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by Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente - Jul. 27, 2011 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

Nate Jones is a young, energetic man with a mission in life and the desire to provide good, affordable food for the residents of Yadkinville.

Nate’s Place opened at 216 East Elm St. in Yadkinville on June 6 with the help of his parents.

Nate is a 19-year-old who started learning to cook short-order when he worked at the same location at Tammy’s Toasted Dogs.

Nate moves with efficiency and speed as he cleans his grill between orders and greets customers with a smile and respect when they pick up their order.

As Becca Everhart, one of the dancers of Arts Evangelica, gazed upward after her warm-up, you could almost see in her joyous face the God she was dancing for.

Everhart has been dancing since she was 4 years old, and two years ago she was invited to Arts Evangelica's pre-professional dance company, a dance company of performers who are “reclaiming the arts for God's glory” as their studio motto states. Her level of instruction is now to the point that she is able to help with the younger girls' classes or lead the warm-up for the June performance of “Firebird.” After each warm-up, all dancers stretch their arms high as they praise God who gave them their ability.

High school graduation is a rite of passage for millions of teens. Now, those schooled at home want mortar boards too. It turns out that students and parents who have turned down traditional education still long for a little “Pomp and Circumstance.” As the number of homeschoolers in the U.S. balloons to 2 million children, [...]...

Twin Cities native 's show has five Tony nominations.

If "War Horse" wins a Tony award for best play, the person leaping to his feet at the Beacon Theatre to accept the honor is likely to be Seth Numrich, born and raised in the Twin Cities, where he was home-schooled before becoming the youngest-ever drama enrollee at Juilliard.

The lead actor in a 35-member company, Numrich (pronounced NOOM-rick) has accepted Drama Desk and other awards for the tender-hearted drama about a young man and his beloved horse ("played" by a life-sized puppet and its human handlers).

Even in a field full of people with interesting stories, Numrich's journey is unique. The 24-year-old stage phenom cut his theater teeth in the Twin Cities at Youth Performance Company (YPC), History Theatre and the Guthrie before moving to New York at 16 to study at Juilliard.

In "War Horse," adapted from Michael Morpurgo's children's story, Numrich plays a young man whose horse, Joey, is sold into the British cavalry in the run-up to World War I. Although younger than the required age, Albert enlists in the army to find Joey.