), Portland, OR.; S Jamoris Slaughter (6-1, 180, 4.50), Tucker, GA.; CB Robert Blanton (6-1, 175, 4.50), Matthews, N.C.; DT Brandon Newman (6-1, 305, 5.05), Louisville, KY.; OG Lane Clelland (6-5, 265, 4.90), Owings Mills, MD.; DT. Hafis Williams (6-4, 295), Elizabeth, N.J.; SLB Darius Fleming (6-2, 230, 4.57), Chicago, IL.; TE Joseph Fauria (6-7, 250), Encino, CA.; QB Dayne Crist (6-2, 225, 4.70), Sherman Oaks, CA.; MLB Anthony McDonald (6-3, 220, 4.55), Sherman Oaks, CA.; WLB David Posluszny (6-2, 214, 4.60), Aliquippa, PA.; TE Kyle Rudolph (6-7, 235, 4.70), Cincinnati, OH.; DT Sean Cwynar (6-4, 283), Woodstock, IL.; C Braxston Cave (63, 292), Mishawaka, IN.; WR John Goodman (6-3, 186), Ft. Wayne, IN.; OG Mike Golic, Jr. (6-2, 265), West Hartford, CT.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 7, 2008
Local
People in the News
“Fat Tuesday” Meal a Success: The CFH kitchen staff, led by Supervisor Cheryl Jackson and Assistant Geraldine Carter, outdid itself with the “Fat Tuesday” meal.
The meal included Cajun/Creole favorites like gumbo, jambalaya, red beans, rice and etoufee along with Mardi Gras music.
Geraldine singled out one guest volunteer for his contributions to the meal, but he was too modest to have his name mentioned in the Herald. The Herald policy is not to print names without the guest’s permission.
Ben Newswanger, who recently completed his CNA training, is taking his licensing exams today.
Please relay any people news to Uncle Ron. Please refer to above confidentiality policy.
Election 2008
Hilary, McCain Each Halfway to Nomination: Hilary Clinton and John McCain are each more than halfway to their parties’ nomination but Clinton is still in a tight race with the senator from her native state (Illinois), Barack Obama.
Clinton has 1,024 of the 2,025 delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination. Obama has 933 with the 25 delegates from the New Mexico caucuses undecided. Ex-candidate John Edwards has 26 delegates.
McCain has 60% of the 1,191 delegates he needs with 707 to 294 for Mitt Romney, 195 for Mike Huckabee, and 14 for Ron Paul.
Independent Announces Indiana Gubernatorial Run: Independent candidate Steve Bonney is running for Governor of Indiana. Bonney made headlines by suing incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels over his lease of the Indiana Toll Road.
Announcements
Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad will be performed February 18 at the CFH Monday night meeting.
The Underground Railroad is a original play based on actual historical incidents. The cast of CFH staff members and guests is rehearsing three days a week under the direction of author David Evans.
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
.
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
Herald Sports
Scores Left Out of Feb. 6 Game Summaries: (24) St. Xavier Women 64, IUSB 55; Purdue Men 67, Penn St. 53; Lakers 105, Nets 90.
(22) ND 95, Seton Hall 69: Luke Harangody was again a dominating force for the visiting Irish (17-4, 7-2 Big East) with 22 points and 13 rebounds.
The burly center has averaged 28.3 points and 12.6 rebounds in the last three games.
“I thought this was my best all-aro;und game of the season,” Harangody said. “It was a fun time tonight. We were clicking on all cylinders and I thought we moved the ball great.”
“He’s just a huge weapon for us. An no team in the Big East has a player like him,” said teammate Kyle McAlarney.
McAlarney chipped in with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. His buzzer-beating trey at the end of the first half gave the Irish a 47-27 lead.
The Irish men will try to avenge one of their two Big East losses Saturday at noon when they host Marquette.\
The Lady Irish cagers host Big East foe Pittsburgh Sunday at 2 p.m. in a nationally televised game.
St. Mary’s, IUSB Men Games Postponted: The Alma at St. Mary’s and Illinois Tech at IUSB men’s games have been postponed.
The SMC-Alma game will be played at 7:30 p.m.tonight at the Belles’ Angela Athletic Center.
The IUSB Men-Illinois Tech contest has been rescheduled for February 20, 7 p.m. , at the Titans’ Student Activity Center (SAC).
Shaq Traded to Suns: Perennial all-star center Shaquille O’Neal has officially been traded by the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
O’Neal has been hampered by injuries the past two seasons. He is averaging 14.2 points this season and the Heat have the worst record in the NBA this season, 9-37.
Shaq, who is in his 15th season in the league, has helped lead the L.A. Lakers and Heat to NBA championship.
Wednesday NBA Scores: Trailblazers 100, Bulls 97; Pacers 103, Knicks 100; Hawks 98, Lakers 95; Spurs 85, Wizards 77; Pistons 100, Heat 95; Jazz 118, Nuggets 115 (OT); Magic 100, Nets 84; Hornets 132, Suns 130 (2 OT); Celtics 111, Clippers 100; Sonics 105, Kings 92; Mavericks 107, Bucks 96.
Wednesday NHL Scores: Oilers 4, Black Hawks 1; Buffalo 3, New Jersey 2; Washington 4, Philadelphia 3; Colorado 3, San Jose 1.
Wednesday NCAA Men Scores: Kent St. 64, Ball St. 61 (OT); Western Michigan 86, Akron 66; Maryland 70, Boston College 65; Hartford 69, Maine 67; (19) Connecticut 62, Syracuse 61; (2) Duke 89, North Carolina 78; (1) Memphis 77, SMU 48; (8) Wisconsin 60, Iowa 54.
Wednesday NCAA Women Scores: Albany 76, Boston U. 50; (15) Pitt 64, Seton Hall 44; (10) Oklahoma 64, Missouri 57.
Irish Add Grid Recruits: Notre Dame has added three football recruits to an already outstanding class.
Braxston Cave is a 6-4, 290 pound center from Penn High School. He is named after former Irish running back Braxston Banks.
Kapron Lewis-Moore is a 6-3, 185 pound wide receiver from Christchurch, Va.
Deion Walker is a 6-4, 230 pound defensive end from Waterford, Texas.
ND Icers Head into Home Stretch: The ND hockey team (20-9-1, 13-6-1 CCHA) heads into the home stretch with a big two-game series with Ferris State this weekend at the Joyce Center.
Game times are Friday, 7:35 p.m. and Saturday, 7:05 p.m.
The Irish and the Bulldogs have already split a two-game series in Big Rapids, Mich., on October 26-27.
Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings
Eli Does have Love Life: It turns out somebody besides his mother does love Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning.
The University of Mississippi graduate is engaged to his college sweetheart, Abby McGrew, and she was at the big game with the rest of the Manning family (where else would she be, shopping with Jessica Simpson?).
The pretty blue-eyed blonde usually sits in the stands because for someone reason Eli has a history of playing badly when she watches from a luxury box. For the NFC championship she defied Eli’s orders and left the 4-degree above cold and joined the family in their warm box.
Ironically Abby is a Nashville, Tennessee, native. Eli’s brother, Peyton, played at the University of Tennessee. Eli followed in his father Archie’s footsteps at Ole Miss.
People in the News
“Fat Tuesday” Meal a Success: The CFH kitchen staff, led by Supervisor Cheryl Jackson and Assistant Geraldine Carter, outdid itself with the “Fat Tuesday” meal.
The meal included Cajun/Creole favorites like gumbo, jambalaya, red beans, rice and etoufee along with Mardi Gras music.
Geraldine singled out one guest volunteer for his contributions to the meal, but he was too modest to have his name mentioned in the Herald. The Herald policy is not to print names without the guest’s permission.
Ben Newswanger, who recently completed his CNA training, is taking his licensing exams today.
Please relay any people news to Uncle Ron. Please refer to above confidentiality policy.
Election 2008
Hilary, McCain Each Halfway to Nomination: Hilary Clinton and John McCain are each more than halfway to their parties’ nomination but Clinton is still in a tight race with the senator from her native state (Illinois), Barack Obama.
Clinton has 1,024 of the 2,025 delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination. Obama has 933 with the 25 delegates from the New Mexico caucuses undecided. Ex-candidate John Edwards has 26 delegates.
McCain has 60% of the 1,191 delegates he needs with 707 to 294 for Mitt Romney, 195 for Mike Huckabee, and 14 for Ron Paul.
Independent Announces Indiana Gubernatorial Run: Independent candidate Steve Bonney is running for Governor of Indiana. Bonney made headlines by suing incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels over his lease of the Indiana Toll Road.
Announcements
Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad will be performed February 18 at the CFH Monday night meeting.
The Underground Railroad is a original play based on actual historical incidents. The cast of CFH staff members and guests is rehearsing three days a week under the direction of author David Evans.
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
.
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
Herald Sports
Scores Left Out of Feb. 6 Game Summaries: (24) St. Xavier Women 64, IUSB 55; Purdue Men 67, Penn St. 53; Lakers 105, Nets 90.
(22) ND 95, Seton Hall 69: Luke Harangody was again a dominating force for the visiting Irish (17-4, 7-2 Big East) with 22 points and 13 rebounds.
The burly center has averaged 28.3 points and 12.6 rebounds in the last three games.
“I thought this was my best all-aro;und game of the season,” Harangody said. “It was a fun time tonight. We were clicking on all cylinders and I thought we moved the ball great.”
“He’s just a huge weapon for us. An no team in the Big East has a player like him,” said teammate Kyle McAlarney.
McAlarney chipped in with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. His buzzer-beating trey at the end of the first half gave the Irish a 47-27 lead.
The Irish men will try to avenge one of their two Big East losses Saturday at noon when they host Marquette.\
The Lady Irish cagers host Big East foe Pittsburgh Sunday at 2 p.m. in a nationally televised game.
St. Mary’s, IUSB Men Games Postponted: The Alma at St. Mary’s and Illinois Tech at IUSB men’s games have been postponed.
The SMC-Alma game will be played at 7:30 p.m.tonight at the Belles’ Angela Athletic Center.
The IUSB Men-Illinois Tech contest has been rescheduled for February 20, 7 p.m. , at the Titans’ Student Activity Center (SAC).
Shaq Traded to Suns: Perennial all-star center Shaquille O’Neal has officially been traded by the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
O’Neal has been hampered by injuries the past two seasons. He is averaging 14.2 points this season and the Heat have the worst record in the NBA this season, 9-37.
Shaq, who is in his 15th season in the league, has helped lead the L.A. Lakers and Heat to NBA championship.
Wednesday NBA Scores: Trailblazers 100, Bulls 97; Pacers 103, Knicks 100; Hawks 98, Lakers 95; Spurs 85, Wizards 77; Pistons 100, Heat 95; Jazz 118, Nuggets 115 (OT); Magic 100, Nets 84; Hornets 132, Suns 130 (2 OT); Celtics 111, Clippers 100; Sonics 105, Kings 92; Mavericks 107, Bucks 96.
Wednesday NHL Scores: Oilers 4, Black Hawks 1; Buffalo 3, New Jersey 2; Washington 4, Philadelphia 3; Colorado 3, San Jose 1.
Wednesday NCAA Men Scores: Kent St. 64, Ball St. 61 (OT); Western Michigan 86, Akron 66; Maryland 70, Boston College 65; Hartford 69, Maine 67; (19) Connecticut 62, Syracuse 61; (2) Duke 89, North Carolina 78; (1) Memphis 77, SMU 48; (8) Wisconsin 60, Iowa 54.
