Doctor Gives Sight in Vietnam Mission
Dr Gregg Feinerman travels to Vietnam with donated lenses to perform cataract surgeries in Project Vietnam. He aims to teach local doctors and treat hundreds, offering free operations to the visually impaired as part of Operation In Sight.
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Doctor
Vietnam
Santa Ana
Calif
Gregg Feinerman
Feinerman
Project Vietnam
Long Beach
Callif
University of California, Irvine
Hanoi
Irvine
ECISD pushes nutrition education across campuses
ECISD food services workers will teach nutrition and better fast food choices to students on Fridays. The district plans to require junior highs to implement nutrition education in 2008 09, building on elementary CATCH programs aimed at whole school health.
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ECISD
Jenkins
What’s MyScore a health program for Ector Junior High
A collaboration among Ector Junior High Star Care and local health professionals launches MyScore a physical education course for 25 students to learn healthier eating and better exercise. Nurses from Star Care will Fridays monitor progress collect data and students use software to track personal improvements.
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Ector
Star Care Home Health Services
Star Care
Ector Junior High
Raising self-esteem to curb childhood materialism study says
Researchers link low self-esteem in children aged 8 to 13 to rising materialism as a coping mechanism. They note self-esteem improves by ages 16 to 18, reducing the drive for consumer goods and suggesting interventions targeting vulnerable kids. The study in Journal of Consumer Research strengthens the view that self-worth influences spending desires.
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U.S
Lan Nguyen Chaplin
University of Illinois At Urbana- Champaign
Chaplin
Journal of Consumer Research
Knox College
Tim Kasser
Funeral set for El Paso sheriff Leo Samaniego
Visitation and funeral services are planned for Wednesday for El Paso County Sheriff Leo Samaniego who died after a six month cancer battle. He served more than 20 years and was elected six times. A procession will go to Memory Gardens of the Valley in Santa Teresa. He was 75 and had announced in September he would not seek a seventh term.
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EL Paso
Leo Samaniego
Samaniego
Harvest Christian Center Assembly of God
Valley Cemetery
Santa Teresa
Texas
Hi Samaniego
All Schools Closed for Winter Holiday Break
The Daily notes winter recess for all schools. It also lists events at The Academy at Ector including Saturday Area All-State Choir auditions at Lee High and a ninth grade boys basketball game against Abilene Cooper at the Academy field house.
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Academy
Ector
Midland
Lee High
Abilene Cooper
Academy Field House
HPOD
Abilene
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