Beginning today, the legendary McRib sandwich will be available at participating Northeast Florida McDonald’s restaurants until November 22. The McRib, a boneless pork patty dressed with fresh-slivered onions, dill pickle slices, tangy barbeque sauce and served on a toasted, golden-brown home-style bun, is known among customers for surfacing on select local menus for limited periods of time. 

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) announced today the first of four panel sessions for the JAXPORT 2011 Logistics & Intermodal Conference, a panel entitled “The Future of Intermodal Transportation.” Three industry veterans will serve as panelists: Bill Clement, assistant vice president of sales and marketing for CSX Corporation; Jeff Heller, AVP intermodal international for Norfolk Southern Corporation.; and Hans Stig Moller, president of Bridge Terminal Transport. The panel will be moderated by Tony Chiarello, president of American Shipping Group.

The Raines High School Student Reading Leadership team (R and R Reads) will host a community-based book drive before and during the football game against Ribault High School. The “R and R Reads” group asks everyone attending to donate a book to the schools, and those who do will be entered to win raffle prizes. Books should be high school reading level and can be dropped off at the school’s front entrance.

The books will be evenly divided between the schools, and distributed to students the following week to promote reading at both Raines and Ribault high schools.

When:  Saturday, November 6, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Game begins at 2 p.m.

Where:  William M. Raines High School, 3663 Raines Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32209