Turkey

Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Questions? Call 410-332-6578. Running The Rudolph 5k Run or Two-Person Relay will be held Dec. 3 at Rockburn Branch Park. Run the whole 5k or team up with a friend and do a two-person relay (each teammate runs 2.5k, which is slightly more than 1.5 miles). Enjoy a nice trail run as the holiday season begins and feel free to dress festively.

If Calvert Hall and Loyola had to play their annual Turkey Bowl football game on a sandlot field with just 45 people milling around, it would still be the knock-down, drag-out battle it has been for the last 91 years. Rivalries like this don't wither because the venue is smaller or the league adds a championship game on the previous weekend. "It doesn't really matter," Cardinals coach Donald Davis said. "It's still Calvert Hall-Loyola. " While maintaining its Thanksgiving Day tradition, this year's Turkey Bowl has a couple new twists.

He lives a continent away, and serves aboard an aircraft carrier soon to be deployed to the Arabian Sea. But a 3,000-mile stretch won't stop Lieutenant Commander Scott Brown, USN, from rooting on Loyola, his alma mater, in Thursday's Turkey Bowl football game against archrival Calvert Hall. "If we win, no matter where I am - Iraq, Japan or Norfolk - I give a little fist pump," said Brown, one-time star running back for the Dons. "If we lose, well . . . a loss is uncalled for, it's ridiculous.

Loyola officials have a few tips for those planning to attend the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl football game against Calvert Hall at 10 a.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium at Towson University. Here's their advice from a Monday news release: "Tickets are on sale in the Calvert Hall and Loyola bookstores. If any tickets remain, they will be sold the morning of the event. Tickets cost $10.00 in pre-sale and at the gate (if available). This game is expected to sell out, so buy your tickets in advance.

Unemployment is high, national debt is mounting and the government appears utterly incapable of doing anything productive. The Middle East is roiled, Europe is teetering on the brink of financial collapse, and China is beefing up its military. But the real threat to America may be this: Toys "R" Us is opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Walmart stores will open at 10 (two hours earlier than last year), and Target, Macy's, Kohls, Best Buy and others will open at midnight. Is nothing sacred?

Leading up to the big Diner reunion on Dec. 10, The Charles is showing a retrospective of Barry Levinson's "Baltimore films. " The screenings begin on Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, with "Avalon "(1990).  Ask 10 people what their favorite moment from the movie is, and all 10 will say it's Lou Jacobi's Thanksgiving Day tantrum. Late again for dinner, Jacobi's Uncle Gabe is stunned to discoverer that his family, this time, didn't wait for him. Roger Ebert called "You cut the turkey without me?

This year, 18 of us will get together for Thanksgiving. We all have food assignments. Mine has always been the turkey, the stuffing and the gravy. And since Thanksgiving is filled with tradition, we have always, always eaten a Butterball turkey. Not only do we slice up the big bird on Thursday, but the leftovers come out of the refrigerator on Friday and we have Thanksgiving dinner for lunch. So basically, I'm cooking turkey for 36. A few years ago, I ran all over North County looking for a large turkey.

On Thanksgiving morning, Havre de Grace-area residents can burn off some calories before the big feast and raise money for a public safety cause by participating in the fourth annual Bulle Rock Turkey Trot benefiting the Susquehanna Hose Company. Open to all age groups and fitness levels, the 5K walk/run will be Nov. 25 at the Residents' Club at The Residences at Bulle Rock (1200 Bulle Rock Parkway). Registration will begin at 8 a.m., a warm- up will be at 8:45 and the race will kick off at 9 a.m. A combination of road and trail, the route will travel from the Residents' Club down Bulle Rock Parkway across the Zachman Way pedestrian bridge, down Blenheim Road to the five-star Bulle Rock Golf Course and back to the Residents' Club.

The dish: turkey and cheddar wrap The popular Charles Street mainstay, David and Dad's, has opened a cafe inside the Enoch Pratt Free Library 's Southeast Anchor branch in Highlandtown. The Highlandtown location has nothing like the full menu at the restaurant's 334 N. Charles St. digs or the Express shop at 1 N. Charles St. The library location is stocked with meals prepared at the parent shop and really feels more like what it's meant to be: a quick-stop coffee shop.

Turkey supper and bazaar - Sat., Oct. 1, bazaar 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. and family-style turkey supper with trimmings, 3-8 p.m., Liberty Grove United Methodist Church, near intersection of Route 198 and Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Bazaar: country store and bakery, attic treasures and boutique. Dinner: adults and carry-out $9, children ages 6-12 $4 and ages 5 and under free. 301-384-0444.