eyeglasses News Archive

19-Mar-2009

 

  • Pastor's outreach hits a nerve (Boston Globe)
    CHICHESTER, N.H. - At lunchtime yesterday, as reporters circled on the dirt road outside and the Rev. David Pinckney's cellphone kept ringing, the pastor took a break and sat down for lunch in the kitchen of his home with his new friend, convicted child killer Raymond Guay.


  • Health IT weds tech, medicine (The Monterey County Herald)
    VERO BEACH, Fla. ? Dennis Saver, with a stethoscope with three tiny koala bears dangling from his neck and eyeglasses perched on his nose, looks every bit the family doctor as he steps into the examining room of his small practice on Florida's Treasure Coast.


  • Advance owner buys Gandhi?s effects (Novato Advance)
    Dr. Vijay Mallya, owner of the Marinscope chain of newspapers that includes the Novato Advance, got worldwide attention last week for a successful bid of $1.8 million at an auction for five items owned by Mahatma Gandhi, including Gandhi?s pocket watch, metal bowl and plate, sandals and his iconic, wire-rimmed eyeglasses.


  • Millard Kaufman, 92, a Creator of Mr. Magoo, Dies (New York Times)
    Mr. Kaufman wrote Oscar-nominated screenplays for ?Take the High Ground!? and ?Bad Day at Black Rock? and made a belated debut as a novelist at 90.


  • EDDIE EYEGLASSES VISITS STUDENTS (Coshocton Tribune)
    Eddie Eyeglasses visited the kindergarten through second-grade classes at Sacred Heart School on March 11. The Eddie Eyeglasses program is sponsored by the local Lions Club. Eddie talked with the children about eye safety, the need for regular eye check-ups, the importance of wearing your eyeglasses, and about their collection and recycling of old pairs of eyeglasses.


  • Man held for trial in parade robbery (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
    A North Side man who admitted his resemblance to a bank robbery suspect Feb. 3 was ordered yesterday to stand trial for the Downtown holdup during the Steelers' Super Bowl victory parade.


  • Dallas-Fort Worth briefs (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)
    City Secretary Deborah Watkins on Wednesday disqualified from the May 9 ballot two Dallas City Council hopefuls ? District 5 candidate Sarah Gutierrez-Anderson and District 10 candidate Anita Dade.


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