| Cave Creek's Wild West Days start Thursday
There's a little something for everyone at this year's Cave Creek Wild West Days. Just make sure to bring your dancing boots and a cold drink. Hot sauce tasting, hoedowns and a beauty pageant are a part of the revelry Thursday through Sunday in downtown Cave Creek. .
Staff editorial:Little girl Halloween costumes need more modesty
With Halloween weekend behind us, most college students have already been subject to the plethora of slutty female costumes running around half naked. From sexy kittens to naughty nurses, Halloween has become a holiday for girls to celebrate their inner skank. .
PBS explores 'Miss Navajo' pageant
Fifty-five young women have earned the title of Miss Navajo during the pageant's half-century history on the Navajo Nation, but the annual event attracts few off-reservation fans. There may be a reason for that, said 32-year-old Navajo filmmaker Billy Luther, whose documentary, "Miss Navajo" is airing on PBS's Independent Lens program this week. "People off the reservation are used to the bathing suit competition and the evening wear competition," he said. "They're looking for physical beauty." The Miss Navajo pageant is the opposite, said pageant Judge Larry Thompson. The focus is on inner beauty. "It's not really based on looks, but the awareness of culture, social issues and concerns of the area," he said. "It's less of a beauty pageant and more of a confidence builder." The pageant is the subject of Luther's film, which has shown at the Sydney Opera House, an ice cinema in Norway and the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
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Noises Off is the kind of production I would normally give an A-, but I can imagine some members of the cast and others who enjoyed the spectacle last weekend approaching me to say, "I'm kind of disappointed you didn't give it an A." Oh well, I'm still giving it an A-, but that's quite good, you know. .
FRHS teen wins crown
Danielle Scimeca experienced her first appearance as Miss Teen Colorado USA 2008 on Friday at Castleview High School in Castle Rock where she escorted contestants down the aisle in the school's Mr. Sabercat competition. "It went really good and it was really fun," Scimeca said. "It was kind of exciting because it was my first real thing I did as Miss Teen Colorado." .
Trumann Halloween’s through the years
Halloween has always been a holiday that kids enjoy. Today, it seems that some adults enjoy it as much as kids do. Throughout the years in Trumann, the holiday has been celebrated with events for kids, fundraisers and beauty pageants. Costumes and candy, spaghetti suppers, carnivals, spook houses, Halloween programs and games have been a staple in this town since the 1940's. A special Halloween PTA program was presented by Mrs. W.C. Holt's room in 1945. Dalton Morgan gave the history of Halloween at the first PTA meeting of the year in the high school auditorium. Students sang three songs, "Old Mother Witch is Coming to Town", "Hobgoblin Time" and the "Dance of the Jack-O-Lantern." In addition to the Halloween entertainment, Mrs. R.L. Davis gave a talk on "What the Parent Expects of the School." A discussion of the subject "Teachers and Parents as Partners" was given by Mrs.
Who you callin' a "ho," Santa?
Jolly Old Saint Nick muzzled in Australia. Can hair color make other people act dumb?A study suggests that just the sight of blond women can "make men less clever." Halftime harassmentA ritual at Giants Stadium involves crowds of men clamoring for women to take off their shirts. When is a breast just a breast?Women in Sweden are fighting for the right to go topless. Miss Landmine 2008At a beauty pageant held for Angola's land mine victims, the prize is a prosthetic leg. .
Southern Discomfort
Regional stereotyping is a hallmark of crude humor the world over. Berliners bust on Bavarians; Venetians needle Neapolitans. Almost any perceived difference is fair game: accent, food, fashion and especially brainpower. In the United States, the South�s roguish past makes it an especially juicy target for jokes. Of course, troubled history has forged literary genius. Southern writers such as Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty and Langston Hughes created tales and characters that drew on their roots without disparaging them. In The Miss Firecracker Contest (1984), playwright Beth Henley does just the opposite. The Mississippi native stuffs condescending clich�s into her script like a sausage maker gone mad. How many �po� white trash� elements can she ram into her characters� Southern Gothic backstories? Far too many is the unfortunate answer.
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