eyeglasses News Archive

16-Apr-2008

 

  • Awards go to 61 Philadelphia high school teachers (Philly.com)
    Matthew N. VanKouwenberg is always looking to seize a teachable moment, whether it's in his lesson plan or not. It's one reason the 31-year-old scientist-turned-teacher was recognized yesterday as one of 61 top public high school teachers in the Philadelphia School District.


  • Philadelphia School District High School (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
    The following are excerpts from the nominating information submitted to the Lindback Foundation for the winning Philadelphia high school teachers. There is one winner for each high school.


  • Clear your closet ? and your conscience (MSNBC)
    From old winter coats to outdated eyeglasses, there must be things around your house that you no longer need. But one man's "trash" is another man's treasure ... so do the right thing by donating your used stuff. Lucky magazine offers tips.


  • Fundraiser produces batter by the barrel, pancakes by the pound (The Argus Leader)
    It's batter by the barrel and pancakes by the stack Tuesday and today. The 52nd annual Downtown Lions Club Pancake Days opened Tuesday at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. It runs from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost $5.50. Children 5 and younger eat free. The money helps the blind and others in need. Those attending may recycle old eyeglasses and hearing aid batteries.


  • The Amish Cook (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
    Spring brings a lot of work but I enjoy the outdoor activity after a long winter spent inside.


  • Grants are available for kids' health care (Arizona Daily Star)
    A foundation has grants to help children who need health services not covered.


  • C'ville students driven to help (Wapakoneta Daily News)
    By KAREN CAMPBELL Staff Writer Whether it is pennies, cans and boxes of food, eyeglasses, or items soldiers use while stationed overseas, Cridersville Elementary School students have collected them to help those in need this year.


  • 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.


  • Machias property searched in case of boy missing since '04 (Everett Herald)
    Detectives used a backhoe, radar equipment and dogs to comb over property where Shelby Wright, then 14, was last seen.


  • For some, the glasses are always half-empty (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
    Eyes are the windows to the soul. Therefore, eyeglasses are the outside pane of double-paned windows to the soul. I could expound further on this analogy, but tears really aren't the inner-pane condensation of the soul.


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