Around the towns (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Carbondale Four teens were awarded black belts in tae kwon do when the Red Dragon Karate School on North Main Street held a graduation ceremony in Carbondale Area High School auditorium. Approximately 120 students were awarded certificates.

Pembroke Pines cross-country star endures pain, wins (Miami Herald)
At some point during the Class 3A state cross-country final Saturday, the onset of fatigue will hit Pines Charter senior Ryan Davis like a Mike Tyson uppercut.

Coming up (This Week Grandview)
Line dancing classes, 10-11 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Grandview Parks and Recreation Center, 1515 Goodale Blvd. Call 488-3111.

Community News (Westminster Community Times)
The alumni association of Franklin High is holding its next meeting in the library at Franklin High School on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. All alums are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Carol Parker at 410-833-1703 or carpark1@verizon.net.

Three Cups of Tea Ticket to Montana Education (Flathead Beacon)
BOZEMAN – Walking around the remote village of Patika, in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Greg Mortenson, at well over six feet tall, was hard to miss that day in 2006. Some villagers understood he was there to build schools, but since the devastating earthquake a year before, they were used to relief workers coming and going. Mortenson’s bestselling book, “Three Cups of Tea,� had been read and ...