eyeglasses News Archive

06-Apr-2008

 

  • Nanotechnology Possesses Dazzling, Dangerous Potential (Deutsche Welle)
    Nanotechnology seeks to create new products by harnessing incredibly small substances. While the industry is booming, the potential dangers to humans remain unknown.


  • Woman who missed sentencing draws 1-year term for elder abuse (Journal Inquirer)
    ENFIELD ? A woman expecting to get a suspended prison sentence and probation for repeatedly beating her 79-year-old mother instead was sent to prison for a year Thursday after she got drunk and failed to appear at her March 24 sentencing.


  • Corona resident primed for 99th birthday (The Press-Enterprise)
    CORONA - Vicenta "Bessie" Maciel Varela still knits. She sews. She does not need eyeglasses. Varela, called Bessie by her friends and family, is going strong as she turns 99 today. The Corona resident will be honored at a birthday party at her son Albert's home in Norco.


  • Medical mission team returns to rural Guatemala (Clanton Advertiser)
    A mission team of 17 people left early yesterday morning for Guatemala, where they will spend the next week providing medical treatment to people in several different locations of the Central American country.


  • Shoals celebrates Earth Month (The Florence Times-Daily)
    trevor to update sked, check on sunday eventThe Shoals will celebrate its first official Earth Day observance from noon to 5 p.m. April 19 at Wilson Park. quot It's definitely not a Florence event it's a Shoals event, quot said Karen Lowery, a member of the Shoals Earth Month Committee. quot We want it to be a happy, festive day. quot


  • Shooting in 2006 remains unsolved (Whittier Daily News)
    PICO RIVERA - It was the day before Independence Day 2006. A man in a carport heard what he thought was a firecracker being set off outside the laundry room of the Shangri-Lodge Apartment Hotel. He saw a young man jump over the wall and run across a second fence.


  • Camden Lions see globally with eyeglass campaign (Camden Herald)
    CAMDEN ? The Camden Lions Club had a first-hand look, recently, at how their organization?s eyeglasses recycling program benefits people in need in other countries, and it has been proposed that the Club help fund eye-care programs in a community in Columbia for one year.


  • Mission to the Philippines (The Milpitas Post)
    Milpitas Executive Lions Club members were among those on a medical mission to San Pablo city in the Philippines from Feb. 15-19. About 850 local patients were served, 350 recycled eyeglasses were distributed, and about 130 patients were treated by a local dentist for tooth extractions.


  • For the Environment (Honolulu Advertiser)
    KAUA'I GARDEN DOCENTS ? The National Tropical Botanical Garden will provide free docent training for its south-shore site from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning April 30 through June 18. Docents lead garden tours and receive training in botany, propagation, conservation, nursery management, customer service. Annual commitment of 72 volunteer hours required. Deadline to apply is April 9. ...


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