Conventions and Conferences

Namibia: MET Rewards 'Humble Work Hands' (AllAfrica.com)

4 Jul 2008

Namibia is not only becoming a leading tourist destination worldwide but has also become a leader in innovative progress in terms of the environment management and sustainable utilisation of natural resources.

Convention gathers faithful in Amarillo (Amarillo Globe-News)

4 Jul 2008

[Some 13,500 Jehovah's Witnesses will visit Amarillo over three July weekends during their annual district convention that continues a tradition lasting more than 50 years.

2 N.C. poets keep life ‘low and plain' (The Charlotte Observer)

4 Jul 2008

SLANTWISE By Betty Adcock. LSU. 83 pages. $16.95 paper. ELEPHANTS AND BUTTERFLIES By Alan Michael Parker. BOA Editions. 94 pages. $16 paper. Two big-gun poets are out with books this summer: A sixth collection for Betty Adcock, who teaches in the MFA program at Warren Wilson College, and a fifth for Alan Michael Parker, director of creative writing at Davidson and a faculty member of ...