Wednesday NCAA Women Scores: Albany 76, Boston U. 50; (15) Pitt 64, Seton Hall 44; (10) Oklahoma 64, Missouri 57.
Irish Add Grid Recruits: Notre Dame has added three football recruits to an already outstanding class.
Braxston Cave is a 6-4, 290 pound center from Penn High School. He is named after former Irish running back Braxston Banks.
Kapron Lewis-Moore is a 6-3, 185 pound wide receiver from Christchurch, Va.
Deion Walker is a 6-4, 230 pound defensive end from Waterford, Texas.
ND Icers Head into Home Stretch: The ND hockey team (20-9-1, 13-6-1 CCHA) heads into the home stretch with a big two-game series with Ferris State this weekend at the Joyce Center.
Game times are Friday, 7:35 p.m. and Saturday, 7:05 p.m.
The Irish and the Bulldogs have already split a two-game series in Big Rapids, Mich., on October 26-27.
Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings
Eli Does have Love Life: It turns out somebody besides his mother does love Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning.
The University of Mississippi graduate is engaged to his college sweetheart, Abby McGrew, and she was at the big game with the rest of the Manning family (where else would she be, shopping with Jessica Simpson?).
The pretty blue-eyed blonde usually sits in the stands because for someone reason Eli has a history of playing badly when she watches from a luxury box. For the NFC championship she defied Eli’s orders and left the 4-degree above cold and joined the family in their warm box.
Ironically Abby is a Nashville, Tennessee, native. Eli’s brother, Peyton, played at the University of Tennessee. Eli followed in his father Archie’s footsteps at Ole Miss.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 6, 2008
Local
Long-Time Hoosier Lawmaker Dies: Veteran Hoosier state representative Richard Mangus, 77, (R-Lakeville) died Monday of a heart attack.
Mangus was first elected to the Indiana House in 1972. He retired after 32 years of service and was succeeded by Republican protégé Jackie Walorski.
Body Found in South Bend: Police have ruled that 20-year-old Clay Township resident Marcus D. Rice was the victim of a homicide.
Rice’s body was found by a passer-by shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on South Bend’s west side
Election 2008
McCain Takes Commanding GOP Lead: Close Race for Dems’: John McCain took a commanding lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination after the “Super Tuesday” primaries and caucuses yesterday.
Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama remained in a tight race for the Democratic nod.
Obama won 13 of the 22 states, including a near-sweep of the south, but Clinton won the two big prizes: Her home state of New York and California.
McCain won 9 of 15 states including New York and California.
Clinton leads Obama in the delegate count, 900-824 with 2,025 needed for the nomination. Former candidate John Edwards had 26 delegates.
McCain has 543 of the 1,191 delegates he needs. Mike Huckabee has 159 and Mitt Romney 149.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
.
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
International
Maharishi Dies: Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91, died Tuesday in his Dutch home.
Letter to the Editor: Our Letter to the Editor today from the Rev. Isaac Francis Githinji is at www.homelessherald.blogspot.com. It was a little too long for the newsstand edition.
Herald Sports
IUSB Women Lose Home Game: Senior Jennifer VanderZenden led the Lady Titans (15-9, 2-3 CCAC) with 14 points and nine rebounds.
IUSB took a 9-point second half lead against the #24-ranked visitors (19-4, 5-0 CCAC) but couldn’t hold on.
Niki McDonald scored 13 points for the Lady Titans before fouling out. Cortney Flanagan added 10 points.
Boilermaker Men Hold on to #24 Ranking: Robbie Hummel and E’Twaun Moore scored 17 and 15 points, respectively as the host Boilermakers (18-5, 9-1 Big Ten) held on to their first national ranking in four years.
Purdue’s Marcus Green scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half.
ND Signs Basketball Recruit: Jack Cooley; a 6-8, 235 pound basketball center from Illinois; has signed to play for Mike Brey’s Notre Dame men’s team.
Gasol Lifts Bryant in Debut: Pau Gasol took up the slack for his ailing new teammate Kobe Bryant in his Lakers debut with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
Derek Fisher dropped in a season-high 28 points for L.A. Kobe had a season-low six points. It was his lowest scoring output since a January 5, 2007 game against Denver.
Shaq Reportedly Traded to Suns: Pending a physical examination, the Miami Heat are preparing to trade perennial all-star center Shaquille O’Neal to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
O’Neal has been hampered by injuries the past two seasons. He is averaging 14.2 points this season and the Heat have the worst record in the NBA this season, 9-37.
Shaq, who is in his 15th season in the league, has helped lead the L.A. Lakers and Heat to NBA championship.
Other Tuesday NBA Scores: Spurs 116, Pacers 89 (Tim Duncan 19 points, 15 rebounds; Danny Granger 16 points); Cavaliers 114, Celtics 113 (LeBron James 33 points, 11 assists; Ray Allen 24 points; Zydrunas Ilgauskas 10 rebounds); 76ers 101, Wizards 96 (Andre Iguodala 20 points; DeShawn Stevenson 19 points; Antawn Jamison 16 points, 14 rebounds; Andre Miller 14 assists); Bucks 102, Grizzlies 97 (Mike Miller 32 points, Mo Williams 32 points, Charlie Villanueva 16 rebounds, Darko Milic 12 rebounds.
Tuesday NHL Scores: Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2; Los Angeles 4, N.Y. Rangers 2; Anaheim 3, N.Y. Islanders 0; Washington 4, Colorado 0 (OT); Buffalo 4, Boston 2; Montreal 4, Ottawa 3; Florida 8, Toronto 0; Detroit 3, Minnesota 2 (OT); Nashville 1, Carolina 0; Tampa Bay 5, St. Louis 4; Dallas 3, Vancouver 2 (SO); Calgary 4, Phoenix 3 (SO).
Tuesday NCAA Men Scores: (10) Butler 71, Valparaiso 68; Southern Illinois 80, Indiana St. 69; Ohio St. 65, Michigan 55; (6) Georgetown 63, University of South Florida 53, Providence 79, DePaul 65; (7) Tennessee 104, Florida 82.
Tuesday NCAA Women Scores: (7) Rutgers 73, (1) Connecticut 71; South Florida 78, (25) DePaul 73; Marquette 72, Cincinnati 54; (17) Oklahoma St. 77, (5) Baylor 67; (6) Stanford 96, Santa Clara 74.
Ask Aunt Rona
Dear Aunt Rona: I think there should be a ban on singing outside the shower stall, although I would concede the drying-off area. There should be a “No Singing Beyond this Point” sign at the exit of the shower room and it should be enforced.
People with radios, CD players and MP3s have to wear earphones. Singers should be required to wear a sound-suppressing face shield or duct tape.
Everything’s Not Coming Up Roses and It’s Not a Beautiful Morning; Just Let Me Sleep.
Dear Sleepy: How do you know it’s not a beautiful morning if you don’t want to haul your little tushie out of bed and face it, dearie.
You can face the morning one of two ways: “Good God, it’s morning” or “It’s a good morning, God.
Love, Aunt Rona
Should Aunt Rona be timed out again? Unfortunately, she does like a little nip once in a while (and the occasional tuck). Or should she merely be told to haul her little tushie back into bed, pull the covers over her head, and stay there. Let us know.
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Letter to the Editor
THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:MONDAY NIGHT MEETING: JANUARY 28, 2008 I. KENYA PRESENTATIONRequest by: Emily Pickerill; Executive Assistant i. IntroductionPersonal background and visits to the United States of America: 1). October 2004, 2). November 2007.I came to the Center for the Homeless on Tuesday night, November 27, 2007. ii. AppreciationI am very grateful for my reception at the Center and for all the love and care that I have received which is only comparable to that of a caring mother. It is therefore only right for me to say that the Center has become my mother and my all! MyCoach, Andrew has been most real to me just as a bloody brother would be. I reverence him and consider him as my Mentor as I seek relocation here. Surprisingly, though, all the other Coaches have been treating me most dearly!I hope that dear Steve, being the CEO of the Center; will accept my most sinceregratitude and kindly pass this to all his members of staff. Without any exceptions, all of you, my brothers and sisters have touched my heartin one way or another and I remember all of you daily in my prayers. iii. A HomilyPsalm 136 is a "Litany of Thanksgiving."v. 1 says; "Give thanks to Yahweh for "He" is good' and the last v. 26 says; Give thanks to the God of heaven, for "His" love endures for ever" (NJB). It gives God great pleasure to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children!This was His message to the world 2000 yrs ago when, "with the angel there was agreat throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace for those "He" favours"(Lk 2: 13, 14 NJB). God's favour was revealed to all humanity through the incarnation. Being the "Emmanuel, which means God with us", God did not only want to identify Himself with His self image but also in the discouragements in our lives. He wanted to take care of the state of hopelessness in us brought by the sin ofcommon Ancestor Adam. He wanted to restore hope and become the source of genuine change in our shattered and broken lives. However, there is a cost to this! That is, the will to accept and commit oneself to genuine change. Someone wrotethat: "It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, youvery often get it." A young lady who came to serve meals here as a volunteer about a week ago learnt that I am from Kenya. She commented sympathetically; "It is crazy out there!" I responded politely: "Yes, but the world is crazy everywhere." How many times have we seen brothers at the front lounge, their tongues on fire against each other! I thank God for placing me in a dorm named after a priest, the Rev. Edward "Monk" Malloy. Yet, I myself have been subjected to name calling by some of my brothers in the dorm for no particular good reason. According to African culture words related with sex are considered sacred to be mentioned in the bedrooms let alone in public. The craziness in the world is most probably the cause of our being guests here at the Center for the Homeless. As I pray for love, peace, unity and change in my country, I also remember to pray the same for all of us. "Love, forgiveness and tolerance can heal the body. If the mind is dominated by negative emotions, then there is no possibility to develop compassion, kindness, forgiveness and tolerance and the resulting peace of mind that these virtues bring." My message for Kenya today is therefore a message the world and for each one of us. A message of love, peace and goodwill!A message of hope for everyone irrespective of our religious, denominational, ethnic, or cultural differences. A message that is regardless of colour, race, social class and political affiliation.A message of hope to the hopeless!Hope for genuine change without feelings of prejudice for our life-styles. For God's great pleasure is to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children.In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. AMEN! II. Political Background Kenya lies across the equator in the east-central Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is twice the size of Nevada. Kenya borders Somaria to the east, Ethiopia to the North, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. More than 40 ethnic groups reside in Kenya. There are 25 different languages spoken by various ethnic groups. The largest of there groups are