By ANN WEBER, Toledo Blade
Giving up car keys means narrower world for elderly
Richard Huhn drove his uncle's flashy 1929 Buick when he was just 12.
Years later, assigned to the Army motor pool in World War II, he chauffeured officers in France, Belgium and Germany. "I drove down the main street in Paris," he remembers.
Now 94, his vision severely impaired, Huhn doesn't drive anymore. His ophthalmologist insisted he quit about four years ago.
Dress to emphasize positives about your shape
The mirror doesn't lie to you. But who says you can't lie to the mirror?
Knowing how to tell a believable fashion fib -- with color, cut, pattern and accessories -- allows you to dress in a way that emphasizes what's good about your figure and minimizes what's not.
'Eco-cops' understand it's still not easy being green
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Joan Schroeder works in a beauty salon in Toledo, Ohio, but she doesn't hesitate to get ugly if need be.Not with customers. No, she'll get tough with any co-workers she catches throwing away plastic bottles, paper or aluminum cans.
Mineral cosmetics mined for help with good looks
'Scuse me. I have to go powder my nose.What once served as a demure exit strategy for ladies who needed to visit the women's room is now legit. The powder is for real: Cute little pots, jars and compacts of it are showing up in makeup bags, accompanied by large, fluffy brushes to buff it on and smaller brushes to apply it on problem spots.


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