Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl

 

John Feinstein's mystery, Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl might feature two fourteen-year-olds, but it's a timely, and topical, book. Feinstein created an imaginary Super Bowl XLII, set in Indianapolis, instead of Glendale, Arizona. The featured teams are the Baltimore Ravens, and the "Dreams." And, he thrusts his two young reporters into the midst of a current scandal, steroids.

Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are young journalists who have covered the U.S. Open and Final Four. As a result, they were given a television show, Kid-Sports, with an all-sports cable network. When Stevie is let go on the eve of the Super Bowl, a Washington newspaper, and CBS, ask him to work for them. Stevie and Susan set out to cover a sporting event, but once again, as at previous events, they find themselves uncovering a story when a doctor lets it slip that some of the Dreams failed a drug test.

As always, John Feinstein does a wonderful job bringing a national sporting event to life. He is knowledgeable about the events, and the people involved. His inclusion of celebrities helps to bring realism to the stories. Feinstein mentions celebrities such as Wayne Gretzky, Tom Cruise, Bob Costas, and Billy Joel. Everyone has an interest in the Super Bowl. Cover-Up is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the Super Bowl, with a recognition of some of the problems that go hand-in-hand with the enormous amounts of money involved in sports. It's a fascinating mystery, with two likable characters, slimy villains, and perfect timing.

Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl by John Feinstein. Alfred A. Knopf, ©2007. 978-0375842474 (hardcover), 298p.

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 Glendale, Arizona, United States

 

300-POUND CHOCOLATE FOOTBALL DECORATED FOR SUPER BOWL WITH GIANTS, PATRIOTS GARB     Kaitlin Thompson (white shirt) - Mountain Ridge HS - Senior,  Jacqueline Barela (green) - Ironwood HS - Freshman,   Ashley Johnson (black) - Mountain Ridge HS - Senior,    Maricia Cerreta, Cerreta Candy Company Local high school students and Glendale's own chocolatier, Cerreta’s, decorated this 300 pound chocolate football.   Wednesday, Jan. 30, 11:00 a.m. Historic Downtown Glendale,  Cerreta’s Candy Company, 5345 W. Glendale Ave.   Today possibly the world’s largest chocolate football was created for the Super Bowl and decorated in honor of the two teams, the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.   This monstrous, solid piece of chocolate weighs more than 300 pounds and measures six-by-nine feet!  The giant chocolate football will be raffled during the Glendale Chocolate Affaire to support the Glendale Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission, a community service organization coordinated by Mayor Elaine Scruggs.
Jacqueline Barela, an  Ironwood HS, Freshman ties trim on the giant chocolate football at Cerreta's Candy Company in Glendale Arizona. The giant 300 lb. chocolate football will be raffled during the Glendale Chocolate Affaire to support the Glendale Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission, a community service organization coordinated by Mayor Elaine Scruggs.	Jacqueline Barela, an  Ironwood HS, Freshman and Ashley Johnson,  Mountain Ridge HS,  Senior decorate  chocolate football candies at Cerreta's Candy Company in Glendale Arizona
This will be just one of many special attractions at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire, Feb. 1-2 in downtown Glendale . This festival is one of the few free events going on Super Bowl weekend with more than 40 chocolate purveyors, horse-drawn carriage rides, wine-tasting, romance novelists and appearances by one of the nation’s top romance novel cover models. for more information on this event go to http://www.glendaleaz.com/events/2008ChocolateAffaire.cfm Photos courtesy City of Glendale

ONE LUCKY MAN TAKES HOME

300 POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE

GLENDALE , Ariz. – Charlie may have gotten the chocolate factory, but a local high school teacher took home the sweetest prize from this year’s Glendale Chocolate Affaire. The world’s largest chocolate football was raffled at the annual Glendale event to support the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission (MYAC), a community service organization coordinated by Mayor Elaine Scruggs.

Cerreta’s Candy Company created the 300-pound, six-foot-by-nine-foot chocolate football to honor the two Super Bowl teams, the New York Giants and New England Patriots.

The lucky winner, Ryan Taylor, a PE teacher and track coach at Independence High School , had a choice between a gift certificate from Cerreta’s or 300 pounds of chocolate. Coach Taylor opted to take home the chocolate, which was packaged up in 30 10-pound chocolate bars.

The world’s largest football will remain on display at Cerreta’s. During the week leading up to the Glendale Chocolate Affaire, MYAC students sold raffle tickets, raising more than $1,200.

