Announcements
Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc.:
▪Safety Committee Meeting--January 17, 6-7 p.m., at the NNN Meeting Room.
▪Breakfast With the Mayor--January 31; Charles Martin Youth Center, 9-11 a.m. (next to the old Lincolnway Foods on Lincolnway West).
The public is invited to both events.
▪Neighborhood Yoga--gentle yoga practice for beginners and continuing students Monday afternoons from 4-5:15 p.m. at the NNN Neighborhood Center. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat.
Questions? Call Ann at 289-8366 or email at aclark@saintmarys.edu.
S.B. Free Press Sports
ND Notes: Basketball, Women--Marquette 75, (10) ND 65; Natalie Novosel earns second Big East Freshman of the Week honor; Hockey--Kyle Lawson and Jordan Pearce take CCHA weekly honors; Fall All-Sports--Irish 14th in NACDA Directors’ Cup standings after Fall season.
IHSAA Basketball: Girls--Marian at Goshen PPD.
NFL Notes: Chiefs--Chiefs hire Patriots’ Scott Pioli as new GM.
NFL Conference Championships: NFC--Eagles at Cardinals (3 p.m., Fox 28); AFC--Ravens at Steelers (6:30 p.m., CBS).
NBA Scores: Bobcats 80, Pistons 78; Heat 99, Timberwolves 96; Cavaliers 102, Grizzlies 87; Lakers 105, Rockets 100; Nuggets 99, Mavericks 97; Suns 107, Hawks 102; Magic 139, Kings 107.
NHL Scores: Bruins 3, Canadiens 1; Blue Jackets 4, Avalanche 3; Oilers 5, Capitals 2; Rangers 2, Islanders 1; Penguins 4, Flyers 2; Predators 2, Maple Leafs 0; Senators 5, Hurricanes 1; Wild 6, Coyotes 3; Flames 3, Blues 1; Devils 5, Canucks 3; Sharks 7, Lightning 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Olivet Nazarene (IL) 86, IUSB 82; Ohio St. 77, IU 53; Ball St. 60, Northern Illinois 54; Bradley 63, Indiana St. 52; Northern Iowa 58, Evansville 47; Kentucky 90, (24) Tennessee 72 (Jodie Meeks 54 points for Kentucky); Women--IUSB 119, Olivet Nazarene 115; (8) Texas A&M 67, Texas Tech 56; (1) U Conn 77, DePaul 62.
MLB: Cubs--winning Cub bidder should be announced at end of this week; Cub sale price said to be in $1-billion price range; Preston Gomez; former Cubs, Padres, and Astros manager; dies at age 85; Braves--Braves sign Derek Lowe to $60-million deal; Padres--Padres sign Mark Prior to minor league deal; Marlins--former Orioles’ OF Jay Gibbons joins Marlins.
NCAA Football: BC--BC promotes assistant Frank Spaziani to head coach.
Women’s Professional Soccer: New WPA’s L.A. Sol signs Brazilian superstar Marta, generally regarded as the best women’s soccer player in the world; WPS kicks off inaugural season in late march.
Local
Local Headlines: Adams High School--Eagles’ head football coach Peter Rausch resigns; Arson--co-defendants in 2007 South Bend arson case ask for sentence reduction; Justin Brooks and William Glover originally sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to April 2007 fire at Park Jefferson Apartments which caused minimal property damage but potentially endangered lives; Indiana Court of Appeals has already reduced Brooks’ sentence to four years; Dismissed--burglary charges dismissed against realtor Jonathan D. Niemiec; was accused of stealing furniture from client’s house in rural St. Joseph County; Possible Arson--fire at Washington High School linked to students; Musical Theft--employee of Conn-Selmer instrument factory in Elkhart charged with stealing flutes and piccolos; Free Transportation--local parents of GI killed in Iraq get free transportation to visit President Bush thanks to complete stranger.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama says he has gotten far more advice on puppy choice than on economy or cabinet picks; House Speaker Pelosi hints Obama will get his $350 billion TARP request; The T-Word--Bush administration official Susan J. Crawford admits terror suspect Mohammed al-Qahtani was tortured; Sullivan was appointed in February 2007 by Defense Secretary Bill Gates to be convening authority of military commissions; Medal of Freedom--President Bush presents Presidential Medal of Freedom to Columbian President Alvaro Uribe, former British PM Tony Blair, and former Australian PM John Howard; Gaza--UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as diplomats seek peace in war-torn Gaza strip; Germany--Deutsche Bank reports Euro 4.8-billion 4Q loss; Indiana/Florida--down-and-out Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker, 38, found alive and arrested; tried to fake own death in Florida plane crash; Vicks--Vicks’ Vapo Rub linked to infant breathing problems; Economy--Morgan-Stanley, Smith-Barney combine; report says retail sales plunge 2.7% in December.
Entertainment: Ben and Jen--Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner name week-old daughter Seraphina.
Deaths: Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, 81, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950’s; Stanley Moravitz, 86, one of the founders of the Giant Eagle supermarket chain.
Weather
Today High 9 Low 0 Snow
Thu High 4 Low -6 Snow Showers
Fri High 2 Low -1 Chance Snow
Sat High 22 Low 13 Chance Snow
Sun High 22 Low 16 Partly Cloudy
Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc.:
▪Safety Committee Meeting--January 17, 6-7 p.m., at the NNN Meeting Room.
