Thanksgiving News

UM, USF to play football on Thanksgiving weekend starting in 2010 (Naples Daily News)
The University of Miami and University of South Florida will play four games on Thanksgiving weekend from 2010 through 2013.

What’s new at amusement parks (CNN.com)
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Thrill-seekers searching for the new biggest, tallest or fastest roller coaster rush may be slightly disappointed.

MPUSB Holds Thanks Giving Ceremony For Trainee Teachers (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan - Maktab Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan (MPUSB) held a thanksgiving ceremony yesterday for trainee teachers who have completed the three-year Education Course session 2004-2007 at the MPUSB Hall in Jalan Tutong, Bandar Seri Begawan.

U.P. Fallen Soldier Priestap Remembered (WLUC TV 6)
A special tribute to Sergeant First Class Jim Priestap was held atop Pine Mountain in honor of the fallen soldier. More than 100 friends, family, and veteran patriot riders came out to honor Priestap, who was killed in Iraq this past Thanksgiving Day.

After 21 years, local hero got his Purple Heart (Redlands Daily Facts)
John Hughes was not soon forgotten after his helicopter went down in Dihn Tuong province in South Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day in 1967. His family fought for three decades for the Purple Heart they felt Hughes deserved and the government would not give him.

Jeff Babineau (GolfWeek)
This column ran one day before Thanksgiving 2005. Kelly Jo Dowd died of cancer on Friday, May 25, 2007. She was 42. Click here for that story.

One family’s painful Memorial Day (San Jose Mercury News)
Ben Sigua stood near the grassy slope in Golden Gate National Cemetery on Monday contemplating his first Memorial Day without his son, William, who was buried nearby, the sod still fresh on his grave.

Still life: Trail to bootleg history (Orlando Sentinel)
A Panhandle discovery recalls days when bootleggers made illegal alcohol. Tracy Curenton never thought a hiking trail she had blazed into the woods behind the family’s home would lead to an historic discovery.

Journals found in Phila. house. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The flood on May 31, 1889, swept through the valley community of Johnstown, Pa., and killed 2,209 people.

Senate approves millions for flood and explosion relief (Eagle-Tribune Online)
BOSTON - The Senate’s $26.71 billion budget for fiscal 2008 includes flood relief for cities and towns, money to reimburse Danvers for the costs brought about by the explosion on the eve of Thanksgiving, and assistance for Lawrence-area human service agencies.

Sheep fest (Provo Daily Herald)
Shearing sheep, freshly squeezed lemonade and plenty of baby animals makes for a blissful day on the farm, as long as one is watching the shearing, sipping the lemonda and petting the other animals. “I like seeing the duckies and the horses,” said 5-year-old Natalie Kuhni at the Lamb and Wool Festival at Thanksgiving Point on Saturday.

BITEX awards best student in Computing & Information (Borneo Bulletin)
Nursufizah binti Hj Mohd Amin. The Institute of Technology Brunei (ITB) 16th Convocation Thanksgiving Dinner was recently held at the Hua Ho Manggis Mall.

Whig.com (The Quincy Herald-Whig)
PITTSFIELD, Ill. Niemann Foods Inc. hopes to have a new County Market store open in Pittsfield in time for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. A groundbreaking ceremony this week marked the official start of work on the $4 million, 26,000-square-foot supermarket with pharmacy.

C’est Vrai: Cherry Bounce mash couldn’t save this turkey (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
The discussion here yesterday about the properties of the wild cherry caused me to remember a story told by the late Elizabeth Denbo Montgomery about the sad fate of her Thanksgiving turkey.

BITEX awards best student in Computing & Information (Borneo Bulletin)
Nursufizah binti Hj Mohd Amin. The Institute of Technology Brunei (ITB) 16th Convocation Thanksgiving Dinner was recently held at the Hua Ho Manggis Mall.

Holiday Getaway Shifts Into High Gear (Washington Post)
The Memorial Day weekend getaway is underway, and with no major traffic tie ups to report — so far.

Memorial Day Community Service (Garden City News)
A Memorial Day Community Service will be held on Monday, May 28 at 9 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Incarnation at 50 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City. It is an interfaith service of thanksgiving and remembrance of all who have served and are serving our country. Many of the Garden City clergies will be participating in the service. Deacon George Browne from St.

Baseball Hall opens summer hours (WROC Rochester)
(COOPERSTOWN , NY ) : Beginning Friday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily through Labor Day. The Museum maintains daily off-season hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. year-round, closing only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year s Day.

Archbishop to say Mass in London (Times of Malta)
Archbishop Paul Cremona has accepted an invitation by Malta’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, Michael Refalo, to visit London on June 9, where he will celebrate a thanksgiving Mass at Westminster Cathedral to mark the canonisation of the Blessed Dun Gorg Preca.

Lake Champlain Chocolates Introduces New Gifts for Autumn, Halloween & Thanksgiving (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BURLINGTON, Vt.—-Lake Champlain Chocolates , a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its fall line of all-natural chocolate gifts for Autumn, Halloween, and Thanksgiving.

Dinosaurs 3-D (Deseret Morning News)
If you’re interested in dinosaurs and in seeing how they might have lived without having to risk your life at a Jurassic Park, see the new flick at the XanGo Grand Theatre at Thanksgiving Point.