1 T.sss&y Constant Graham (f South Bend vxb named teacher of the year at Greene Elementary School. Her area of teaching Is the fourth-, fifth- and sixth grade DEPTH (a gifted and talented) program. She has hem at Greene since 1996 and Is a graduate of Indiana University South Bend. 'i HOMETOWN Uf lXht JSiii imp TUZSSf, AUGUST 2ZZ0 SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE ourcommunzty xuri i ruri eld 1 odH i yH4 1 ff You walk for charity, and you dance for fun. Its impossible information to Hometown Editor, South Bend Tribune, 225 W.
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The deadline for in-your organizations plans and neighborhood activities. Send formation for the following week is 5 p.m., Wednesday. BENEFITING OTHERS The sixth annual Leprechaun Hunt will be from noon to 6 pm. Sunday at Sharing Meadows in Rolling Pralria Participants will hunt die fields for leprechauns and cash prizes up to $1,000. i Admission is $40 per adult in advance or $45 at the gate (children 17 and younger are free if accompanied by an adult).
There will be Irish entertainment and food, and games for children. All proceeds benefit the Share Foundation, a not-for-profit, privately firnded organization dedicated to serving the residential, vocational and social needs ofcQsgMed and developmental disabled adults. Sharing Meadows is on LaPorte County Road 300 East, two miles north of U.S. 20, east of Michigan City Call the Share Foundation at (219) 778-2585 few mare informs- tion. v4 AX.
Jribune PhotoBAR8ARA ALUSON Rm Stephen P. Newton of Ufa Treatment Centers wM be leaving South Bend this week to taka his work to east Africa. a A call to share will discuss the different types of insulin, including information about the newest prescription medications that are available. 630 pm. Dn Bruce Schwartz, an ophthalmologist at Bluth Gerber Eye Care Center; will talk on current concepts in laser refractive surgery He performs corneal transplantation, cataracts and refractive surgery The cost is $4 for nonmembers.
WEDNESDAY 10 ami. Mens Circle of Respect This group gathers to listen and talk about what matters most to them. Noon: Leighton Center Book Club will discuss Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allenda 1 pm. Medication Counseling, by appointment 130 pm. Parkinsons Support Group Senior Law and Medicaid.
FRIDAY 130 pm. Relationship Growth Group This group is designed to help participants nur- ture andor reenergize friendships and familial ties. The group will explore a variety of relationship skills and their application in day-to-day life. RSOMM 10 a.m. Beginning Euchre Lessons.
SCHOOL NEWS Joseph Zielinski, James Hall and Jennifer Zarembka, all of Granger; were among those mak- ing the University College honors list for the past school year at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Students are awarded honors if they maintain at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the academic year University College is the acade mic unit at IUPUI hi Indianapolis that provides entering students with academic services in advising, learning communities and mentoring. I Danielle C. Lipp of South Bend has been named to the spring semester deans list at Drake University Des Moines, Iowa. Carrie L.
Whittaker of Mishawaka, a Penn High School graduate, has been named to the spring quarter deans list at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Wisconsin. Katherine Dreisbach of Mishawaka was named to the 2000 spring semester deans list at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WVa. "Recovery is a gift that has been given unearned to me. Its a gift that needs to be shared, Newton said. He founded an addictions i recovery facility in Oregon, then returned to Notre Dame to renew his candidacy for the priesthood.
Newton served as the first director of the Center for the Homeless when it opened in late 1988. He was ordained a Holy Cross priest in 1989. For the past eight years; Newton has served as executive director of Life Treatment Centers, a substance abuse and treatment facility at 1402 S. Michigan St in South Bend, while also serving as rector of Sorin Hall at Notre Dame. He wants to spend his life helping others overcome the addictions thathefaced.
Although alcoholism and drug abuse are as common in Africa as in the United States, treatment programs are virtually nonexistent Newton made his first trip to Africa in 1999. He was sent there to complete a study of substance- -abuse program needs. In Africa, attitudes about addiction are similar to how they were in the United States in the 1940s, Newton said. Drinking is common there. The drink of choice is home brew; Priest to set up treatment centers in Africa By MARGARET FOSMOE Tribune Staff Writer Rev Stephen P.
