eyeglasses News Archive

24-Aug-2008

 

  • Club notes (Columbus Telegram)
    Meeting held at its library in the museum at 7 p.m. Aug. 5 with 16 members and one guest present.


  • Feeling spent after nieceā??s back-to-school shopping (The Record)
    During the dog days of summer, many families go shopping. Without the dog. Last week, my sister-in-law, Joyce, brought my niece, Talia, to my parents' house - but only for a few minutes.


  • Quiet Giant: Alabama's Andre Smith (The Huntsville Times)
    USCALOOSA - The eyeglasses, maybe, are a hint. Gold and rectangular, snug-fitting on the massive body of Andre Smith, maybe they make things clearer and not just for their owner.


  • Lions request old eyeglasses (The Shawnee News-Star)
    Members of the Shawnee Lions Club are asking people to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle for Sight program. The Shawnee Lions Club collects used prescription eyeglasses and prescription and non-prescription sunglasses. The glasses are cleaned and prepared for distribution in developing countries, where eye care is often unaffordable ...


  • Latest fashion trend for all to see (The Pantagraph)
    Patsy Webber has 11 pairs of eyeglasses, and expects to pick up a few more for good measure. Webber is part of a growing trend of consumers treating eyewear as a fashion statement.


  • Manya Rubinstein and Clayton Rockefeller (New York Times)
    Manya Rubinstein and Clayton Rockefeller were married at the home of the bridegroom?s father in Falmouth, and Peter London, an uncle of the bride, led the ceremony, which included Jewish traditions.


  • Unsinkable spirit: Fire, flood leave big mess; Bettendorf mom needs money to replace furniture (Quad-City Times)
    CLARIFICATION: A story in Monday?s Quad-City Times did not contain some information pertaining to the cause of a June 15 apartment fire at Chateau Knoll in Bettendorf. According to a Bettendorf police report, the fire was caused by a burning candle. The tenant of the apartment maintains a bolt of lightning ignited the blaze.


  • Improvement district grants funding requests (East Montgomery County Observer)
    With EarthQuest Adventures still a hot topic on the East Montgomery County Improvement District?s list, the organization sought to make another difference in the county.


  • Madison Obama camp readies the troops (The Capital Times)
    The yin and the yang of running a fresh, but disciplined presidential campaign was in evidence Saturday as fired-up Barack Obama volunteers, organizers and campaign staff met at the Madison headquarters for six hours of training to launch the battle in the field. Nearly 300 volunteer leaders from four counties surrounding Madison sat patiently on metal chairs in a sweltering room as they ...


  • New chief and new course at SAP (International Herald Tribune)
    Henning Kagermann, the longtime head of SAP, is in the middle of a slow transition in which he will yield the top job entirely to Leo Apotheker, now the co-chief executive, when he retires in March.


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