The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission is a working group of Glendale teens from all high schools in our city, as well as public and private schools outside the city. Each year, the teens plan community projects, a Teen Town Hall and Student Government Day.

 But what is to happen to the 300 lb football?

Sent to city <2/13/2008 11:36:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time>

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!     We as a city need display  commemorating our first Super Bowl and  this  should be in it... Contact Cerreta's lets find a place and I have taken the liberty to send this to my fellow archivists here and abroad to see how the heck to preserve it. 

----Ed Sharpe GDP/KKAT-IPTV but also an archivist...

Reports are coming in... it has been suggested...

"OK, I see a giant conclave of Archivists called together to deal with this unique problem.  We close the door to the room so we can meet in peace ..... When we finally open the door, I guarantee you the problem will be resolved -- and no more football.

 Chocolate? WHAT Chocolate?"

Is it milk chocolate or dark chocolate? For dark, I'll travel to the conclave.

Eat it. People who want to create things for long term life don't  
use chocolate. You could always make a 300lb plaster cast of it.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I have chocolate on my 
waistline that has been there for 25 years. If we split the football 
among us, I can guarantee that the part that I eat will be preserved 
for the rest of my life!

Take a picture, then send pieces to fellow archivists...  ;-)

Grand idea.

Incidentally, this issue has sparked lively discussion in my office about the nature and definition of "document".  I would say that the chocolate football is a document on a variety of levels, though not meant to last; ephemeral.  Yes?

Hi, Ed,

I get similar questions on a somewhat regular basis. The football's enemies will be heat, dampness, mold, and insects. Oh, and small children (and large children and any other chocoholics). You need to keep it in a cool place so it won't melt, and also have it in some sort of container to keep out mold and insects. A display case in an air conditioned museum would work, with someone checking it occasionally to make sure it isn't developing any mold.

However, as Sonny suggested, photographs might be the best way to preserve it.

(one of my most recent questions along these lines involved someone who had decorated a fancy birthday cake for a friend, and the friend thought it was so beautiful she wanted to keep it forever and ever......Talk about your mixed media!)

Christine

Don't laugh: this is an issue already faced by art conservators; take, for example, Janine Antoni's work "Lick and Lather," which consists of busts of the artist--executed in soap, and in chocolate.

http://www.artnet.com/artwork/424319970/683/lick--lather.html

Antoni is not alone in her use of chocolate:

http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/bizart/2006/09/the_art_of_chocolate.html

Beak it up and send it to the homeless for Valentine’s Day ….

I hate to say it but being from Hershey they are more inclined to save the wrappers and packaging than they are the actual chocolate!!  If you’ve ever been to the museum it is less about chocolate and more about Hershey the man, Native Americans, and local culture.

GLENDALE’S GOT GAME…

AND CHOCOLATE, TOO - SUPER BOWL WEEKEND

GLENDALE, Ariz. – On the same weekend that Glendale hosted Super Bowl XLII, Historic Downtown Glendale had a chocolate lover’s paradise on Feb. 1 and 2. The Chocolate Affaire is a great event for families, couples, chocoholics as well as out of town visitors, offering free admission and free parking!

The Event took place  Friday noon - 10 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.- 10 p.m. spanning Historic Downtown Glendale, in Murphy Park, located at 58th and Glendale avenues and the Catlin Court Historic District.

Visitors delighted in the nearly 40 chocolate purveyors, discovering everything from chocolate-covered Belgian waffles to chocolate-banana egg rolls to goat-milk fudge.

The Chocolate Affaire is sponsored by Arizona’s famous candy makers, Cerreta’s. The candy factory  offered tours all weekend, and especially for the Super Bowl, they have created a 300-pound chocolate football!

Families with children enjoyed myriad activities, including hands-on arts and crafts, petting zoo with baby animals, face-painting and a rock-climbing wall. Horse-drawn carriage rides will be available throughout the weekend to take couples or families on a scenic, charming ride through the historic Catlin Court district.

The romance novelists were located in the downtown plaza area, adjacent to the Glendale Civic Center , 5750 W. Glenn Dr. , and the schedule was: 

Officer Tim Reardon of the Glendale Police Department bids us farewell at the end of our enjoyable day at this event.

The Glendale Chocolate Affaire has been listed in the Top 100 Events in North America by the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and the American Bus Association. The event also was bestowed with the 2003 Governor’s Tourism Award for the Best Special Event in Arizona, and the 2007 Best Fair/Festival by the Arizona Chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES.)