the Kikuyu (22 percent); they migrated to the region at the beginning of the 18th century. The other major groups are the Luhya (14 percent) and, the Luo (13 percent). Kenya became a British protectorate in 1890 and a crown colony in 1920, when it went by the name British East Africa. The lush central Rift Valley Province, commonly known as the "white highlands" was the bee-hive of the influential white settler community who virtually ruled colonial Kenya from Nakuru town. In his memoirs: A Love – Affair with – Sunshine, Sir Michael Blundell – himself a settler at Solai in Nakuru – reckons that no governor would make a decision without having to travel to Nakuru to consult the settlers. "They were the tail that wagged the dog, he writes. Other pioneer settlers such as the Lord Delamere set camp in this significant, hilly and most agriculturally productive province in early 1930s. This was about the same time that my own parents migrated to the area from Kikuyu land in such of employment. I and others from many other different tribes were born and brought up here without ancestral attachments elsewhere. We knew each other as members of the same family, went to school together, attended church together, hunting together and sharing our food. This was without acrimony and tribalism was an animal unknown to us at the time, otherwise instead of hunting rabbits, we would have hunted this beast rather than take bows and arrows now to hunt, main and kill the same people with whom we shared life from childhood. National stirrings began in 1940s, and in 1952 the Mau Mau movement, made up of Kikuyu militants, rebelled against the government. The fighting lasted until 1956. Seven (7) years later, on December 12, 1963, Kenya became fully independent. Jomo Kenyatta, a Kikuyu nationalist leader during the independence struggle who had been jailed by the British, became the country's first president. After the country acquired self-governance, some of the British settlers were in haste to leave the country though Kenyatta had given them the assurance of a peaceful co-existence and respect to their property. In his speech to the settlers at Nakuru municipal hall: Mr. Kenyatta told them; "We will have to build this country together." However, an agreement was entered that those who felt that they must leave were free to do so and to dispose of their property to the locals on a willing buyer willing seller basis. It was on these grounds that some of us acquired land in the Rift Valley Province though our parents had originated from the Central Province. When Kenya was a British colony, until Mzee Kenyatta's death in August 1978, the tribes co-existed in harmony without experiencing the current madness. Exit Mzee Kenyatta and enter Mr. Daniel T. Arap Moi, the then vice president; in his own style. Mr. Moi was president of the country for 24 years. From 1964, the country was ruled as a one-party state by the Kenya African National Union (KANU), first under Kenyatta and then under Moi. Demonstrations and riots organized by oppostion leaders and human rights activists pressured Moi for multiparty elections in 1992. In August 7, 1998, the United States Embassy in Nairobi was bombed by terrorists, 243 people died and 1000 were injured. III. Current Political Situation On December 2002, Mwai Kibaki, the then opposition leader and a one time Moi's vice president, won the presidential elections. President Mwai Kibaki promised to put an end to the country's rampant corruption that had greatly affected the country during the reign of Mr. Moi. In his first few months, Kibaki did initiate a number of reforms – ordering a crackdown on corrupt judges and the police and instituting free primary school education – and international donors opened their coffers again. But by 2004, disappointment in Kibaki set in when little further progress was evident, and a long-awaited new constitution, meant to limit the president's power, still had not been delivered. This was the bone of contention between President Mwai Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga whose ambition was to be Kenya's prime minister under the new constitution. Rift Valley Province to bear the brunt of the madness that Kenya descended into following the disputed election results. Over 400 lives have been lost; over 7,000 children have no where to study and over 10,000 people have no place to call home. At night they huddle in the schools, chiefs' camps, and police stations, churches under police protection while others spend the night in the bush while their neighbours torched their houses, maize fields and livestock pens. IV. Conclusion Kenya is situated in one of Africa's most volatile and troubled regions, yet it has one of the continent's most attractions and stable democracies for the last 43 years of independence. I wish to quote Gwynne Dyer, a London-based independent journalist who rightly said in an article in the South Bend Tribune that; "Despite the ugly scenes of recent days, Kenya is not an ethnic tinderbox where people automatically back their own tribes and hate everyone else." The people have long moved from cultural, traditional and ethnic primitivism and developed a culture that is modern. For many years now, intermarriage has been in existence among different tribes in Kenya, a relationship that was not well accepted in the past. Marriage is generally accepted among the majority of African tribes as a lasting relationship that strongly bind two different families together as one family, whatever their cultural, tribal or ethnic background. The deeply grievious situation that is affecting my country is the result of individual ambition and greed for polical power and must be highly condemned. After being subjected to a shameful humiliation in a public arena by his boss, one of Kenya's vice president declared in resignation that; "there comes a time when a nation is more important than an individual." The Kenyan nation is more important than President Mwai Kibaki or Mr. Raila Odinga. Religions: Protestants 45 percent; Roman Catholic 33 percent; Indigenous 10 percent; Islam 10 percent. Isaac F. M. Githinji
Long-Time Hoosier Lawmaker Dies: Veteran Hoosier state representative Richard Mangus, 77, (R-Lakeville) died Monday of a heart attack.
Mangus was first elected to the Indiana House in 1972. He retired after 32 years of service and was succeeded by Republican protégé Jackie Walorski.
Body Found in South Bend: Police have ruled that 20-year-old Clay Township resident Marcus D. Rice was the victim of a homicide.
Rice’s body was found by a passer-by shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on South Bend’s west side
Election 2008
McCain Takes Commanding GOP Lead: Close Race for Dems’: John McCain took a commanding lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination after the “Super Tuesday” primaries and caucuses yesterday.
Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama remained in a tight race for the Democratic nod.
Obama won 13 of the 22 states, including a near-sweep of the south, but Clinton won the two big prizes: Her home state of New York and California.
McCain won 9 of 15 states including New York and California.
Clinton leads Obama in the delegate count, 900-824 with 2,025 needed for the nomination. Former candidate John Edwards had 26 delegates.
McCain has 543 of the 1,191 delegates he needs. Mike Huckabee has 159 and Mitt Romney 149.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
.
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
International
Maharishi Dies: Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91, died Tuesday in his Dutch home.
Letter to the Editor: Our Letter to the Editor today from the Rev. Isaac Francis Githinji is at www.homelessherald.blogspot.com. It was a little too long for the newsstand edition.
Herald Sports
IUSB Women Lose Home Game: Senior Jennifer VanderZenden led the Lady Titans (15-9, 2-3 CCAC) with 14 points and nine rebounds.
IUSB took a 9-point second half lead against the #24-ranked visitors (19-4, 5-0 CCAC) but couldn’t hold on.
Niki McDonald scored 13 points for the Lady Titans before fouling out. Cortney Flanagan added 10 points.
Boilermaker Men Hold on to #24 Ranking: Robbie Hummel and E’Twaun Moore scored 17 and 15 points, respectively as the host Boilermakers (18-5, 9-1 Big Ten) held on to their first national ranking in four years.
Purdue’s Marcus Green scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half.
ND Signs Basketball Recruit: Jack Cooley; a 6-8, 235 pound basketball center from Illinois; has signed to play for Mike Brey’s Notre Dame men’s team.
Gasol Lifts Bryant in Debut: Pau Gasol took up the slack for his ailing new teammate Kobe Bryant in his Lakers debut with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
Derek Fisher dropped in a season-high 28 points for L.A. Kobe had a season-low six points. It was his lowest scoring output since a January 5, 2007 game against Denver.
Shaq Reportedly Traded to Suns: Pending a physical examination, the Miami Heat are preparing to trade perennial all-star center Shaquille O’Neal to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
O’Neal has been hampered by injuries the past two seasons. He is averaging 14.2 points this season and the Heat have the worst record in the NBA this season, 9-37.
Shaq, who is in his 15th season in the league, has helped lead the L.A. Lakers and Heat to NBA championship.
Other Tuesday NBA Scores: Spurs 116, Pacers 89 (Tim Duncan 19 points, 15 rebounds; Danny Granger 16 points); Cavaliers 114, Celtics 113 (LeBron James 33 points, 11 assists; Ray Allen 24 points; Zydrunas Ilgauskas 10 rebounds); 76ers 101, Wizards 96 (Andre Iguodala 20 points; DeShawn Stevenson 19 points; Antawn Jamison 16 points, 14 rebounds; Andre Miller 14 assists); Bucks 102, Grizzlies 97 (Mike Miller 32 points, Mo Williams 32 points, Charlie Villanueva 16 rebounds, Darko Milic 12 rebounds.
Tuesday NHL Scores: Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2; Los Angeles 4, N.Y. Rangers 2; Anaheim 3, N.Y. Islanders 0; Washington 4, Colorado 0 (OT); Buffalo 4, Boston 2; Montreal 4, Ottawa 3; Florida 8, Toronto 0; Detroit 3, Minnesota 2 (OT); Nashville 1, Carolina 0; Tampa Bay 5, St. Louis 4; Dallas 3, Vancouver 2 (SO); Calgary 4, Phoenix 3 (SO).
Tuesday NCAA Men Scores: (10) Butler 71, Valparaiso 68; Southern Illinois 80, Indiana St. 69; Ohio St. 65, Michigan 55; (6) Georgetown 63, University of South Florida 53, Providence 79, DePaul 65; (7) Tennessee 104, Florida 82.
Tuesday NCAA Women Scores: (7) Rutgers 73, (1) Connecticut 71; South Florida 78, (25) DePaul 73; Marquette 72, Cincinnati 54; (17) Oklahoma St. 77, (5) Baylor 67; (6) Stanford 96, Santa Clara 74.
Ask Aunt Rona
Dear Aunt Rona: I think there should be a ban on singing outside the shower stall, although I would concede the drying-off area. There should be a “No Singing Beyond this Point” sign at the exit of the shower room and it should be enforced.
People with radios, CD players and MP3s have to wear earphones. Singers should be required to wear a sound-suppressing face shield or duct tape.
Everything’s Not Coming Up Roses and It’s Not a Beautiful Morning; Just Let Me Sleep.
Dear Sleepy: How do you know it’s not a beautiful morning if you don’t want to haul your little tushie out of bed and face it, dearie.
You can face the morning one of two ways: “Good God, it’s morning” or “It’s a good morning, God.
Love, Aunt Rona
Should Aunt Rona be timed out again? Unfortunately, she does like a little nip once in a while (and the occasional tuck). Or should she merely be told to haul her little tushie back into bed, pull the covers over her head, and stay there. Let us know.