▪Breakfast With the Mayor--January 31; Charles Martin Youth Center, 9-11 a.m. (next to the old Lincolnway Foods on Lincolnway West).
The public is invited to both events.
▪Neighborhood Yoga--gentle yoga practice for beginners and continuing students Monday afternoons from 4-5:15 p.m. at the NNN Neighborhood Center. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat.
Questions? Call Ann at 289-8366 or email at aclark@saintmarys.edu.
S.B. Free Press Sports
ND Notes: Basketball, Women--Marquette 75, (10) ND 65; Natalie Novosel earns second Big East Freshman of the Week honor; Hockey--Kyle Lawson and Jordan Pearce take CCHA weekly honors; Fall All-Sports--Irish 14th in NACDA Directors’ Cup standings after Fall season.
IHSAA Basketball: Girls--Marian at Goshen PPD.
NFL Notes: Chiefs--Chiefs hire Patriots’ Scott Pioli as new GM.
NFL Conference Championships: NFC--Eagles at Cardinals (3 p.m., Fox 28); AFC--Ravens at Steelers (6:30 p.m., CBS).
NBA Scores: Bobcats 80, Pistons 78; Heat 99, Timberwolves 96; Cavaliers 102, Grizzlies 87; Lakers 105, Rockets 100; Nuggets 99, Mavericks 97; Suns 107, Hawks 102; Magic 139, Kings 107.
NHL Scores: Bruins 3, Canadiens 1; Blue Jackets 4, Avalanche 3; Oilers 5, Capitals 2; Rangers 2, Islanders 1; Penguins 4, Flyers 2; Predators 2, Maple Leafs 0; Senators 5, Hurricanes 1; Wild 6, Coyotes 3; Flames 3, Blues 1; Devils 5, Canucks 3; Sharks 7, Lightning 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Olivet Nazarene (IL) 86, IUSB 82; Ohio St. 77, IU 53; Ball St. 60, Northern Illinois 54; Bradley 63, Indiana St. 52; Northern Iowa 58, Evansville 47; Kentucky 90, (24) Tennessee 72 (Jodie Meeks 54 points for Kentucky); Women--IUSB 119, Olivet Nazarene 115; (8) Texas A&M 67, Texas Tech 56; (1) U Conn 77, DePaul 62.
MLB: Cubs--winning Cub bidder should be announced at end of this week; Cub sale price said to be in $1-billion price range; Preston Gomez; former Cubs, Padres, and Astros manager; dies at age 85; Braves--Braves sign Derek Lowe to $60-million deal; Padres--Padres sign Mark Prior to minor league deal; Marlins--former Orioles’ OF Jay Gibbons joins Marlins.
NCAA Football: BC--BC promotes assistant Frank Spaziani to head coach.
Women’s Professional Soccer: New WPA’s L.A. Sol signs Brazilian superstar Marta, generally regarded as the best women’s soccer player in the world; WPS kicks off inaugural season in late march.
Local
Local Headlines: Adams High School--Eagles’ head football coach Peter Rausch resigns; Arson--co-defendants in 2007 South Bend arson case ask for sentence reduction; Justin Brooks and William Glover originally sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to April 2007 fire at Park Jefferson Apartments which caused minimal property damage but potentially endangered lives; Indiana Court of Appeals has already reduced Brooks’ sentence to four years; Dismissed--burglary charges dismissed against realtor Jonathan D. Niemiec; was accused of stealing furniture from client’s house in rural St. Joseph County; Possible Arson--fire at Washington High School linked to students; Musical Theft--employee of Conn-Selmer instrument factory in Elkhart charged with stealing flutes and piccolos; Free Transportation--local parents of GI killed in Iraq get free transportation to visit President Bush thanks to complete stranger.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama says he has gotten far more advice on puppy choice than on economy or cabinet picks; House Speaker Pelosi hints Obama will get his $350 billion TARP request; The T-Word--Bush administration official Susan J. Crawford admits terror suspect Mohammed al-Qahtani was tortured; Sullivan was appointed in February 2007 by Defense Secretary Bill Gates to be convening authority of military commissions; Medal of Freedom--President Bush presents Presidential Medal of Freedom to Columbian President Alvaro Uribe, former British PM Tony Blair, and former Australian PM John Howard; Gaza--UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as diplomats seek peace in war-torn Gaza strip; Germany--Deutsche Bank reports Euro 4.8-billion 4Q loss; Indiana/Florida--down-and-out Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker, 38, found alive and arrested; tried to fake own death in Florida plane crash; Vicks--Vicks’ Vapo Rub linked to infant breathing problems; Economy--Morgan-Stanley, Smith-Barney combine; report says retail sales plunge 2.7% in December.
Entertainment: Ben and Jen--Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner name week-old daughter Seraphina.
Deaths: Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, 81, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950’s; Stanley Moravitz, 86, one of the founders of the Giant Eagle supermarket chain.
Weather
Today High 9 Low 0 Snow
Thu High 4 Low -6 Snow Showers
Fri High 2 Low -1 Chance Snow
Sat High 22 Low 13 Chance Snow
Sun High 22 Low 16 Partly Cloudy
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