Newton was given a gift of recovery a gift that he now plans to share in Africa. Newton, a Holy Cross priest, will leave South Bend Wednesday to begin a new assignment in east Africa, where he will assist in establishing substance abuse centers. He will help establish four residential treatment centers: two in Kenya, one in Uganda and one in Zambia. Newton, 52, accepted the African assignment for at least the next three years, but expects he may work there for the rest of his life. "Its the most exciting enterprise in which Ive ever been engaged, he said.
A University of Notre Dame graduate, Newton is a recovering alcoholic himself He successfully sought treatment in 1975. LIBRARY NEWS ti bus The finale for the summer reading program at the Fran- cis Branch will be from 10 fnot a.m. to noon Thursday The celebration will feature the Clay Township firefighters and Safety House, chalk art and bubble time. Stories under the Sky-dome will be at 9:15 and 10 a.m. Thursday at the Centre Township Library A program on Internet Baqao: sics for adults will be pre- iT sented at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday at the Centre Township Branch. Learn the basics of navigating the Net using the Netscape browser. Basic conerf puter literacy (including abil- ity touseamouse)isneces- sary. To register, call Anne James from WNIT will provide a PBS Make It and Take It Craft Workshop at lpm. Monday at the River Park Branch.
In- JLj eluded are Arthur puppets, Barney streamer kites. Sesame Street mobiles and Wishbone bookmarks. To register, call 282-4635. James the Magician will perform at 1 p.m. Wednesday nkJ at the River Park Branch.
To- 4 register; call 282-4639. will be a Dr. Seuss Party at 10 am. today at the Tutt Branch. Participants can TrtdEe'a Cat in the Hat hat There will be an all-day festival featuring potato viO stamping and face painting Wednesday at the Centre jg Township branch.
NEW BOOKS 351 Nonfiction Monkey Business: The and Legends of theMarx Brothers, Simon Louvish nstl Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics, Jane Alexander Youre Too Kind-A Brief 5VD History of Flattery Richard 1 Stengel Jumping Fire: A Smoke- 4 jumpers Memoir of Fighting Wildfire, Murray Taylor 4 The Hundredth Window: Protecting Your Privacy and Security In the Age of the In-1 ternet, Charles Jennings Lj The Miracles of Mentor- eq ing: The Joy of Investing in dot 4 Our Future, Thomas Dortch The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company, Elizabeth Thomas Cool Kitchen: No Oven, No 125 Deli- I cious, No-Work Recipes for Summertime or Anytime, Lauren Chattman Civil Warriors: The Legal Siege on the Tobacco Indus-try Dan Zegart ul 5 Tournament Week: Inside the Ropes and Behind the Scenes On the PGA Tour, John Strege The Moose That Roared The Story of Jay Ward Bill rd Scott, a Flying Squirrel and ..7 a Talking Moose, Keith Scott tO iW i guii 1 097? 1A Fiction Hot Springs, Stephen Hunter The Empty Chair, Jeffery Deaver Ten Thousand Islands, Randy White Nursery Crimes, Ayelet Waldman Living to Tell Antonya Nelson Street Smart, Nicholas Coleridge The Sunday Tertulia, Lori Carlson WH The Ice Limit, Douglas Preston One Woman Short, Nelson jtiO George Female Ruins, Geoff 2 3 Nicholson ir.fA u.2 )i tA dot.7 47V? iltt bu1 idO bill InA KKM 9.1 OUT ABOUT AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Chapter 270s an-' nual picnic will be at noon Monday at Potawatomi Park, ovens one and two. Meat will be provided. Bring a dish to pass, your own drinks and table service. Also bring a white elephantfor bingo prizes. i For reservations, call mi i wu The English Connection group will meet from 1 to 4 pm.
Saturday at Lochners, 1247 N. Notre Dame South Bend. Bernard Nor--ling, University of Notre Dame history professor emeritus, will begin a series on fire Tudor dynasty with a presentation on King Henry VII, who reigned from 1485 to 1509. Also, Patty Redlin will present a travelogue of her recent trip to England, and John D. Raymer will offer more information about the groups upcoming trip to England, scheduled for spring break, March 2001.
There is no charge, but reservations are necessary and everyone is asked to bring a plate of something English to share. Fir more information, call Ginny Lochner at 2894455. The Michiana YMCA has a session of swim lessons beginning Monday -There will be eight classes in two weeks. For more information, call 287-9622. 1 Meetings of Toastmasters Communication and Leadership clubs this week are the Tuesday night Toastmasters Club, River Park Library, 2022 E.