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Letter to the Editor
THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:MONDAY NIGHT MEETING: JANUARY 28, 2008 I. KENYA PRESENTATIONRequest by: Emily Pickerill; Executive Assistant i. IntroductionPersonal background and visits to the United States of America: 1). October 2004, 2). November 2007.I came to the Center for the Homeless on Tuesday night, November 27, 2007. ii. AppreciationI am very grateful for my reception at the Center and for all the love and care that I have received which is only comparable to that of a caring mother. It is therefore only right for me to say that the Center has become my mother and my all! MyCoach, Andrew has been most real to me just as a bloody brother would be. I reverence him and consider him as my Mentor as I seek relocation here. Surprisingly, though, all the other Coaches have been treating me most dearly!I hope that dear Steve, being the CEO of the Center; will accept my most sinceregratitude and kindly pass this to all his members of staff. Without any exceptions, all of you, my brothers and sisters have touched my heartin one way or another and I remember all of you daily in my prayers. iii. A HomilyPsalm 136 is a "Litany of Thanksgiving."v. 1 says; "Give thanks to Yahweh for "He" is good' and the last v. 26 says; Give thanks to the God of heaven, for "His" love endures for ever" (NJB). It gives God great pleasure to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children!This was His message to the world 2000 yrs ago when, "with the angel there was agreat throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace for those "He" favours"(Lk 2: 13, 14 NJB). God's favour was revealed to all humanity through the incarnation. Being the "Emmanuel, which means God with us", God did not only want to identify Himself with His self image but also in the discouragements in our lives. He wanted to take care of the state of hopelessness in us brought by the sin ofcommon Ancestor Adam. He wanted to restore hope and become the source of genuine change in our shattered and broken lives. However, there is a cost to this! That is, the will to accept and commit oneself to genuine change. Someone wrotethat: "It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, youvery often get it." A young lady who came to serve meals here as a volunteer about a week ago learnt that I am from Kenya. She commented sympathetically; "It is crazy out there!" I responded politely: "Yes, but the world is crazy everywhere." How many times have we seen brothers at the front lounge, their tongues on fire against each other! I thank God for placing me in a dorm named after a priest, the Rev. Edward "Monk" Malloy. Yet, I myself have been subjected to name calling by some of my brothers in the dorm for no particular good reason. According to African culture words related with sex are considered sacred to be mentioned in the bedrooms let alone in public. The craziness in the world is most probably the cause of our being guests here at the Center for the Homeless. As I pray for love, peace, unity and change in my country, I also remember to pray the same for all of us. "Love, forgiveness and tolerance can heal the body. If the mind is dominated by negative emotions, then there is no possibility to develop compassion, kindness, forgiveness and tolerance and the resulting peace of mind that these virtues bring." My message for Kenya today is therefore a message the world and for each one of us. A message of love, peace and goodwill!A message of hope for everyone irrespective of our religious, denominational, ethnic, or cultural differences. A message that is regardless of colour, race, social class and political affiliation.A message of hope to the hopeless!Hope for genuine change without feelings of prejudice for our life-styles. For God's great pleasure is to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children.In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. AMEN! II. Political Background Kenya lies across the equator in the east-central Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is twice the size of Nevada. Kenya borders Somaria to the east, Ethiopia to the North, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. More than 40 ethnic groups reside in Kenya. There are 25 different languages spoken by various ethnic groups. The largest of there groups are the Kikuyu (22 percent); they migrated to the region at the beginning of the 18th century. The other major groups are the Luhya (14 percent) and, the Luo (13 percent). Kenya became a British protectorate in 1890 and a crown colony in 1920, when it went by the name British East Africa. The lush central Rift Valley Province, commonly known as the "white highlands" was the bee-hive of the influential white settler community who virtually ruled colonial Kenya from Nakuru town. In his memoirs: A Love – Affair with – Sunshine, Sir Michael Blundell – himself a settler at Solai in Nakuru – reckons that no governor would make a decision without having to travel to Nakuru to consult the settlers. "They were the tail that wagged the dog, he writes. Other pioneer settlers such as the Lord Delamere set camp in this significant, hilly and most agriculturally productive province in early 1930s. This was about the same time that my own parents migrated to the area from Kikuyu land in such of employment. I and others from many other different tribes were born and brought up here without ancestral attachments elsewhere. We knew each other as members of the same family, went to school together, attended church together, hunting together and sharing our food. This was without acrimony and tribalism was an animal unknown to us at the time, otherwise instead of hunting rabbits, we would have hunted this beast rather than take bows and arrows now to hunt, main and kill the same people with whom we shared life from childhood. National stirrings began in 1940s, and in 1952 the Mau Mau movement, made up of Kikuyu militants, rebelled against the government. The fighting lasted until 1956. Seven (7) years later, on December 12, 1963, Kenya became fully independent. Jomo Kenyatta, a Kikuyu nationalist leader during the independence struggle who had been jailed by the British, became the country's first president. After the country acquired self-governance, some of the British settlers were in haste to leave the country though Kenyatta had given them the assurance of a peaceful co-existence and respect to their property. In his speech to the settlers at Nakuru municipal hall: Mr. Kenyatta told them; "We will have to build this country together." However, an agreement was entered that those who felt that they must leave were free to do so and to dispose of their property to the locals on a willing buyer willing seller basis. It was on these grounds that some of us acquired land in the Rift Valley Province though our parents had originated from the Central Province. When Kenya was a British colony, until Mzee Kenyatta's death in August 1978, the tribes co-existed in harmony without experiencing the current madness. Exit Mzee Kenyatta and enter Mr. Daniel T. Arap Moi, the then vice president; in his own style. Mr. Moi was president of the country for 24 years. From 1964, the country was ruled as a one-party state by the Kenya African National Union (KANU), first under Kenyatta and then under Moi. Demonstrations and riots organized by oppostion leaders and human rights activists pressured Moi for multiparty elections in 1992. In August 7, 1998, the United States Embassy in Nairobi was bombed by terrorists, 243 people died and 1000 were injured. III. Current Political Situation On December 2002, Mwai Kibaki, the then opposition leader and a one time Moi's vice president, won the presidential elections. President Mwai Kibaki promised to put an end to the country's rampant corruption that had greatly affected the country during the reign of Mr. Moi. In his first few months, Kibaki did initiate a number of reforms – ordering a crackdown on corrupt judges and the police and instituting free primary school education – and international donors opened their coffers again. But by 2004, disappointment in Kibaki set in when little further progress was evident, and a long-awaited new constitution, meant to limit the president's power, still had not been delivered. This was the bone of contention between President Mwai Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga whose ambition was to be Kenya's prime minister under the new constitution. Rift Valley Province to bear the brunt of the madness that Kenya descended into following the disputed election results. Over 400 lives have been lost; over 7,000 children have no where to study and over 10,000 people have no place to call home. At night they huddle in the schools, chiefs' camps, and police stations, churches under police protection while others spend the night in the bush while their neighbours torched their houses, maize fields and livestock pens. IV. Conclusion Kenya is situated in one of Africa's most volatile and troubled regions, yet it has one of the continent's most attractions and stable democracies for the last 43 years of independence. I wish to quote Gwynne Dyer, a London-based independent journalist who rightly said in an article in the South Bend Tribune that; "Despite the ugly scenes of recent days, Kenya is not an ethnic tinderbox where people automatically back their own tribes and hate everyone else." The people have long moved from cultural, traditional and ethnic primitivism and developed a culture that is modern. For many years now, intermarriage has been in existence among different tribes in Kenya, a relationship that was not well accepted in the past. Marriage is generally accepted among the majority of African tribes as a lasting relationship that strongly bind two different families together as one family, whatever their cultural, tribal or ethnic background. The deeply grievious situation that is affecting my country is the result of individual ambition and greed for polical power and must be highly condemned. After being subjected to a shameful humiliation in a public arena by his boss, one of Kenya's vice president declared in resignation that; "there comes a time when a nation is more important than an individual." The Kenyan nation is more important than President Mwai Kibaki or Mr. Raila Odinga. Religions: Protestants 45 percent; Roman Catholic 33 percent; Indigenous 10 percent; Islam 10 percent. Isaac F. M. Githinji
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 5, 2008
Good News: Aunt Rona’s back.
Bad News: For sports fans. She’s taking up space on the sports page.
Election 2008
Uncle Ron’s Ramblings
Uncle Ron’s Civics Lesson Continues (Yawn): As I was saying yesterday before I was rudely interrupted by the end of the page, there are two important nominations on the ballot for Hoosiers on May 6. Actually there are more but we’ll focus on the race for the Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana.
As I mentioned in a previous issue, the race to be the standard bearer for the Democratic Party against Republican incumbent Mitch Daniels (who has no serious opposition) has come down to Jill Long Thompson and former South Bend resident Jim Schellinger.
Schellinger is an Indianapolis architect and business executive. He has received the endorsements of several key Democrats, including former First Lady Judy O’Bannon.
Long Thompson served the Ft. Wayne area as a U.S. representative from 1988-94. She now makes her home in Argos and unsuccessfully tried to make a comeback in 2002 against Chris Chocola.
Long Thompson has a comfortable lead in most polls.
I’ll have to visit GOP headquarters to find out who the candidates are Congress.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.).
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
Homeless Veterans: If you are disabled and cannot work full-time (or are over 65), you may be entitled to a disability pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For more information and complete eligibility requirements, call 1-800-827-1000.
You can also contact: Dianne W. Brown, Homeless Veterans Coordinator by calling 317-554-0000, extension 82589 or direct dial 317-988-2589 at Indianapolis VAMC, Room C-2065. Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-3:45 p.m.
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
Herald Sports
Bobby Knight Resigns: Former IU basketball coach Bobby Knight gave Texas Tech his resignation in the middle of his 42d season Monday.
Knight, who went over the 900-mark in career victories this season, turned the coaching reigns over to his designated successor, son Pat. The younger Knight played for his father at IU and followed him to Texas Tech after the elder Knight’s firing there.
The elder Knight, 67, won three national championships at IU. He retires with more wins than any Division I men’s coach.
Montana Son to Walk On at ND: Nate Montana, son of former Notre Dame and San Francisco 49er quarterback Joe Montana, will attend ND as a walk-on.
Nate, who is 6-4, 195 pounds, was third string quarterback at Concord DeLaSalle High School in his only varsity season. He directed the scout-team offense against the first-team defense that helped DeLaSalle win a state championship.
Scouts say the younger Montana has an impressive arm and lots of potential. He attended a quarterback camp with ND quarterbacks Jimmy Clausen and Dayne Crist.
ND Men Ranked 22/21 in Basketball Polls: The Notre Dame men’s basketball team has been ranked 22/21 in the latest polls after a 89-80 win over DePaul Saturday.
The Irish are 16-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big East They have a 33-game winning streak at home.
Monday NBA Scores: Bulls 118, Sonics 108; Mavericks 107, Magic 98; Hawks 96, 76ers 91; Clippers 103, Knicks 94; Raptors 114, Heat 82; Rockets 92, Timberwolves 86; Suns 118, Bobcats 104; Jazz 110, Hornets 88; Nuggets 105, Trailblazers 103.
Monday NHL Scores: New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT); Edmonton 5, Calgary 0; Phoenix 4, Colorado 3 (OT).
Monday NCAA Men Scores: (2) Kansas 90, Missouri 71; Louisville 71, (17) Marquette 57.
Monday NCAA Women Scores: South Dakota St. 74, IPFW 72; IUPUI 71, Southern Utah 46; Illinois 66, Michigan 61; (3) North Carolina 93, (9) Duke 76; (5) Maryland 74, Virginia Tech 71 (OT).
Ask Aunt Rona
Dear Aunt Rona: I don't understand it. It seems the entire state of Texas (minus the small percentage that root for the Texans), including my own dear little sis are blaming me (not Tony or his teammates or that other team) for what happened to our beloved Cowboys in the playoffs. I was once one of the Lone Star State’s favorite daughters, now supposedly I’m persona non grata (whatever that means, that’s a term that Tony learned in college).
And it really hurts to drag my little sis into this. I mean I practically raised that kid when our parents were off preaching on the evangelical circuit. Hunks come and go, but sisterhood is forever.
And then your idiot sports columnist suggested that the Cowboys have me hold for placekicks. Supposedly the defense would swarm over me and the kicker could waltz into the end zone. Ha, ha.
And then, to add insult to injury, that doofus Gomer Pyle look-alike and his team win the championship against my old buddy Tommy’s Patriots.
Anyway, thanks for letting me get a load off my chest, Aunt Rona (okay Guys, fill in any dirty-minded remark you can think of here).
Sincerely, Jessie from Texas.,
Dear Jess: First off, the people of North Carolina are actually quite proud of Gomer and all those other Tar Heel girls and boys who served in the armed forces although those southern boys do seem to prefer a good hunting dog to a good woman.
As for piling on, I don’t think I’d like to be piled on by Michael Strahan and Justin Tuck (I can’t speak for our idiot sports columnist). I wouldn’t mind piling on pretty boy Tommy or your boy Tony, though. Pant, pant.
Maybe baby sis wants her own quarterback. Eli (Manning, the Gomer Pyle look-alike) is available. The only people rooting for him Sunday were his brother and his parents.
Anyway hang in there, sweetie, and hold your head up. Maybe they’ll do a “Dukes of Hazard II.”
Love, Aunt Rona
Editors note: Actually they did do a “Dukes of Hazard” sequel (without Jessie, someone else played Daisy) that went straight to video although they didn’t call it “Dukes of Hazard II.”