The Chocolate Affaire is sponsored by APS, Cerreta's Candy Company, Kokopelli Winery, KTVK Channel 3, Diamond Resorts, Michelob Amberbock, Arizona Republic, KOOL-FM, KMLE-FM, JAMZ-FM, Starbucks, YooHoo and the Valley of the Sun Romance Writers.

ROMANCE COVER MODEL APPEARS AT

CHOCOLATE AFFAIRE FEBRUARY 1-2

 

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- One of the country's top romance novel cover models will appear to meet fans and pose for photographs at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire on Feb. 1-2. CJ Hollenbach, who has modeled for national catalogs and has appeared on such television shows and networks as Entertainment Tonight, CNN, MTV and "American Gladiators," will appear both Friday and Saturday.

Hollenbach's appearance complements the event's romance novelist symposium. The Glendale Chocolate Affaire has become the largest gathering of national romance novelists in the Southwest. Fans will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with authors, as well as the chance to attend free writing workshops given by the experts.

The romance novelists will be located in the downtown plaza area, adjacent to the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. Glenn Dr., and the schedule is as follows:

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Kayla Janz 12-10 p.m.

Vijaya Schartz 12 - 7 p.m.

Cassie Ryan 12-10 p.m.

Judi McCoy 12-8 p.m.

Renee Bernard 12-8 p.m.

Tina LaVon 5-10 p.m.

Tina Gerow 12-10 p.m.

Cathy McDavid 3-10 p.m.

Kathryne Kennedy 7-8 p.m.

Linda Andrews 12-6 p.m.

Pamela Tracy 12-5 p.m.

Kayla Janz 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Vijaya Schartz 12-7 p.m.

Cassie Ryan 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Judi McCoy 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Renee Bernard 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Tina LaVon 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Susan Yarina 12-4 p.m.

Carrie Weaver 2-8 p.m.

Eden Robins 12-4 p.m.

Pamela Tracy 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Vikki Lewis Thompson 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Roz Fox 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Nancy Damato 12-4 p.m.

Vicki Gaia 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Allison Leigh 12-4 p.m.

Erin Grady 1-4 p.m.

Kathryne Kennedy 7-8 p.m.

Kim Watters 1-4 p.m.

Carolyn Matkowsky 1-4 p.m.

Jennifer Ashley 1-4 p.m.

Evanell 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Paula Eldridge 12-3 p.m.

Calista Fox 12-4 p.m.

Tina Gerow 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Mackenzie McKade 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Cathy McDavid 12-10 p.m.
Linda Andrews 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Event hours are Friday noon - 10 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.- 10 p.m. The event is located in the heart of Historic Downtown Glendale, located at 58th and Glendale avenues. The event will also feature children's activities, including a Kids Zone and chocolate-pizza making.

The Chocolate Affaire is sponsored by APS, Cerreta's Candy Company, Kokopelli Winery, KTVK Channel 3, Diamond Resorts, Michelob Amberbock, Arizona Republic, KOOL-FM, KMLE-FM, JAMZ-FM, Starbucks, YooHoo and the Valley of the Sun Romance Writers.

For more information on the Glendale Chocolate Affaire visit www.glendaleaz.com/events or call our special events hotline at 623-930-2299.

Glendale Chocolate Affaire 
A Celebration of Romance and Chocolate...

CJ Hollenbach

Shirt - $100                            Hairstyle - $150

Photo © Bette Sharpe CouryGraph  Productions

A Glendale Library Card to check out
countless romances - Priceless!

One of the country's top romance novel cover models  appeared to meet fans and pose for photographs at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire on Feb. 1-2. CJ Hollenbach, who has modeled for national catalogs and has appeared on such television shows and networks as Entertainment Tonight, CNN, MTV and "American Gladiators," was present for  Friday and Saturday.

Hollenbach's appearance complements the event's romance novelist symposium. The Glendale Chocolate Affaire has become the largest gathering of national romance novelists in the Southwest. Fans had the opportunity to get up close and personal with authors, as well as the chance to attend free writing workshops given by the experts.

The romance novelists were located in the downtown plaza area, adjacent to the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. Glenn Dr.

To learn more about CJ  website  at: http://www.cjhollenbach.com/

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Elizabeth Jackman - Glendale Star Photographing Firefighter Paramedic Adam Pottle and wishee