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VISUAL ARTS Exhibits Events • June 11, 6 p.m. — A performance of “Women Speak.” Copies of the anthology are available in The Dairy Barn Art Center Gallery Shop. The gallery is at 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to   5 p.m. Admission is $5; free for members. Reservations to view the exhibition can be made at www.dairybarn.org. To learn more about WOAP visit womenofappalachia.com GRAYSON GALLERY AND ART CENTER • April 17 and 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Dropoff for "Celebrate the Earth art show and sale. • April 17 ...

As a writer, I dabble in all sorts of writing. Fanfiction? Count me in. Poetry? You know I got you! Short stories? Yes, please. Screenwriting? Well … sort of. I’ve always wanted to dive into this exhausting, yet rewarding-looking world of creative minds who bring their stories to life for the big or small screen. But then there are those jarring moments, like the tweet below by Marti King Young, writer and director of White Talon City, that remind you how hard it is to be a woman or a person of color (Latinx, for me) in the screenwriting industry.

Jesse Stuart wrote that great teachers continue to have a positive role in the lives of their students that will last a lifetime. Like most adults, I can name a handful of great teachers in grade school, high school and college who have had a greater influence on my life than they probably ever knew. I consider James Klass, who I had for senior English and public speaking during the 1965-66 school at Miami Trace High School near Washington Court House, Ohio, to be the best teacher I ever had before attending college at Morehead State University, where I graduated in 1970.

Americans are fascinated with unsolved historical mysteries. Today, for example, many thousands are trying to find out more about the Melungeons. The Melungeons are both a regional and a national mystery. Historically, they were mountain people, but they were dark-skinned and did not resemble their Appalachian neighbors of Anglo-Saxon, Scotch-Irish or even German descent. They resembled Indians in some ways, but they had other physical characteristics that suggested a mixture of many races. Many had black hair, blue eyes and Mediterranean features, but others, like Deutsia Huntoon, the fair h...

they will come together on a proposal that is big. it actually takes care of this problem. >> could they ever? >> i remain optimistic and hopeful. >> the consequences of failure are so serious. >> a small bipartisan group of senators including mark warner of virginia is working to extend this period on the senate floor, he spoke for 15 manse about the budget -- for 15 minutes about the budget. objection. mr. warner: mr. president, i rise today to add my voice to the debate that has been going on in this chamber about spending proposals and how we get through the balance of this curre...