Bad News: For sports fans. She’s taking up space on the sports page.
Election 2008
Uncle Ron’s Ramblings
Uncle Ron’s Civics Lesson Continues (Yawn): As I was saying yesterday before I was rudely interrupted by the end of the page, there are two important nominations on the ballot for Hoosiers on May 6. Actually there are more but we’ll focus on the race for the Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana.
As I mentioned in a previous issue, the race to be the standard bearer for the Democratic Party against Republican incumbent Mitch Daniels (who has no serious opposition) has come down to Jill Long Thompson and former South Bend resident Jim Schellinger.
Schellinger is an Indianapolis architect and business executive. He has received the endorsements of several key Democrats, including former First Lady Judy O’Bannon.
Long Thompson served the Ft. Wayne area as a U.S. representative from 1988-94. She now makes her home in Argos and unsuccessfully tried to make a comeback in 2002 against Chris Chocola.
Long Thompson has a comfortable lead in most polls.
I’ll have to visit GOP headquarters to find out who the candidates are Congress.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.).
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
Homeless Veterans: If you are disabled and cannot work full-time (or are over 65), you may be entitled to a disability pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For more information and complete eligibility requirements, call 1-800-827-1000.
You can also contact: Dianne W. Brown, Homeless Veterans Coordinator by calling 317-554-0000, extension 82589 or direct dial 317-988-2589 at Indianapolis VAMC, Room C-2065. Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-3:45 p.m.
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
Herald Sports
Bobby Knight Resigns: Former IU basketball coach Bobby Knight gave Texas Tech his resignation in the middle of his 42d season Monday.
Knight, who went over the 900-mark in career victories this season, turned the coaching reigns over to his designated successor, son Pat. The younger Knight played for his father at IU and followed him to Texas Tech after the elder Knight’s firing there.
The elder Knight, 67, won three national championships at IU. He retires with more wins than any Division I men’s coach.
Montana Son to Walk On at ND: Nate Montana, son of former Notre Dame and San Francisco 49er quarterback Joe Montana, will attend ND as a walk-on.
Nate, who is 6-4, 195 pounds, was third string quarterback at Concord DeLaSalle High School in his only varsity season. He directed the scout-team offense against the first-team defense that helped DeLaSalle win a state championship.
Scouts say the younger Montana has an impressive arm and lots of potential. He attended a quarterback camp with ND quarterbacks Jimmy Clausen and Dayne Crist.
ND Men Ranked 22/21 in Basketball Polls: The Notre Dame men’s basketball team has been ranked 22/21 in the latest polls after a 89-80 win over DePaul Saturday.
The Irish are 16-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big East They have a 33-game winning streak at home.
Monday NBA Scores: Bulls 118, Sonics 108; Mavericks 107, Magic 98; Hawks 96, 76ers 91; Clippers 103, Knicks 94; Raptors 114, Heat 82; Rockets 92, Timberwolves 86; Suns 118, Bobcats 104; Jazz 110, Hornets 88; Nuggets 105, Trailblazers 103.
Monday NHL Scores: New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT); Edmonton 5, Calgary 0; Phoenix 4, Colorado 3 (OT).
Monday NCAA Men Scores: (2) Kansas 90, Missouri 71; Louisville 71, (17) Marquette 57.
Monday NCAA Women Scores: South Dakota St. 74, IPFW 72; IUPUI 71, Southern Utah 46; Illinois 66, Michigan 61; (3) North Carolina 93, (9) Duke 76; (5) Maryland 74, Virginia Tech 71 (OT).
Ask Aunt Rona
Dear Aunt Rona: I don't understand it. It seems the entire state of Texas (minus the small percentage that root for the Texans), including my own dear little sis are blaming me (not Tony or his teammates or that other team) for what happened to our beloved Cowboys in the playoffs. I was once one of the Lone Star State’s favorite daughters, now supposedly I’m persona non grata (whatever that means, that’s a term that Tony learned in college).
And it really hurts to drag my little sis into this. I mean I practically raised that kid when our parents were off preaching on the evangelical circuit. Hunks come and go, but sisterhood is forever.
And then your idiot sports columnist suggested that the Cowboys have me hold for placekicks. Supposedly the defense would swarm over me and the kicker could waltz into the end zone. Ha, ha.
And then, to add insult to injury, that doofus Gomer Pyle look-alike and his team win the championship against my old buddy Tommy’s Patriots.
Anyway, thanks for letting me get a load off my chest, Aunt Rona (okay Guys, fill in any dirty-minded remark you can think of here).
Sincerely, Jessie from Texas.,
Dear Jess: First off, the people of North Carolina are actually quite proud of Gomer and all those other Tar Heel girls and boys who served in the armed forces although those southern boys do seem to prefer a good hunting dog to a good woman.
As for piling on, I don’t think I’d like to be piled on by Michael Strahan and Justin Tuck (I can’t speak for our idiot sports columnist). I wouldn’t mind piling on pretty boy Tommy or your boy Tony, though. Pant, pant.
Maybe baby sis wants her own quarterback. Eli (Manning, the Gomer Pyle look-alike) is available. The only people rooting for him Sunday were his brother and his parents.
Anyway hang in there, sweetie, and hold your head up. Maybe they’ll do a “Dukes of Hazard II.”
Love, Aunt Rona
Editors note: Actually they did do a “Dukes of Hazard” sequel (without Jessie, someone else played Daisy) that went straight to video although they didn’t call it “Dukes of Hazard II.”
Monday, February 4, 2008
South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 4, 2008
Local
South Bend Woman Among Victims in Illinois Shooting: Jennifer L. Bishop, 34, of South Bend, was among the five people shot and killed at a Lane Bryant store in suburban Chicago Saturday.
Police believe the shooting was the result of an interrupted robbery.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.).
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
Homeless Veterans: If you are disabled and cannot work full-time (or are over 65), you may be entitled to a disability pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For more information and complete eligibility requirements, call 1-800-827-1000.
You can also contact: Dianne W. Brown, Homeless Veterans Coordinator by calling 317-554-0000, extension 82589 or direct dial 317-988-2589 at Indianapolis VAMC, Room C-2065. Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-3:45 p.m.
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
All of the above activities count toward ABE hours.
Election 2008
Uncle Ron’s Ramblings
Perhaps “Disenfranchised” is Misnomer: Perhaps “disenfranchised” (ref: Friday, Feb. 1 Herald) is a misnomer in reference to Michigan and Florida voters in the presidential nominating process.
At least those two states’ voters would still have had a choice if they had left their primaries on Super Tuesday (February 5) even though supporters of John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Rudy Guiliani, or Fred Thompson—to name just a few—would not have been able to vote for their candidates.
The Republican nomination could be sewn up tomorrow (Super Tuesday). There aren’t enough votes for Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama to clinch but the Democratic standard bearer should be determined by the time Hoosiers go the polls May 6.
Local voters will be able to help choose a Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana and a Republican nominee for Congress.
Herald Sports
ND Men 89, DePaul 80: Luke Harangody continued his strong inside play Saturday for the host Irish (16-4, 6-2 Big East) with 29 points and 14 rebounds. It was the 33d straight home victory for ND.
Kyle McAlarney added 17 points for the Irish. Ryan Ayers grabbed 10 offensive rebounds.
(20) ND Woman 73, Cincinnati 41: The visiting Lady Irish ((17-5, 5-3 Big East) had four players in double figures: Charel Allen 16 points; Devereaux Peters 12 points; Tulyah Gaines and Ashley Barlow, 11 each.
Saint Mary’s 61, Adrian 51: Alison Kessler and Katie Rashid scored 14 points each as the visiting Belles (9-10, 5-6 MIAA) broke a three-game losing streak.
(4, NAIA DII) Bethel Women 86, Huntington 69: Natalie Young had 32 points, four rebounds, and two blocks for the host Lady Pilots (22-2, 11-0 MCC).
Bethel’s Hannah Richards added 20 points, 18 in the second half.
Huntington 73, (11, NAIA DII) Bethel Men 72: Tyler Shively sank two free throws with 3.6 left for the hosts to seal the win.
Ryne Lightfoot led Bethel (20-5, 8-3 MCC) with 25 points, six rebounds, and four assists. William Walker added 19 points and nine rebounds.
The Pilots will try again for their 1,000th all-time victory Saturday in the friendly confines of the Weikamp Center against Goshen College. Bethel won an earlier meeting this season, 66-54.
(24) St. Xavier (Il.) 89, IUSB Men 88: St. Xavier’s Julian Scott sank a 3-pointer with seven seconds left at IUSB’s Student Activity Center (SAC) Saturday.
Tyler Leighton led the Titans (13-10, 0-3 CCAC) with 25 points. Terry Hill scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds. Mark Comparato tallied 15 points on five 3-pointers.
Robert Morris 60, IUSB Woman 50: Abbey Freeman led the visiting Lady Titans (15-8, 22 CCAC) with 19 points.
Sunday NBA Scores: Lakers 103, Wizards 91 (Kobe Bryant 30 points, six rebounds; Antoine Jamison 21 points, 11 rebounds); Pistons 90, Mavericks 67 (Rasheed Wallace 21 points, Dirk Nowitzki 15 points).
Sunday NHL Scores: N.Y. Rangers 5, Montreal 3.
IU Men 75, Northwestern 63: Freshman Eric Gordon scored 29 points for the host Hoosiers (18-3, 7-1 Big Ten) bounced after losses to Connecticut and Wisconsin.
D.J. White scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
NCAA Sunday Men’s Basketball Scores: (13) Wisconsin 63, Minnesota 47; (4) North Carolina 84, Florida St. 73 (OT).
NCAA Sunday Woman’s Basketball Scores: Iowa 81, IU 65; Purdue 62, Northwestern 52; Buffalo 73, Ball St. 62; Boston College 70, Miami (Fl.) 42; (2) Tennessee 79, Kentucky 51.
Tiger Wins in Dubai: Tiger Woods drained a 25-foot downhill putt on the final hole to cap a four-stroke comeback and win the Dubai Desert Classic Sunday.
Tiger had begun the final round trailing familiar nemesis (or victim, depending on how you look at it) Ernie Els. He birdied five of the last seven holes for a 7-under 65.
Tiger now has career 72 victories world-wide. His 62 wins on the PGA Tour ties him with Arnold Palmer on the all-time list.
Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings
Tom Has the Babes; Eli Has the (2008) Ring: Even if the final New York Giant comeback in Super Bowl XLII had been unsuccessful, I was going to suggest that one of you girls out there show Eli Manning some love.
He’s a nice young man, he’s a millionaire several times over, and as far as I know he doesn’t chew tobacco (although I can’t confirm that).
I wouldn’t chew tobacco if I was an NFL quarterback. I would probably get hit by Teddy Bruschi or Brian Urlacher and swallow my chaw.
The FOX28 TV coverage showed Patriot quarterback Tom Brady’s girlfriend Giselle Bundchen cheering for him. Eli had his brother Peyton; his mother; and his father, ex-NFL quarterback Archie Manning.
Archie never made it to the Super Bowl, but now he’s had two of his three sons win a ring in consecutive years.
So again, the evidence for clean living is inconclusive. Eli wins the ring but Brady has three and the babes still go for pretty boy Tom and bimbo-monger Tony Romo.
Tony-Jessica Update: Nothing new to report.
South Bend Woman Among Victims in Illinois Shooting: Jennifer L. Bishop, 34, of South Bend, was among the five people shot and killed at a Lane Bryant store in suburban Chicago Saturday.
