Students share sight (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil) The Lions Club has another boxful of eyeglasses for use wherever they are needed, thanks to children at Gunn Elementary School. Teachers Gail Hannibal and Julie Ryan coordinated a monthlong drive by the school's PUSH (Prevention Using Student Help) Club to collect used eyeglasses.
Flip-flop throw leads to assault charge (Burlington Times-News) A Southern Alamance High School student has been charged with assault and battery after tossing a flip-flop and breaking a girl?s eyeglasses. Joshua D. Maness? mother says the charges are in retaliation for her calling an advocate to intervene in her child?s education.
Tick-Tock and Other Pulses of the West (New York Times) Robert Friedel?s new book ?A Culture of Improvement? is a rare, detailed, nontheoretical survey that exposes the veins of invention that run through Western culture.
Principals are named (McKinney Courier-Gazette) Minshew Elementary principal Suzy Woodard was named the new principal of Reuben Johnson Elementary School, and Minshew assistant principal Susie Towber was promoted to principal at Minshew.
Book Review: The Complete Trailer Park Boys by Matthew Sibiga and Don Wininger (Blogcritics.org) The Complete Trailer Park Boys is a book full of in-jokes and telling photos. It's a book full of the joy and derangement of the show. It's a book full of kitties and Coke-bottle eyeglasses. It's a book full of subtitles: "How to Enjoy the Trailer Park Boys When Your Cable is Out!" and "The Official Sunnyvale Fan Guide" are splashed across the cover, along with the disclaimer: "Warning: ...
Legislator Stern collects used eyeglasses for Gift of Sight program (Babylon Beacon) Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD is collecting used eyeglasses for "Give the Gift of Sight", an organization that collects used eyeglasses and distributes them to the poor in developing countries. Give the Gift of Sight also provides eye exams for the poor and provides new glasses in the United States.
'Ugly Betty' star Ferrera seeks more than fame (The Pantagraph) LOS ANGELES -- America Ferrera hesitates at the door of the studio commissary, peering inside. The cafe is invitingly cool, but dark. She retreats instead to a patio table in the bright afternoon sunshine.