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The default caption shows whilst loading in all browsers; NS4 will show only the default caption, throughout. //--> <td id=CaptionBox class=Caption align=center> <!-- &nbsp;&nbsp; --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="line-height:4px;">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="images/photo_ftr_lg.gif" alt=" " border="0" /></td> </tr> <tr><td style="line-height:4px;"></td> </tr> </table> <div id="body_wrapper"> <div id="lcol"> <h2 class="lc">Distinguished Volunteers</h2> <p><img src="images/j-knight-149h.jpg" alt="Jacque Knight" border="0" align="left" style="padding: 2px 12px 0 0;" /> With great pleasure, we recognize Jacque Knight as a Mount Vernon Yacht Club Distinguished Volunteer.</p> <p>Jacque has for many years been the organizing force and coordinator of MVYC's annual Commissioning Day festivities that provide us with the ceremonial start of our boating season. Her tireless efforts not only get us all dressed in our best nautical blues and whites for one special day, but also bring to the Club an array of local dignitaries, official color guards and other special guests who make the occasion a complete delight. Perhaps more importantly, Jacque has an apparent direct connection with the weather gods who, with the exception of one year in recent memory, have blessed the event with fair skies and sunshine. As one of the dignitaries noted at a recent Commissioning, &quot;No one would dare rain on Jacque's day.&quot; <a href="#" id="example-show" class="showLink" onclick="showHide('example');return false;">See more.</a></p> <div id="example" class="more"> <p>In addition to her service as the guru of Commission Day, for several years, Jacque (along with her husband Ed as delegate) has also devoted countless hours and many miles of travel representing the Club in connection with the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club Association (CBYCA). The CBYCA is an organization composed of more than 100 yacht clubs located in the five states that border the Chesapeake whose mission is to represent the interests of recreational boaters in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and matters affecting the well being of the Chesapeake watershed. Jacque has served on the Board of CBYCA for several years as Legislative Director for the state of Virginia in which capacity she works closely with local officials and the Virginia Legislature on many matters of interest to Virginia boaters and CBYCA. She has also served on two Committees of great importance to the boating community: the Boating Infrastructure Grants Committee an agency of the State of Virginia; and the Virginia Recreational Vessel Subcommittee which works with U. S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, maritime police interests and representatives of the Virginia boating community on homeland security and boating safety concerns. </p> <p>Jacque and Ed moved to the Mount Vernon area in the in early 1990's and have been members of MVYC since 1994. In addition to her efforts on our annual Commissioning Days and her work with CBYCA, Jacque was elected to the MVYC Board and served as its Secretary during the mid-1990s. When the Club was renovated, Jacque was asked to chair the Committee to select the interior decorations for the new clubhouse. The results were the great success that we enjoy today. </p> <p>Jacque's background is in journalism and the political world. After completing her studies in journalism at the University of Nebraska in the early 1960's, Jacque moved east to accept a position as a reporter for the Miami Herald. She had many interesting assignments, culminating in being given the role as Bureau Chief for the Herald in Key West, Florida. She covered many interesting events and personalities, including in particular the Cuban Missile Crisis during which Jacque was directed by the newspaper to go to the local naval air station and to fly on a naval observation plane to cover the crisis in real time and to take videos, from the belly of the aircraft, of the Soviet vessels transporting these missiles near the coast of Cuba. Her film, immediately sent to CBS News and shown that night, proved to be one of the principal archival records of the event. </p> <p>Following her stint with the Herald, Jacque also worked for newspapers in Charleston, South Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia and as a reporter for Public Television in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. When she moved to Northern Virginia, Jacque worked for the Alexandria Gazette (then a daily newspaper) for ten years, covering civic affairs in both Alexandria and Fairfax County. She also did investigative reporting. After that, she served as press secretary for Congresswoman Virginia Smith of Nebraska, the ranking minority member of the House Committee on Appropriations. Later, Jacque also served as the Director of Public Affairs for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) where she acted as that agency's principal spokesperson. This job became particularly challenging during the Ecoli scare that affected meat products, and the mad cow disease problem in Great Britain. Over the years, Jacque and Ed have taken many shortand longterm trips on their sailboat, "Knight Passage", and they look forward to many more years of exploring the Potomac and the Bay. </p> <p>Please join us in expressing our great thanks and appreciation to Jacque for all of her wonderful contributions to MVYC. <a href="#" id="example-hide" class="hideLink" onclick="showHide('example');return false;">See less.