| USC's McKnight, ASU's English have much to be thankful for
TEMPE, Ariz. - It's a familiar drill: friends and family sharing food and football. Just another Thanksgiving Day for most. Not for two families from New Orleans, Katrina survivors and longtime friends and neighbors who have been pushed apart and pulled together through football and the flood. Not just another day -- or another game. It's the college game the nation will be watching tonight, 11th-ranked USC at seventh-ranked Arizona State with the Pac-10 title and maybe a spot in the Rose Bowl on the line. And on opposite sidelines will be USC freshman tailback Joe McKnight and the young man he's known since third grade, Sun Devils freshman defensive tackle Jonathan English, or "Tank" as most people call him.
What's up in The Albemarle 01/11
Tourism panel meetings. The Finance Committee of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Tourism Development Authority will meet at the Visitor's Center today at 9 a.m. The Personnel Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Fitness and Nutrition Council to meet. The Albemarle Fitness and Nutrition Council, a subcommittee of Health Carolinians of the Albemarle, will meet in the annex of Albemarle Hospital today, at 8:15 a.m. For more information, call 384-4633. Pesticide applicator recertification. Recertification for private pesticide applicators will be the subject of the Pasquotank Producers' winter meeting at the Pasquotank Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service building today from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Al Wood will be the speaker. Federal employees group to meet.
Rooms with a view in Harbor Country
New Buffalo's Marina Grand Resort opened in July 2006 right on New Buffalo Harbor, upping the stock in chic shelters in the area known as Harbor Country. Part hotel, part luxury condominium, Marina Grand combines the best of both worlds: There's a concierge desk in the modest lobby, but the rooms are so quiet and private, they feel like home. There's a top-notch tavern adjacent to the hotel, but the suites include fully equipped kitchens and dining areas adequate for hosting a formal meal.
Not to mention location, location, location. Marina Grand is right on the water, a few blocks west of Whittaker Street in the heart of downtown New Buffalo. It's within walking distance of Whittaker Street's dining options and boutiques, the village's main grocery store (if you're putting that kitchen to use) and, of course, the beach.
Jones's jail sentence is signal for U.S., says Coe
Coe told BBC radio: "I can't be glowingly happy that a young mother with two children goes to prison for six months but if the message out there is that at long last American track and field takes this problem seriously then it's a positive. "They have woken up to the fact that this is a very disfiguring episode in their own sport," said Coe, a vice-president of athletics' ruling body and a former double Olympic champion. "The organization of the American anti-doping agency and American track and field now recognize there is a responsibility to sort this problem out. "This is a very damaging episode for my sport and we have to move on with better protocols in place and an American sport that recognizes they are part of the global sport. "It's not just enough to come to compete on the European circuit and forget they need to promote the better qualities of the sport in their own country." Jones, 32, retired last October and confessed to betraying the trust of her fans after years of denying she used performance-enhancing drugs.
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