By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Opportunities, Inc. workers get busy with some piecework for a local industry. Pictured are, from left, Jacob Wanamaker, Ronnie Crow and Donnie Everlith. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Opportunities, Inc., according to information provided by the organization, is a sheltered workshop for differently abled adults.The…

Clay Prater poses with an armful of porcine pulchritude, better known as a pig, in honor of the Southern Standard’s annual Pig Day celebration. Clay is the 7-year-old son of Leah and Kelly Prater. (Charles W. Johnson photo) You better bring more than your fingers and toes if you’re wanting to count the number of…

NASHVILLE — Cirque du Soleil assistant choreographer John Morris will teach a two-hour movement workshop for actors from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 6, at the Montgomery Bell Academy rehearsal hall.The class, sponsored by Green Room Projects, will feature the techniques of Phillipe Gaullier’s “Le Jeu” method, an organic, play-based approach to physical movement that emphasizes…

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McMinnville resident and Hamilton County native Harold Glenn Whitlock, 77, died Feb. 25 at River Park Hospital.A retired employee of General Motors and a member of the Baptist Church, he served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II.The son of the late Otis Monroe and Nany Lula Bond Whitlock, he was preceded…

McMinnville resident and Pickett County native Willie (Rob) Robison Conner, 92, died Feb. 26 at River Park Hospital.A retired farmer and factory worker and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of John Robison and Annie Belle Reeder Conner; and was preceded in death by his wife, Florence Ellen Conner in…

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world faces a future of people speaking more than one language, with English no longer seen as likely to become dominant, a British language expert says in a new analysis. “English is likely to remain one of the world’s most important languages for…

By MARK BRYANT / Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Build libraries and they will come — and surf. Public libraries have helped narrow the digital divide by providing free access to computers and the Internet, according to a report released Wednesday at the Public Library Association 10th National Conference, which ends Saturday. More than…

By MARY DALRYMPLE / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 70 percent of elderly Medicare recipients don’t know the program’s new prescription drug benefit has been signed into law, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. A majority of those surveyed have an unfavorable impression of the drug benefit, which the President…

By DANIEL YEE / Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The number of Americans with asthma rose about 4 percent in 2002, and minority groups have a more difficult time controlling disease than whites, federal officials said Thursday. About 7.5 percent of Americans reported having asthma in 2002 — the most recent year figures are…