</a></p><br /> </div> <div style="height:2px;">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div id="mid_content"> <h1>Welcome to the Mount Vernon Yacht Club Website!</h1> <p>This purpose of our site is to pass club information to members and to provide information to the public regarding the club, its activities, and its membership. </p> <p>Mount Vernon Yacht club is located at the confluence of Dogue Creek and the Potomac River in Mount Vernon, Virginia. It is in Yacht Haven Estates sub-division, a quiet community, one and a half miles from the historic Mount Vernon Estate. </p> <p class="last">Our club offers a wide variety of activities for members including an active swim team, a power fleet, a sail fleet, and many other activities and social events year-round. We invite you to look around our website and if you are interested in joining our club, please <a href="mailto:mvycnews@mountvernonyachtclub.com ">contact us!</a></p> </div> <div id="right_column"> <h2>The Beacon - January Issue</h2><br /> <p class="events" > <span style="float:left; margin: 8px 8px 2px 0.5em;" ><a href="docs/Beacon_January_2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="The Beacon, January 2012" align="left"><img src="images/beacon_thumb.jpg" border="0" style="padding-top: 2px;" alt="The Beacon, January 2012"></a></span> <br>"As a new year dawns, we at MVYC have much for which to be thankful a strong and vibrant membership, a beautiful Club that is always teeming with activities, and most of all, the greatest group of people to call our friends and fellow Club members." </p> <h2>January Events</h2> <p><strong>January 28, 12:30 pm</strong><br /> Frost Bite BBQ</p> <h2>February Events</h2> <p><img src="images/sb-and-chili-cook-off.jpg" width="256" style="margin-left: -4px; margin-top:-10px;" border="0" alt="Super Bowl 2012 &amp; Chili Competition" /></p> <h2>Tide Charts</h2> <p>For Mount Vernon, Virginia tides... <br /><a href="http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/tideshow.cgi?site=Marshall+Hall%2C+Potomac+River%2C+Maryland&units=f" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-align:"center;">Click here</span></strong></a>.<br /></p><br /> <h2>Local Weather</h2> <div style='width: 180px; margin-top: 4em; margin-left: 3.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; height: 150px; background: #82abe9 url( http://vortex.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/backgrounds/spring1_180x150_bg.jpg ); background-repeat: no-repeat;' ><div style='height: 138px;' ><script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( 'type','application/x-shockwave-flash','data','http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netwx-v28.swf','height','138','width','180','align','top','movie','http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netwx-v28','allowscriptaccess','never','allownetworking','internal','quality','high','scale','noscale','salign','lt','wmode','transparent','bgcolor','#ffffff','flashvars','partner=netweather&myspace=1&logo=1&tStyle=normal&zipcode=22309&lang=eng&size=28&theme=1&metric=0' ); //end AC code </script><noscript><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netwx-v28.swf' height='138' width='180' align='top'> <param name='movie' value='http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netwx-v28.swf' /> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='never' /> <param name='allowNetworking' value='internal' /> <param name='quality' value='high' /> <param name='scale' value='noscale' /> <param name='salign' value='lt' /> <param name='wmode' value='transparent' /> <param name='bgcolor' value='#ffffff' /> <param name='flashvars' value='partner=netweather&myspace=1&logo=1&tStyle=normal&zipcode=22309&lang=eng&size=28&theme=1&metric=0' /></object></noscript></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #ffffff; " ><a style="color: #ffffff;" href='http://www.accuweather.com/us/VA/ALEXANDRIA/22309/city-weather-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0' >Weather Forecast</a> | <a style='color: #ffffff' href='http://www.accuweather.com/maps-satellite.asp' >Weather Maps</a></div></div> </div> <p class="cont_ftr"></p> </div> <ul id="bottom-menu"> <li><a href="#">Home</a> | </li> <li><a href="about.asp">About Us</a> | </li> <li><a href="privacy.asp">Privacy Policy</a> | </li> <li><a href="contact.asp">Contact Us</a> | </li> <li><a href="#">Site Map</a> | </li> </ul> </div> <div id="bottom-footer"> <span class="work">Designed by Catalina Holland</span></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>