Red Ribbon Week gets under way Oct. 22 (The Lufkin Daily News)

"Like the novel, the essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything. By tradition, almost by definition, the essay is a short piece, and it is therefore impossible to give all things full play within the limits of a single essay. But a collection of essays can cover almost as much ground, and cover it almost as thoroughly, as can a long novel. Montaigne's Third Book is the equivalent, very nearly, of a good slice of the Comédie Humaine. Essays belong to a literary species whose extreme variability can be studied most effectively within a three-poled frame of reference. There is the pole of the personal and the autobiographical; there is the pole of the objective, the factual, the concrete-particular; and there is the pole of the abstract-universal. Most essayists are at home and at their best in the neighborhood of only one of the essay's three poles, or at the most only in the neighborhood of two of them. There are the predominantly personal essayists, who write fragments of reflective autobiography and who look at the world through the keyhole of anecdote and description. There are the predominantly objective essayists who do not speak directly of themselves, but turn their attention outward to some literary or scientific or political theme. … And how splendid, how truly oracular are the utterances of the great generalizers! … The most richly satisfying essays are those which make the best not of one, not of two, but of all the three worlds in which it is possible for the essay to exist"

Red Ribbon Week gets under way Oct. 22 (The Lufkin Daily News)

"All across the nation, there's a drug-free sensation."

Community Action Agency pushing youth reading 10/03/07 (Dearborn Press & Guide)

Reading at risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America reports that literary reading in America is rapidly declining among all age groups and cultural groups.

A run in the park (Lisbon Morning Journal)

COLUMBIANA â€” In the racing world, Firestone is a well recognized brand name. So itâ€™s rather fitting that in roughly two weeks, Firestone Park will be host to a 10-class go-kart grand prix that promises fast-paced fun to any in attendance.

Crowd enjoys the autumn sunshine at Sorghum Festival (Danville Register & Bee)

CLIMAX - Blame the drought for the absence of sorghum making demonstrations at this yearâ€™s Annual Sorghum Festival. Sorghum may be the festivalâ€™s namesake, but the lack of sorghum demonstrations didnâ€™t keep the crowds away. There was too much else going on to miss the demonstrations of years past.

BRIEFS: Teaching outside the box (New York Teacher)

October is Fire Prevention Month. If a trip to a firehouse isn't in the offing for your class, you can still fulfill a state requirement to educate kids about fire and arson with some creative â€” and potentially lucrative â€” outlets.

8 Days A Week Sept. 27- Oct. 4 (Fayetteville Free Weekly)

All events listed in 8 Days a Week are open to the public. To submit a listing, send to FFW, 203 N. College Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701, or fax to 444-7289, at least two weeks prior to event. Submissions are printed as space allows. Photographs and art are also considered.

neXt (Southeast Missourian)

High school's all about testing: midterms, finals, weekly quizzes. Then there are the big ones: ACT, PSAT, SAT. Those who decide to take the PSATs have the opportunity to qualify for a National Merit...

Moving to Cheaper Pastures (GoldSeek.com)

*** Is the dour housing market really a shock?â€¦gorgeous gold is sitting prettyâ€¦time to go platinumâ€¦and more!

Fifty years ago, a volcano changed the AÃ§ores forever (Seekonk Star)

Though a half century has passed, the images of destruction remain clear in their minds, as if the volcano that changed their lives forever had erupted yesterday. Joe Silva remembers the ocean glowing so bright "it looked like the sun was underwater."

Think only brainiacs get scholarships? There are free funds available for nearly every interest and type of student. (Bankrate.com)

One strategy for financing college that often goes overlooked is getting someone else to pay for it. How do you do that?

Red Ribbon Week gets under way Oct. 22 (The Lufkin Daily News)

An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task.

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Deadline for the 22nd Annual Short Story Contest is October 12. (Palo Alto Weekly)
Action/Falcon Flier: Confidence-building essay competition set for UW students (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Barrelhouse Invitational, Pop Culture Essay Edition
The Golden Age at Its Best (New York Review of Books)