| Finders and keepers flock to annual antiques show
From little trinkets to large pieces of furniture, there was a little bit of everything at the Robert R. Merlino Memorial Antiques Show yesterday in Cromwell Center, Tompkinsville. "There is so much stuff," said Gladys Schweiger, executive director of the Staten Island Alzheimer's Foundation. "There are all types of things -- estate jewelry, crystal, furniture. It's wonderful." She even found a little turtle statue for her granddaughter, who loves the shelled reptile. The Alzheimer's Foundation hosts the annual event, which attracts vendors from as far away as Pennsylvania and usually raises about $10,000 for the organization through admission, raffle sales and vendor tables. Ms. Schweiger said the profit they make from the event stays on Staten Island and is used to help run various programs.
RELIGION BRIEFS
Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group: 2:30-4 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church, 2727 E. Main St., Richmond, IN. Confidential emotional support and practical assistance. Meets first and third Wednesday of every month. Info: (765) 966-5682 (800) 272-3900 Entertainment: Jan. 13 at Solid Rock Cafe, Richmond, IN. Gene Webb Info: Tom (765) 993-9500 .
VERBATIM: Don't miss the charm of a visit to Amish country
As with any vacation, even though this is a one-tank trip, set a limit on what you want to spend. Antique and craft shoppers, this means you. Credit cards accepted. Please, dont go speeding over a hill, or around a curve. With destinations all connected by twisting roads, youre not only risking your life, but those of the Amish. You read about one of these car vs. buggy tragedies every year. Dont cause one. Assume there is a pedestrian or buggy over the next hill. The buggies now have a flashing light on them (at night), but that wont alert speeders in time. And dont think that because its winter, people wont be riding bicycles. Amish men, women and children pedal along with cars zooming past at 60 mph around hairpin turns. And some of the bikes tow children in a cart.
Conference is for moms trying to have it all
Want to hear how a professional mom can manage time between raising children, advancing her career and keeping the family together? Attend the 2007 Women's Leadership Conference on March 2 at the University of Cincinnati's Tangeman Center. Tyree Gaines and Carol Tonge Mack will present a session titled "Leading from the Office to the Playground: Professional Parent in the 21st Century." .
TV show assistant smashes 2500-year-old bronze mirror
A Chinese television show audience watched dumbstruck as a presenter's assistant accidentally smashed a 2,500-year-old bronze mirror. The mirror, dating back to the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.), was being held up for display on a China Central Television programme, when it fell from its wooden casket. The programme, shot on Jan. 14, was to select "ten most valuable treasures" from China's private collections. The accident left the audience and crew silent and stunned until experts rushed on to the stage to pick up the pieces. The mirror's owner, renowned antique collector Chen Fengjiu, said the CD-sized mirror was the only one of its kind and other collectors had offered 1 million U.S. dollars to buy it. The program's producer has promised to invite leading antique experts to repair the brittle mirror, but there have been no published offers of compensation.
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