Police believe the shooting was the result of an interrupted robbery.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.).
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
Homeless Veterans: If you are disabled and cannot work full-time (or are over 65), you may be entitled to a disability pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For more information and complete eligibility requirements, call 1-800-827-1000.
You can also contact: Dianne W. Brown, Homeless Veterans Coordinator by calling 317-554-0000, extension 82589 or direct dial 317-988-2589 at Indianapolis VAMC, Room C-2065. Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-3:45 p.m.
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis. .
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
All of the above activities count toward ABE hours.
Election 2008
Uncle Ron’s Ramblings
Perhaps “Disenfranchised” is Misnomer: Perhaps “disenfranchised” (ref: Friday, Feb. 1 Herald) is a misnomer in reference to Michigan and Florida voters in the presidential nominating process.
At least those two states’ voters would still have had a choice if they had left their primaries on Super Tuesday (February 5) even though supporters of John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Rudy Guiliani, or Fred Thompson—to name just a few—would not have been able to vote for their candidates.
The Republican nomination could be sewn up tomorrow (Super Tuesday). There aren’t enough votes for Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama to clinch but the Democratic standard bearer should be determined by the time Hoosiers go the polls May 6.
Local voters will be able to help choose a Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana and a Republican nominee for Congress.
Herald Sports
ND Men 89, DePaul 80: Luke Harangody continued his strong inside play Saturday for the host Irish (16-4, 6-2 Big East) with 29 points and 14 rebounds. It was the 33d straight home victory for ND.
Kyle McAlarney added 17 points for the Irish. Ryan Ayers grabbed 10 offensive rebounds.
(20) ND Woman 73, Cincinnati 41: The visiting Lady Irish ((17-5, 5-3 Big East) had four players in double figures: Charel Allen 16 points; Devereaux Peters 12 points; Tulyah Gaines and Ashley Barlow, 11 each.
Saint Mary’s 61, Adrian 51: Alison Kessler and Katie Rashid scored 14 points each as the visiting Belles (9-10, 5-6 MIAA) broke a three-game losing streak.
(4, NAIA DII) Bethel Women 86, Huntington 69: Natalie Young had 32 points, four rebounds, and two blocks for the host Lady Pilots (22-2, 11-0 MCC).
Bethel’s Hannah Richards added 20 points, 18 in the second half.
Huntington 73, (11, NAIA DII) Bethel Men 72: Tyler Shively sank two free throws with 3.6 left for the hosts to seal the win.
Ryne Lightfoot led Bethel (20-5, 8-3 MCC) with 25 points, six rebounds, and four assists. William Walker added 19 points and nine rebounds.
The Pilots will try again for their 1,000th all-time victory Saturday in the friendly confines of the Weikamp Center against Goshen College. Bethel won an earlier meeting this season, 66-54.
(24) St. Xavier (Il.) 89, IUSB Men 88: St. Xavier’s Julian Scott sank a 3-pointer with seven seconds left at IUSB’s Student Activity Center (SAC) Saturday.
Tyler Leighton led the Titans (13-10, 0-3 CCAC) with 25 points. Terry Hill scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds. Mark Comparato tallied 15 points on five 3-pointers.
Robert Morris 60, IUSB Woman 50: Abbey Freeman led the visiting Lady Titans (15-8, 22 CCAC) with 19 points.
Sunday NBA Scores: Lakers 103, Wizards 91 (Kobe Bryant 30 points, six rebounds; Antoine Jamison 21 points, 11 rebounds); Pistons 90, Mavericks 67 (Rasheed Wallace 21 points, Dirk Nowitzki 15 points).
Sunday NHL Scores: N.Y. Rangers 5, Montreal 3.
IU Men 75, Northwestern 63: Freshman Eric Gordon scored 29 points for the host Hoosiers (18-3, 7-1 Big Ten) bounced after losses to Connecticut and Wisconsin.
D.J. White scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
NCAA Sunday Men’s Basketball Scores: (13) Wisconsin 63, Minnesota 47; (4) North Carolina 84, Florida St. 73 (OT).
NCAA Sunday Woman’s Basketball Scores: Iowa 81, IU 65; Purdue 62, Northwestern 52; Buffalo 73, Ball St. 62; Boston College 70, Miami (Fl.) 42; (2) Tennessee 79, Kentucky 51.
Tiger Wins in Dubai: Tiger Woods drained a 25-foot downhill putt on the final hole to cap a four-stroke comeback and win the Dubai Desert Classic Sunday.
Tiger had begun the final round trailing familiar nemesis (or victim, depending on how you look at it) Ernie Els. He birdied five of the last seven holes for a 7-under 65.
Tiger now has career 72 victories world-wide. His 62 wins on the PGA Tour ties him with Arnold Palmer on the all-time list.
Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings
Tom Has the Babes; Eli Has the (2008) Ring: Even if the final New York Giant comeback in Super Bowl XLII had been unsuccessful, I was going to suggest that one of you girls out there show Eli Manning some love.
He’s a nice young man, he’s a millionaire several times over, and as far as I know he doesn’t chew tobacco (although I can’t confirm that).
I wouldn’t chew tobacco if I was an NFL quarterback. I would probably get hit by Teddy Bruschi or Brian Urlacher and swallow my chaw.
The FOX28 TV coverage showed Patriot quarterback Tom Brady’s girlfriend Giselle Bundchen cheering for him. Eli had his brother Peyton; his mother; and his father, ex-NFL quarterback Archie Manning.
Archie never made it to the Super Bowl, but now he’s had two of his three sons win a ring in consecutive years.
So again, the evidence for clean living is inconclusive. Eli wins the ring but Brady has three and the babes still go for pretty boy Tom and bimbo-monger Tony Romo.
Tony-Jessica Update: Nothing new to report.
Friday, February 1, 2008
South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 1, 2008
Local
“Underground Railroad” Taking Shape: The CFH “Underground Railroad” play is taking shape under the enthusiastic and dedicated leadership of writer/director David Evans (no relation to actor Gene Evans of the 1950’s “My Friend Flicka” TV show or Dale Evans, Queen of the West). David is a member of Creative Word Ministries which uses drama.
David’s script is based on actual historical incidents.
The cast is rehearsing three times a week for their performance at the February 18 Monday night meeting.
No more actors are needed.
Election 2008
Uncle Ron’s Ramblings
Michigan, Florida, Hoosier Voters Still Disenfranchised in Nomination Process: This is another Civics lesson from Uncle Ron. Actually it’s the same one.
Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, and New Hampshire rank fourth, eighth, 15th, 30th, and 41st respectively among the 50 states.
Their delegate counts to the presidential nominating conventions are: Florida (185 Demo, 114 GOP), Michigan (128 Demo, 60 GOP), Indiana (66 Demo, 57 GOP), Iowa (45 Demo, 40 GOP), New Hampshire (22 Demo, 24 GOP).
There are 4,049 total Democratic delegates with 2,025 needed to win the nomination. For the GOP, 1,191 out of 2,380 delegates are needed to be the standard-bearer.
In addition (or in subtraction), Florida and Michigan have been penalized all the Democratic delegates and half the GOP slate for moving their primaries up closer to the date of the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses. Hilary Clinton was the only Democratic candidate to campaign in those states although Barack Obama won 30% of the Florida votes without campaigning.
Indiana’s political leaders, God bless them, are not making waves. The Hoosier primary will still be May 6, long after the presidential nominations should be sewn up.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.).
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
.
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
All of the above activities count toward ABE hours.
Herald Sports
ND Men 81, Providence 74: Harangody scored a career-high 31 points and the Irish (15-4, 5-2 Big East) used a 14-5 run in overtime to take control and beat Providence 81-74 on Thursday night to extend their home winning streak to 32 games.
Tory Jackson scored 14 points and handed out seven assists. Rob Kurz added 11 points and seven rebounds. Harangody pulled down 14 boards.
Local Wednesday College Basketball Scores Omitted from Thursday Edition: Olivet 80, Saint Mary’s 70; Notre Dame Women 85, Providence 54.
ND Hires New Defensive Grid Assistant: Notre Dame has hired Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta as assistant head coach for defense.
“Jon’s track record speaks for itself,” Irish head coach Charlie Weis said in a statement Thursday. “He is a coach with an immense amount of defensive knowledge and will undoubtedly help our program.”
Tenuta will replace Bill Lewis. The 66-year-old Lewis is retiring from coaching because he has to have both of his hips replaced.
“Two things attracted me to this job, Coach Weis and Notre Dame,” Tenuta said in the statement. “It’s an opportunity to coach at one of the greatest traditional powerhouse programs in college football and to work with one of the brightest minds in the game.”
Tenuta said he is looking forward to working with Irish defensive coordinator Corwin Brown, who is entering his second year with the team.
ND Men’s Tennis 7, Northwestern 0: Brett Helgeson teamed with Sheeva Parbhu to beat Mark Dwyer-Alex Sanborn, 8-5, for the Irish (3-1), number one doubles.
Helgeston also beat Dwyer, 6-3, 6-2, in number one singles.
Freshman Steven Havens and Andrew Roth beat Alexander Tams-Peter Raspoli, 8-3 in number two doubles while freshman Tyler Davis and junior Santiago Montoya beat Juan Gomez-David Seyferth, 8-6, in number three doubles.
Thursday NBA Scores: Spurs 84, Suns 81 (Tim Duncan lay-up with 30.9 left); Celtics 96, Mavericks 90 (Kevin Garnett still out); Pistons 90, Lakers 89 (Tayshaun Prince 3-point shot with 4.4 left; Kobe Bryant 39 points and 10 rebounds); Sonics 101, Cavaliers 95 (Lebron James out with right ankle sprain; Kevin Durant 24).
Thursday NHL Scores: Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Islanders 1; N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 0; Boston 4, Ottawa 1; Nashville 4, Columbus 2; Washington 5, Montreal 4 (OT); Carolina 3, Toronto 2 (OT); Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 3.
Thursday NCAA Men’s Basketball Scores: (13) Wisconsin 62, (11) IU 49; IUPUI 88, Southern Utah 66; IPFW 73, South Dakota St. 63; Minnesota 77, Michigan 65; Detroit 72, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 61; (3) Duke 92, North Carolina St. 72; (4) North Carolina, Boston College 69; (5) UCLA 84, Arizona St. 51; California 69, (9) Washington St. 64.
Thursday NCAA Women’s Basketball Scores: IU 86, Wisconsin 62; Creighton 68, Indiana St. 60; Purdue 56, Minnesota 54; Cleveland St. 65, Butler 61; Youngstown St. 92, Valparaiso 79; Michigan St. 61, Michigan 58; (2) Tennessee 68, Mississippi 44; (3) North Carolina 76, Wake Forest 55; (5) Maryland 90, Miami, Fl. 50; (7) Stanford 77, USC 51; (8) LSU 67, South Carolina 37; (10) California 67, UCLA 53.
Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings
Don’t Believe Tony-Jessica Rumors: According to the Dallas Morning News, reports in such distinguished publications as the National Enquirer of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and singer/actress Jessica Simpson breaking up are premature.
Brady Looking Healthy: Meanwhile in the New England Patriots training center, quarterback Tom Brady is apparently showing no ill effects from a high ankle sprain.
“Am I cured? I don’t think it’s a problem going into the game,” Brady said of the ankle before practice. “I think the right shoulder is probable. A little fatigued, so, going to be going out and trying to move around the best I can and make all the throws. I don’t think the ankle is truly a problem. If it was, I’m sure coach would have listed it.”
