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Collage crowned 2010 Mineral County Fair Queen

Karalee Collage of Frankfort, center, was named the 2010 Mineral County Fair Queen, is presented her sash by Ashley Kady, right, the outgoing Queen. Runner-up Jessica Wharton, left, looks on.

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Doig adds to Butte's long literary history by Brad Tyer Kurt Vonnegut, in his "autobiographical collage" Palm Sunday, recounts his argument with a Russian novelist who felt American writers had failed to produce a truly great novel on par with, say, War and Peace. Maybe so, Vonnegut concedes (though the point's debatable). But American writers, he counters, have produced something collectively ...

Daughter: North Bergen beating victim was pal's tenant, not a 'bum'

Reena Rose Sibayan/Jersey Journal PhotoA collage of photos of a North Bergen beating victim with various members of his family.A North Bergen man who was brutally beaten earlier this month " is awake, he's able to talk, but it's not...

From texts to totes: Pittsfield woman gives old books new lives as purses

Lynette Cornwell had a novel idea. Out of it grew a - Novel Idea. The backstory to that change from lower to upper case, began a few years ago in a local collage art group she'd joined. Collage is the art of decorating flat surfaces with pasted-on materials.

Mineral County Fair Queen

Karalee Collage, center, representing Frankfort High School, is the queen of the 61st annual Mineral County Fair, selected Monday. First runner-up is Jessica Wharton of Frankfort High School, left, and 2009 Mineral County Fair Queen Ashley Kady, who crowned Collage, is shown at right.

First Friday art walk in Ashland

Luscious oil paintings by Nicole Etienne Powell, bas relief collage and graphite drawings by Jan Schmitz, ceramic sculpture by Susan Springer and Penelope Dews, and works by Marie Maretska, Virginia Andrade and Jim Robinson will be showcased during the First Friday art walk in Ashland's downtown and railroad district. The art walk will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., and visitors can look for many ...

JWA ought to look at San Jose's new terminal

I'm having an iced espresso from Illy, the Italian coffee company with just a handful of outlets in the U.S. I could have chosen a Peet's or, as a distant third choice, Starbucks. A short walk away is a nice bookstore and an English pub. There are...

Cascade student, 9, wins some money for collage and $1,000 for Pine Ridge School

Rachel Nicholson, of Cascade, is only 9 years old and without her parents’ help, added $2,500 to her college fund. She is one of three winners out of 4,000 entries in a contest designed to get families thinking about saving for their children’s post high school education.

Hundreds attend service for slain Moreno Valley teenager

Norma Lopez, 17, is remembered in a rosary service. She was reported missing July 15 and found dead five days later. Authorities say they have no suspects. More than 500 people lined up in the heat Wednesday to pay their respects to 17-year-old Norma Lopez, walking silently into a Moreno Valley chapel and past a coffin draped with pink roses and a tearful mother and father saying their final ...

Workshops in basket making, cereal box art free at Madison library

MADISON - The Madison Public Library, 39 Keep St., is hosting programs for teens and adults in July and August. The programs, now under way, are all free, and open to residents of the area 13 and older. All materials will be provided. Advance registration is required, either in person, or by calling the library at (973) 377-0722, ext. 226. Two workshops remain in the summer schedule.

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