The press release of the week arrives touting a new Christian book for women: Women ... Called to Be Fathers of the Gospel. The book reportedly focuses on the qualty of the sexes and such. So if women should be fathers, does that mean men should be mothers? And sisters should be brothers? And cats, dogs? Who knew traditional family values were so complicated!
"I haven't done anything wrong. They've got it backward ... All I can tell you is that they are liars and janitors."
More than 1,500 of the nation's top high-schoolers came to town last week for the National Association of Student Councils convention at Silverado High School. Michelle White, spokeswoman for the Reston, Virginia-based group, explains why bright kids and this bright-light city made for good educational bedfellows.
The conference's goal?
For the kids to learn how to become better leaders and be better engaged in the civic process.
Isn't it strange to have a student convention in Vegas?
We didn't pick Vegas. The size of the airports and convention facilities factor into the site decision. Staff also does site visits, schools come to D.C. to do presentation and the executive board decides. Silverado put in a bid to host the conference and won, which is a credit to the school and the community.
Must've been hard keeping track of the youth in the casinos?
None of the activities took place on the Strip. Host families housed the students and helped transport them, which is why I say the community performed well. Only the adults stayed in hotels. We stayed in the Alexis Park and it doesn't have a casino.
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You read about it in the Weekly first, unless you read it in the Orange County Register firster. Health officials were pulling bags of Mexican candy from local shelves for fear of possible lead poisoning. The initial test results were all negative for lead concentrations high enough to cause lead poisoning. (The testing threshold is .2 parts per million). The testing was performed in response to warnings by the state of California, where officials had discovered high levels of lead in the candy. A six-part series by the Orange County Register traced the lead back to chili powder and ink on wrapper labels.
The Friends to Retain Judge Karen Bennett hosted a meet-and-greet fund-raiser this week, and the e-mailed announcement included a fairly impressive resume: justice of the peace, Department 7; former general counsel to the Las Vegas Housing Authority; former co-bond counsel to the Clark County School District; former assistant federal public defender. Oh, and last but not least, "Married to Frederick C. Haron."