In a case of the rich getting richer, Brady did receive a marriage proposal on media day from a Mexican TV correspondent in a short wedding dress. Brady’s girl-friend, model Giselle Bundchen was not in attendance.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning’s love life was getting very little attention. Anyway, the Pats are 14-point favorites.
Letter to the Editor
THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
MONDAY NIGHT MEETING: JANUARY 28, 2008
I. KENYA PRESENTATION
Request by: Emily Pickerill; Executive Assistant
i. Introduction
Personal background and visits to the United States of America:
1). October 2004, 2). November 2007.
I came to the Center for the Homeless on Tuesday night, November 27, 2007.
ii. Appreciation
I am very grateful for my reception at the Center and for all the love and care that I
have received which is only comparable to that of a caring mother. It is therefore
only right for me to say that the Center has become my mother and my all! My
Coach, Andrew has been most real to me just as a bloody brother would be. I
reverence him and consider him as my Mentor as I seek relocation here.
Surprisingly, though, all the other Coaches have been treating me most dearly!
I hope that dear Steve, being the CEO of the Center; will accept my most sincere
gratitude and kindly pass this to all his members of staff.
Without any exceptions, all of you, my brothers and sisters have touched my heart
in one way or another and I remember all of you daily in my prayers.
iii. A Homily
Psalm 136 is a "Litany of Thanksgiving."
v. 1 says; "Give thanks to Yahweh for "He" is good' and the last v. 26 says; Give
thanks to the God of heaven, for "His" love endures for ever" (NJB).
It gives God great pleasure to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children!
This was His message to the world 2000 yrs ago when, "with the angel there was a
great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:
Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace for those "He" favours"
(Lk 2: 13, 14 NJB). God's favour was revealed to all humanity through the
incarnation. Being the "Emmanuel, which means God with us", God did not only
want to identify Himself with His self image but also in the discouragements in our
lives. He wanted to take care of the state of hopelessness in us brought by the sin of
common Ancestor Adam. He wanted to restore hope and become the source of
genuine change in our shattered and broken lives. However, there is a cost to this!
That is, the will to accept and commit oneself to genuine change. Someone wrote
that: "It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you
very often get it."
A young lady who came to serve meals here as a volunteer about a week ago learnt that I am from Kenya. She commented sympathetically; "It is crazy out there!" I responded politely: "Yes, but the world is crazy everywhere."
How many times have we seen brothers at the front lounge, their tongues on fire against each other! I thank God for placing me in a dorm named after a priest, the Rev. Edward "Monk" Malloy. Yet, I myself have been subjected to name calling by some of my brothers in the dorm for no particular good reason. According to African culture words related with sex are considered sacred to be mentioned in the bedrooms let alone in public. The craziness in the world is most probably the cause of our being guests here at the Center for the Homeless.
As I pray for love, peace, unity and change in my country, I also remember to pray the same for all of us. "Love, forgiveness and tolerance can heal the body. If the mind is dominated by negative emotions, then there is no possibility to develop compassion, kindness, forgiveness and tolerance and the resulting peace of mind that these virtues bring."
My message for Kenya today is therefore a message the world and for each one of us. A message of love, peace and goodwill!
A message of hope for everyone irrespective of our religious, denominational, ethnic, or cultural differences.
A message that is regardless of colour, race, social class and political affiliation.
A message of hope to the hopeless!
Hope for genuine change without feelings of prejudice for our life-styles.
For God's great pleasure is to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children.
In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. AMEN!
II. Political Background
Kenya lies across the equator in the east-central Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is twice the size of Nevada. Kenya borders Somaria to the east, Ethiopia to the North, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest.
More than 40 ethnic groups reside in Kenya. There are 25 different languages spoken by various ethnic groups. The largest of there groups are the Kikuyu (22 percent); they migrated to the region at the beginning of the 18th century. The other major groups are the Luhya (14 percent) and, the Luo (13 percent).
Kenya became a British protectorate in 1890 and a crown colony in 1920, when it went by the name British East Africa. The lush central Rift Valley Province, commonly known as the "white highlands" was the bee-hive of the influential white settler community who virtually ruled colonial Kenya from Nakuru town. In his memoirs: A Love – Affair with – Sunshine, Sir Michael Blundell – himself a settler at Solai in Nakuru – reckons that no governor would make a decision without having to travel to Nakuru to consult the settlers. "They were the tail that wagged the dog, he writes. Other pioneer settlers such as the Lord Delamere set camp in this significant, hilly and most agriculturally productive province in early 1930s. This was about the same time that my own parents migrated to the area from Kikuyu land in such of employment. I and others from many other different tribes were born and brought up here without ancestral attachments elsewhere. We knew each other as members of the same family, went to school together, attended church together, hunting together and sharing our food. This was without acrimony and tribalism was an animal unknown to us at the time, otherwise instead of hunting rabbits, we would have hunted this beast rather than take bows and arrows now to hunt, main and kill the same people with whom we shared life from childhood.
National stirrings began in 1940s, and in 1952 the Mau Mau movement, made up of Kikuyu militants, rebelled against the government. The fighting lasted until 1956. Seven (7) years later, on December 12, 1963, Kenya became fully independent. Jomo Kenyatta, a Kikuyu nationalist leader during the independence struggle who had been jailed by the British, became the country's first president. After the country acquired self-governance, some of the British settlers were in haste to leave the country though Kenyatta had given them the assurance of a peaceful co-existence and respect to their property. In his speech to the settlers at Nakuru municipal hall: Mr. Kenyatta told them; "We will have to build this country together." However, an agreement was entered that those who felt that they must leave were free to do so and to dispose of their property to the locals on a willing buyer willing seller basis. It was on these grounds that some of us acquired land in the Rift Valley Province though our parents had originated from the Central Province.
When Kenya was a British colony, until Mzee Kenyatta's death in August 1978, the tribes co-existed in harmony without experiencing the current madness. Exit Mzee Kenyatta and enter Mr. Daniel T. Arap Moi, the then vice president; in his own style. Mr. Moi was president of the country for 24 years.
From 1964, the country was ruled as a one-party state by the Kenya African National Union (KANU), first under Kenyatta and then under Moi. Demonstrations and riots organized by oppostion leaders and human rights activists pressured Moi for multiparty elections in 1992.
In August 7, 1998, the United States Embassy in Nairobi was bombed by terrorists, 243 people died and 1000 were injured.
III. Current Political Situation
On December 2002, Mwai Kibaki, the then opposition leader and a one time Moi's vice president, won the presidential elections. President Mwai Kibaki promised to put an end to the country's rampant corruption that had greatly affected the country during the reign of Mr. Moi. In his first few months, Kibaki did initiate a number of reforms – ordering a crackdown on corrupt judges and the police and instituting free primary school education – and international donors opened their coffers again. But by 2004, disappointment in Kibaki set in when little further progress was evident, and a long-awaited new constitution, meant to limit the president's power, still had not been delivered. This was the bone of contention between President Mwai Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga whose ambition was to be Kenya's prime minister under the new constitution. Rift Valley Province to bear the brunt of the madness that Kenya descended into following the disputed election results. Over 400 lives have been lost; over 7,000 children have no where to study and over 10,000 people have no place to call home. At night they huddle in the schools, chiefs' camps, and police stations, churches under police protection while others spend the night in the bush while their neighbours torched their houses, maize fields and livestock pens.
IV. Conclusion
Kenya is situated in one of Africa's most volatile and troubled regions, yet it has one of the continent's most attractions and stable democracies for the last 43 years of independence. I wish to quote Gwynne Dyer, a London-based independent journalist who rightly said in an article in the South Bend Tribune that; "Despite the ugly scenes of recent days, Kenya is not an ethnic tinderbox where people automatically back their own tribes and hate everyone else." The people have long moved from cultural, traditional and ethnic primitivism and developed a culture that is modern. For many years now, intermarriage has been in existence among different tribes in Kenya, a relationship that was not well accepted in the past. Marriage is generally accepted among the majority of African tribes as a lasting relationship that strongly bind two different families together as one family, whatever their cultural, tribal or ethnic background. The deeply grievious situation that is affecting my country is the result of individual ambition and greed for polical power and must be highly condemned. After being subjected to a shameful humiliation in a public arena by his boss, one of Kenya's vice president declared in resignation that; "there comes a time when a nation is more important than an individual." The Kenyan nation is more important than President Mwai Kibaki or Mr. Raila Odinga.
Religions: Protestants 45 percent; Roman Catholic 33 percent; Indigenous 10 percent; Islam 10 percent.
Isaac F. M. Githinji
“Underground Railroad” Taking Shape: The CFH “Underground Railroad” play is taking shape under the enthusiastic and dedicated leadership of writer/director David Evans (no relation to actor Gene Evans of the 1950’s “My Friend Flicka” TV show or Dale Evans, Queen of the West). David is a member of Creative Word Ministries which uses drama.
David’s script is based on actual historical incidents.
The cast is rehearsing three times a week for their performance at the February 18 Monday night meeting.
No more actors are needed.
Election 2008
Uncle Ron’s Ramblings
Michigan, Florida, Hoosier Voters Still Disenfranchised in Nomination Process: This is another Civics lesson from Uncle Ron. Actually it’s the same one.
Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, and New Hampshire rank fourth, eighth, 15th, 30th, and 41st respectively among the 50 states.
Their delegate counts to the presidential nominating conventions are: Florida (185 Demo, 114 GOP), Michigan (128 Demo, 60 GOP), Indiana (66 Demo, 57 GOP), Iowa (45 Demo, 40 GOP), New Hampshire (22 Demo, 24 GOP).
There are 4,049 total Democratic delegates with 2,025 needed to win the nomination. For the GOP, 1,191 out of 2,380 delegates are needed to be the standard-bearer.
In addition (or in subtraction), Florida and Michigan have been penalized all the Democratic delegates and half the GOP slate for moving their primaries up closer to the date of the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses. Hilary Clinton was the only Democratic candidate to campaign in those states although Barack Obama won 30% of the Florida votes without campaigning.
Indiana’s political leaders, God bless them, are not making waves. The Hoosier primary will still be May 6, long after the presidential nominations should be sewn up.
Announcements
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.).
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
.
ABE
▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.
All of the above activities count toward ABE hours.
Herald Sports
ND Men 81, Providence 74: Harangody scored a career-high 31 points and the Irish (15-4, 5-2 Big East) used a 14-5 run in overtime to take control and beat Providence 81-74 on Thursday night to extend their home winning streak to 32 games.
Tory Jackson scored 14 points and handed out seven assists. Rob Kurz added 11 points and seven rebounds. Harangody pulled down 14 boards.
Local Wednesday College Basketball Scores Omitted from Thursday Edition: Olivet 80, Saint Mary’s 70; Notre Dame Women 85, Providence 54.
ND Hires New Defensive Grid Assistant: Notre Dame has hired Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta as assistant head coach for defense.
“Jon’s track record speaks for itself,” Irish head coach Charlie Weis said in a statement Thursday. “He is a coach with an immense amount of defensive knowledge and will undoubtedly help our program.”
Tenuta will replace Bill Lewis. The 66-year-old Lewis is retiring from coaching because he has to have both of his hips replaced.
“Two things attracted me to this job, Coach Weis and Notre Dame,” Tenuta said in the statement. “It’s an opportunity to coach at one of the greatest traditional powerhouse programs in college football and to work with one of the brightest minds in the game.”
