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THE J-TAC
February 15, 2007
Superbowl outside the United States
TAMALE, Ghana — A Bears fan went
shopping in the busy market square in Ta-
male last week, walking amid the cacophony
of street vendors and shoppers haggling over
everything from live chickens to bowls made
of dried gourds.
Amid the dusty lanes of this town, Mi-
chael Humes was a Midwestern man fac-
ing an unusual mission: preparing a Super
Bowl party for a small group of Americans
living and working amid the mud huts and
thatched roofs of West Africa, a place where
most locals have never seen a football game,
and even fewer know the difference between
a Chicago Bear and an Indianapolis Colt.
In the market, Humes, 27, a health work-
er from Ann Arbor, Mich., walked straight to
the stands selling second-hand clothing.
"I scoured the market for anything: a
used Bears or Bulls T-shirt." Humes said.
Heck, he would have settled for a Colts
shirt. But he found nothing and returned to
work empty-handed.
"The weather and the dusty roads you
can get used to, but you miss going to see
a football game and having a cold beer/'
Humes, who has lived in West Africa for four
years, said.
"You miss your culture and the things
you grew up with."
So on Sunday, at II p.m. Tamale time,
in his small peach-colored house at the end
of a bumpy, unpaved road, he gathered to-
gether 15 American friends to watch the Su-
per Bowl, perhaps the most important game
in the most quintessentially American sport.
In place of chicken wings, Humes served lo-
cal Guinea fowl with Ghanaian hot sauce. He
stacked bottles of beer — all local Ghanaian
brands — in a cooler in the dining room.
Half a world away from Bears-blitzed
Chicago, Ghana remained in a Super Bowl
blackout. This is a country obsessed with
soccer but oblivious to American football.
"I didn't even know it was Super Bowl
Sunday until a "few7 clcfys 'afgli*'*' Sale! vjknell
Stewart, 24, a Peace Corps volunteer from
Pelican Rapids, Minn., who is, working in an
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The Indianpolis Colts' Peyton Manning
raises the Lombardi Trophy after victory
in Super Bowl XLI in Miami.
isolated village a full day day's journey
from the closest Internet connection. Yet
many Americans, even those who don't
follow football — said they yearned to see
the game.
"When you are away from home,
you're just looking for anything familiar,"
said Peter DiCampo, 23, another Peace
Corp's volunteer from, Mendon, Mass.
Guests crowded on the sofa and p<?pped
open beers. Aside from the electricity
— which kept blinking, and the television
signal — which went out during the first
quarter, watching the game in Ghana was
almost as good as watching it from home,
The few local Ghanaians who attended
the party seemed perplexed by the sport.
Kamil Iddrisu, 29, had trouble under-
standing the scoring, but said he delight-
ed to . see the players pile on top of one
another.
In far corners of the world, the Super
Bowl tends to draw Americans together.
Nearly everyone at the party could recall
watching the game from a foreign place
in previous years. "I lived in United Arab
Emirates, and we watched at 3 a.m. and
ate breakfast'during the game," said Jill
Morse, 20,;who was studying abroad for,
college credit,
News Briefs
Bill Clinton
aids in Hillary's
campaign
WASHINGTON - There's one
thing that's been missing from
Sen, Hillary Clinton's 2008
rollout — her would-be White
House spouse, Bill Clinton.
But the New York Daily
News h$s learned that will
soon change, with plans for a
mega-fund-raiser next month
where top backers will be
asked to raise $250,000 apiece.
So far, Bill has stayed out
of sight in the campaign, "do-
ing about anything you can
imagine in terms of behind-
the-scenes help," said one.
campaign source.
That includes working the
phones to line up donors and
supporters.
Hillary Clinton's top Dem-
ocratic rivals, meanwhile, all
have trotted out their spouses.
She mentions her man, but
did her Jan. 20 announcement
and her first two campaign
swings as solo acts.
Hillary has a simple expla-
nation.
"I'm running," she said
yesterday. "I'm happy to have
his help."
"It's too early to bring out
Bill," said Baruch College po-
litical scientist Doug Muzzio,
"She's the candidate, she's the
one running for president.
She's'!got to establish an inde-
pendent-identity." • <
J -Nezv York-Daily News
New dollar bill to appear
CHICAGO - This
time it's going to work,
they swear.
A $1 coin is the right
piece of change at the right
time, says the U.S. govern-
ment, which will unveil
the new presidential dol-
lar this week.
Other recent coin dol-
lars such as the Eisenhow-
er, Susan Anthony and
'Sacagawea dollars all were
doomed to failure when
$1 coins were deemed ob-
scure or unnecessary.
But with inflation, it's
become inconvenient to
lug around quarters: think
parking meters, where
one quarter buys about 10
minutes, or laundry ma-
chines; where handfuls
are required for just two
loads.
"The timing is much
different today than even
six years ago," about the
tim^ when the Sacagawea
golden dollar coins came
out, said United States
Mint Director Edmund
Moy.
The coins are not spe-
cifically himed at replac-
ing the paper dollar, but to
, give consumers options,
according to a congressio-
nal bill passed in 2005.
Starting Feb. 15, the
Mint rolls out George
Washington and then
continues down the line
with every president af-
terwards, provided they
have been deceased for at
least two years,
-Chicago Tribune
Coins or bills?
How Americans feel about coins and hills, as a new dollar coin
honoring U.S. presidents goes into circulation:
Most oppose replacing the
dollar bill with the new coin
Favor
24%,
Oppose
Most think the penny
should stay...
... But are evenly split on the
idea of having a dollar bill
and a dollar coin
Favor
Oppose 400/
49%
Oppose
28%
Favor
71%
j
... And are just about evenly
split in saving or spending
loose change
Save
Spend A X 530/
42% x
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