Mishawaka South Bend, at 6 pm. today; and the LaSalle Toastmasters, St Joseph County Library 304 S. Main St, South Bend, noon Friday For information, call 255-9218 or 684-0616. Interested individuals are welcome. BATTELL CENTER Those volunteers interested in attending the appreciation dinner from 5 to 8 pm.
Aug 17 at Castle Manor must register by Aug 11. There will be a hog roast and hula lessons at the luau. To register, call 258-1667. There will be blood pressure testing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday in the First Aid Room.
The tests will be conducted by volunteer nurse from St Joseph Community HoepitaL LEIGHTON CENTER Here are aoroe at the activities scheduled at the center in South Bend: TODAY 10 aun. Diabetes Education-Insulin. A registered nurse 1 at by the stronger and more toxic than liquors in the United States. People who drink too much are considered morally weak or, in African tradition, possessed by demons, he said. Although drugs such as cocaine are rare in Africa, children often begin sniffing glue to kill their -hunger pains, he said.
Marijuana also is startingto appear there. Newton will be working with local residents in Africa to establish treatment centers, then turn over management to them. Newton was given the African assignment by the Holy Cross Congregation and the Wilson Foundation, a nonprofit group that was formed in the early 1990s to purchase the facility for Life Treatment Centers. Newton is the president and chief executive officer of the foundation. Newton said hell miss South Bend and Notre Dame, although he plans to return here on business several times a year.
But he is looking forward to his new challenge. Im not leaving because my work is finished here, but because the call is so clear; he said. Staff writer Margaret Fosmoe: mfosmoesbtinfb.com (219) 235-6329 record regional be doubleheaders. choice double-headers in 16 will Lincoln heavy wheel vehicle mechanic. Suela R.
Bass of South Bend has enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Upon completing the Air Forces six-week Basic Military Training Course at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, she is scheduled to receive technical training in the general aptitude area. League playoffs to get under way this week Seasons are beginning and ending as the Mishawaka Parks Department prepares for the playoffs in the summer leagues and rounds up teams for its fall leagues. The city mens fast-pitch tournament wiU be Saturday and Sunday at Twin Branch Park.
Pro-Fab would be the favorite in the tournament, having finished atop the league standings with a 9-3 record. Clark was second at 8-4 and Bayer was third at 7-5. The coed slow-pitch tournament also wiU be Saturday and Sunday, league champion with a 160 and qualified for the ASA in Milwaukee. Sign-ups for fall leagues will Aug. 7 through 11 at the Mishawaka parks office.
Coed teams will play Friday Men will have a of single games Tuesdays or Wednesdays or Thursdays. In addition, the parks department wants to revive interest inch softball League games be scheduled Tuesdays. The park office is at 1122 Way Call at 2561664. Krista Marie Keller is the Indiana University Kelley School of Business recipient of a Fred and Della Spencer Scholarship Keller is the daughter of Jerome and Sue Keller of Granger and Nancy and Mike Richardson of Hartford City Ind. Rebecca Fortunak of North Liberty was named to the deans list at Saint Marys College for the spring semester Michele M.
Hong of Granger has been named to the deans list Duke University Durham, N.C., for the spring semester. Adrienne M. Harris of South Bend was among those recognized the University of Michigan at the annual Honors Convocation this spring She received a class honor for achieving an undergraduate academic record equal to at kest half A and half Bs for two terms. Trevor Stone of Granger has been named to the deans list for winter and spring XXX) ters at Easton Michigan University in YpBilantL Gina Sanders of South Bend has been named to the deans list at the University ofWisconsin-Parkslde. NEIGHBORS Air Force Reserve for 15 years.
Tommy Hemminger of South Bend recently enlisted in the US. Armys Delayed Entry Program (DEP) and will report for active duty Aug. 22. The 2000 graduate of LaSalle High School is scheduled to take basic and advanced training at Port Jackson, S.C. He has chosen the position of Air Force TechSgt Michael R.
Moran of Mishawaka was recently awarded the Air Fcmce Commendation MedaL Moran is an equipment operator for the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base. He has worked at improving the skills of equipment operators in the 434th Civil Engineering Squadron. Hbhasbey a member of the.
