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Whitesides Elementary students in Layton stage Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Wednesday. (KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner)

Staging Shakespeare a 'Dream' for Layton students

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 9:59pm

LAYTON — When William Shakespeare wrote “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” he couldn’t have known how the play would benefit the self-esteem of elementary school students 400 years later.

Students at Whitesides Elementary School portrayed kings, queens, fairies and nymphs Wednesday during their unique adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play.

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For Halloween, a simple how-to on writing a perfectly evil story

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 8:13am

If I could write a scary story as perfect as Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," I could die happy.

Poe is at his most brilliant: Niter drips. Damp oozes. Dark seeps. Webs gleam amid flickering flambeaux.

And murder lurks. That final dank hole in which Fortunato's bells jingle their last? Perfection!

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Public invited to Jane Austen talk

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 10:56pm

CENTERVILLE -- The Kaysville-Davis Branch of the American Association of University Women invites the public to join them in learning about Jane Austen at 7 p.m. today at the Centerville Branch of Davis County Library, 45 S. 400 West, Centerville.

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