Tenuta said he is looking forward to working with Irish defensive coordinator Corwin Brown, who is entering his second year with the team.
ND Men’s Tennis 7, Northwestern 0: Brett Helgeson teamed with Sheeva Parbhu to beat Mark Dwyer-Alex Sanborn, 8-5, for the Irish (3-1), number one doubles.
Helgeston also beat Dwyer, 6-3, 6-2, in number one singles.
Freshman Steven Havens and Andrew Roth beat Alexander Tams-Peter Raspoli, 8-3 in number two doubles while freshman Tyler Davis and junior Santiago Montoya beat Juan Gomez-David Seyferth, 8-6, in number three doubles.
Thursday NBA Scores: Spurs 84, Suns 81 (Tim Duncan lay-up with 30.9 left); Celtics 96, Mavericks 90 (Kevin Garnett still out); Pistons 90, Lakers 89 (Tayshaun Prince 3-point shot with 4.4 left; Kobe Bryant 39 points and 10 rebounds); Sonics 101, Cavaliers 95 (Lebron James out with right ankle sprain; Kevin Durant 24).
Thursday NHL Scores: Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Islanders 1; N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 0; Boston 4, Ottawa 1; Nashville 4, Columbus 2; Washington 5, Montreal 4 (OT); Carolina 3, Toronto 2 (OT); Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 3.
Thursday NCAA Men’s Basketball Scores: (13) Wisconsin 62, (11) IU 49; IUPUI 88, Southern Utah 66; IPFW 73, South Dakota St. 63; Minnesota 77, Michigan 65; Detroit 72, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 61; (3) Duke 92, North Carolina St. 72; (4) North Carolina, Boston College 69; (5) UCLA 84, Arizona St. 51; California 69, (9) Washington St. 64.
Thursday NCAA Women’s Basketball Scores: IU 86, Wisconsin 62; Creighton 68, Indiana St. 60; Purdue 56, Minnesota 54; Cleveland St. 65, Butler 61; Youngstown St. 92, Valparaiso 79; Michigan St. 61, Michigan 58; (2) Tennessee 68, Mississippi 44; (3) North Carolina 76, Wake Forest 55; (5) Maryland 90, Miami, Fl. 50; (7) Stanford 77, USC 51; (8) LSU 67, South Carolina 37; (10) California 67, UCLA 53.
Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings
Don’t Believe Tony-Jessica Rumors: According to the Dallas Morning News, reports in such distinguished publications as the National Enquirer of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and singer/actress Jessica Simpson breaking up are premature.
Brady Looking Healthy: Meanwhile in the New England Patriots training center, quarterback Tom Brady is apparently showing no ill effects from a high ankle sprain.
“Am I cured? I don’t think it’s a problem going into the game,” Brady said of the ankle before practice. “I think the right shoulder is probable. A little fatigued, so, going to be going out and trying to move around the best I can and make all the throws. I don’t think the ankle is truly a problem. If it was, I’m sure coach would have listed it.”
In a case of the rich getting richer, Brady did receive a marriage proposal on media day from a Mexican TV correspondent in a short wedding dress. Brady’s girl-friend, model Giselle Bundchen was not in attendance.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning’s love life was getting very little attention. Anyway, the Pats are 14-point favorites.
Letter to the Editor
THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
MONDAY NIGHT MEETING: JANUARY 28, 2008
I. KENYA PRESENTATION
Request by: Emily Pickerill; Executive Assistant
i. Introduction
Personal background and visits to the United States of America:
1). October 2004, 2). November 2007.
I came to the Center for the Homeless on Tuesday night, November 27, 2007.
ii. Appreciation
I am very grateful for my reception at the Center and for all the love and care that I
have received which is only comparable to that of a caring mother. It is therefore
only right for me to say that the Center has become my mother and my all! My
Coach, Andrew has been most real to me just as a bloody brother would be. I
reverence him and consider him as my Mentor as I seek relocation here.
Surprisingly, though, all the other Coaches have been treating me most dearly!
I hope that dear Steve, being the CEO of the Center; will accept my most sincere
gratitude and kindly pass this to all his members of staff.
Without any exceptions, all of you, my brothers and sisters have touched my heart
in one way or another and I remember all of you daily in my prayers.
iii. A Homily
Psalm 136 is a "Litany of Thanksgiving."
v. 1 says; "Give thanks to Yahweh for "He" is good' and the last v. 26 says; Give
thanks to the God of heaven, for "His" love endures for ever" (NJB).
It gives God great pleasure to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children!
This was His message to the world 2000 yrs ago when, "with the angel there was a
great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:
Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace for those "He" favours"
(Lk 2: 13, 14 NJB). God's favour was revealed to all humanity through the
incarnation. Being the "Emmanuel, which means God with us", God did not only
want to identify Himself with His self image but also in the discouragements in our
lives. He wanted to take care of the state of hopelessness in us brought by the sin of
common Ancestor Adam. He wanted to restore hope and become the source of
genuine change in our shattered and broken lives. However, there is a cost to this!
That is, the will to accept and commit oneself to genuine change. Someone wrote
that: "It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you
very often get it."
A young lady who came to serve meals here as a volunteer about a week ago learnt that I am from Kenya. She commented sympathetically; "It is crazy out there!" I responded politely: "Yes, but the world is crazy everywhere."
How many times have we seen brothers at the front lounge, their tongues on fire against each other! I thank God for placing me in a dorm named after a priest, the Rev. Edward "Monk" Malloy. Yet, I myself have been subjected to name calling by some of my brothers in the dorm for no particular good reason. According to African culture words related with sex are considered sacred to be mentioned in the bedrooms let alone in public. The craziness in the world is most probably the cause of our being guests here at the Center for the Homeless.
As I pray for love, peace, unity and change in my country, I also remember to pray the same for all of us. "Love, forgiveness and tolerance can heal the body. If the mind is dominated by negative emotions, then there is no possibility to develop compassion, kindness, forgiveness and tolerance and the resulting peace of mind that these virtues bring."
My message for Kenya today is therefore a message the world and for each one of us. A message of love, peace and goodwill!
A message of hope for everyone irrespective of our religious, denominational, ethnic, or cultural differences.
A message that is regardless of colour, race, social class and political affiliation.
A message of hope to the hopeless!
Hope for genuine change without feelings of prejudice for our life-styles.
For God's great pleasure is to reconcile us to Himself and to make us His children.
In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. AMEN!
II. Political Background
Kenya lies across the equator in the east-central Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is twice the size of Nevada. Kenya borders Somaria to the east, Ethiopia to the North, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest.
More than 40 ethnic groups reside in Kenya. There are 25 different languages spoken by various ethnic groups. The largest of there groups are the Kikuyu (22 percent); they migrated to the region at the beginning of the 18th century. The other major groups are the Luhya (14 percent) and, the Luo (13 percent).
Kenya became a British protectorate in 1890 and a crown colony in 1920, when it went by the name British East Africa. The lush central Rift Valley Province, commonly known as the "white highlands" was the bee-hive of the influential white settler community who virtually ruled colonial Kenya from Nakuru town. In his memoirs: A Love – Affair with – Sunshine, Sir Michael Blundell – himself a settler at Solai in Nakuru – reckons that no governor would make a decision without having to travel to Nakuru to consult the settlers. "They were the tail that wagged the dog, he writes. Other pioneer settlers such as the Lord Delamere set camp in this significant, hilly and most agriculturally productive province in early 1930s. This was about the same time that my own parents migrated to the area from Kikuyu land in such of employment. I and others from many other different tribes were born and brought up here without ancestral attachments elsewhere. We knew each other as members of the same family, went to school together, attended church together, hunting together and sharing our food. This was without acrimony and tribalism was an animal unknown to us at the time, otherwise instead of hunting rabbits, we would have hunted this beast rather than take bows and arrows now to hunt, main and kill the same people with whom we shared life from childhood.
National stirrings began in 1940s, and in 1952 the Mau Mau movement, made up of Kikuyu militants, rebelled against the government. The fighting lasted until 1956. Seven (7) years later, on December 12, 1963, Kenya became fully independent. Jomo Kenyatta, a Kikuyu nationalist leader during the independence struggle who had been jailed by the British, became the country's first president. After the country acquired self-governance, some of the British settlers were in haste to leave the country though Kenyatta had given them the assurance of a peaceful co-existence and respect to their property. In his speech to the settlers at Nakuru municipal hall: Mr. Kenyatta told them; "We will have to build this country together." However, an agreement was entered that those who felt that they must leave were free to do so and to dispose of their property to the locals on a willing buyer willing seller basis. It was on these grounds that some of us acquired land in the Rift Valley Province though our parents had originated from the Central Province.
When Kenya was a British colony, until Mzee Kenyatta's death in August 1978, the tribes co-existed in harmony without experiencing the current madness. Exit Mzee Kenyatta and enter Mr. Daniel T. Arap Moi, the then vice president; in his own style. Mr. Moi was president of the country for 24 years.
From 1964, the country was ruled as a one-party state by the Kenya African National Union (KANU), first under Kenyatta and then under Moi. Demonstrations and riots organized by oppostion leaders and human rights activists pressured Moi for multiparty elections in 1992.
In August 7, 1998, the United States Embassy in Nairobi was bombed by terrorists, 243 people died and 1000 were injured.
III. Current Political Situation
On December 2002, Mwai Kibaki, the then opposition leader and a one time Moi's vice president, won the presidential elections. President Mwai Kibaki promised to put an end to the country's rampant corruption that had greatly affected the country during the reign of Mr. Moi. In his first few months, Kibaki did initiate a number of reforms – ordering a crackdown on corrupt judges and the police and instituting free primary school education – and international donors opened their coffers again. But by 2004, disappointment in Kibaki set in when little further progress was evident, and a long-awaited new constitution, meant to limit the president's power, still had not been delivered. This was the bone of contention between President Mwai Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga whose ambition was to be Kenya's prime minister under the new constitution. Rift Valley Province to bear the brunt of the madness that Kenya descended into following the disputed election results. Over 400 lives have been lost; over 7,000 children have no where to study and over 10,000 people have no place to call home. At night they huddle in the schools, chiefs' camps, and police stations, churches under police protection while others spend the night in the bush while their neighbours torched their houses, maize fields and livestock pens.
IV. Conclusion
Kenya is situated in one of Africa's most volatile and troubled regions, yet it has one of the continent's most attractions and stable democracies for the last 43 years of independence. I wish to quote Gwynne Dyer, a London-based independent journalist who rightly said in an article in the South Bend Tribune that; "Despite the ugly scenes of recent days, Kenya is not an ethnic tinderbox where people automatically back their own tribes and hate everyone else." The people have long moved from cultural, traditional and ethnic primitivism and developed a culture that is modern. For many years now, intermarriage has been in existence among different tribes in Kenya, a relationship that was not well accepted in the past. Marriage is generally accepted among the majority of African tribes as a lasting relationship that strongly bind two different families together as one family, whatever their cultural, tribal or ethnic background. The deeply grievious situation that is affecting my country is the result of individual ambition and greed for polical power and must be highly condemned. After being subjected to a shameful humiliation in a public arena by his boss, one of Kenya's vice president declared in resignation that; "there comes a time when a nation is more important than an individual." The Kenyan nation is more important than President Mwai Kibaki or Mr. Raila Odinga.
Religions: Protestants 45 percent; Roman Catholic 33 percent; Indigenous 10 percent; Islam 10 percent.
Isaac F. M. Githinji
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