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St  Olaf  College trustees Hall of Natural and Mathematical skills has brought in platinum authentication — the peak rating gettable — from the U.S. Green building up Council’s leading in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) scoring system. The nearly 200,000-square-foot, $63 million constructing is the largest and about composite academician facility in the a people to earn the esteemed platinum evaluation.

St. Olaf College Baseball Coach Matt McDonald will host the annual Midwinter Baseball Camps on Dec. 28 and 29 on the St. Olaf campus.

Boys and girls ages eight to 18 may attend the camp, which runs from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on both days. The came for ages five to seven runs from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on the same days.

The camp’s coaches include McDonald, Mike Ludwig, Chris Schwartz, Charlie Ruud, Matt Karnas, Brian Sprout and some current St. Olaf players.

Registration costs $115 per player or $70 for one day. The enrollment will be limited to 140 people in each camp. Players age 8-18 will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. The camp will be divided into three groups by age. Day one will focus on hitting, and day two will focus on pitching, catching and defense.

In an encore telecast from 2007, the choirs and orchestra of Minnesota’s St. Olaf College blend excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah,” Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul” and Honegger’s “King David” with specially commissioned works in a program that explores the notion of “global citizenship” and the spiritual dimension of the holiday season. First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of America’s oldest musical yuletide celebrations. 9 p.m., PBS and KPTS, Channel 8.

You know the story: Small-town guy George Bailey defers one big dream after another to stay home, marry local girl and run family business. Facing financial ruin, he’s pulled from suicidal despair by an angel who shows him what a terrible place the world would be if he’d never lived. Hey, his small life made a pretty big impact after all! James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore star, with Henry Travers as the angel whose work with George earns him a promotion. 7 p.m., NBC and KSNW st olaf college.