| Bigger, better Celebrate Monroeville event organizers' aim
Organizers of Celebrate Monroeville are working to make this year's event bigger than last year's. The event, now in its third year, highlights the best that Monroeville has to offer in terms of services, restaurants and its people, and this year includes an essay contest on why Monroeville is a great place to live. The event began as a cooperative effort between Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce and Monroeville Foundation. .
In the area
The Texas Street Outlaws will host their "Histerical" Gun Fights today at the corner of Texas and Yankee streets in downtown Silver City. Performances will begin at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. The free performances are guaranteed to be picture worthy. Art Fair set for Silco Theater today The San Vicente Artists 15th annual Labor Day Art Fair has moved from the Big Ditch Park to the Historic Silco Theatre this year. The art fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Artists from Silver City to Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences will have articles for sale from acrylics to woodworking to jewelry and fabrics. Original artwork and prints will be available for purchase along with fine crafts by local artisans.
Labor Day Parade Set for Monday
Rochester's Labor Council and ALF-CIO will host its Annual Labor Day Parade Monday morning. This year's parade will focus on the theme "commitment to community." It will feature floats, cars, music and several area city and county leaders. The parade will begin at Rochester's East End at 11 a.m. and end at the intersection of Main Street and South Plymouth Avenue. Tune in to R News Monday morning for more on the parade. kmv/rv Rochester Labor.org
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Wake up! The bees are on their knees
How strange is the hierarchy of our affections for other animals. The extinction of the Yangtze River dolphin is mourned extravagantly because in its round, intelligent eyes we saw ourselves, before we killed it off. Similarly, the bonobo ape of Central Africa has become the endangered animal du jour in America, on account of its supposedly human characteristics, or those we aspire to: peacefulness, intelligence and an abundant interest in sex. The bonobo is the subject this week of an 11,000-word profile in The New Yorker, in which it is described as a loveable cross between "a dolphin, the Dalai Lama and Warren Beatty". (I can confirm the highly sexed part because I once interviewed a female bonobo that had learnt to "talk" using a computer at the primate research centre in Georgia.
SAT scores dip all along the line
Local scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test fell slightly this year, following a state and national pattern. But McMinnville High School Principal Kris Olsen said the college entrance exams also give evidence of a positive trend: more students planning to continue their education. "It's positive that more kids are taking advantage of our college preparatory program and learning what's expected in order to be ready for college," he said. Encouraging students to go on to post-high school education, whether it's college, technical school or another program, has been a major focus for several years, he noted. The school offers several career pathways, designed to prepare students in areas such as culinary skills or health sciences. It is developing small learning communities, and the first self-contained one, the McMinnville Arts and Communications Academy, will open its doors next week.
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