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Test Your Knowledge of Alcon Products

Thanks to Fred Schneiweiss for providing a Crossword puzzle activity for us to pick our brain about Alcon (Novartis) products. Link to the Crossword Puzzle Note: If you complete the puzzle digitally, please clear your entries (use the bar with … Continue reading


Ole’s Adventures for 2010

By Ole Lorenzetti On June 20, I took off driving out West for a camping, fishing, bicycling, kayaking trip, packing my two bicycles and an inflatable kayak as well as fishing and camping gear. I drove six to seven hours … Continue reading


Adventure in the Arctic – Robertson’s 2011

Stella and Jamie Robertson escaped the Texas heat (104oF) this June, 2011, to 80 degrees north latitude , north of the Arctic Circle, on the Lindblad /National Geographic Explorer cruise to the Arctic, to the“land of the ice bears”.  It … Continue reading


Reynaldo (Ding) DeJesus

Philippine Correspondent Almost three years ago, my wife Lily and I decided we should spend more time in Manila, so we moved into a high-rise condo we’d bought earlier. We now visit with our kids and grandkids in the States … Continue reading


OIe Lorenzetti

After retiring from Alcon as VP of Therapeutic Research in 2001, Ole has continued his adventurous nature. Kirstin Lorenzetti, Ole’s daughter-in- law, e-mailed Andy Lubrano the President of the Alcon Retirees Association to see if we would like to share … Continue reading


Mike Burke

My wife Toni and I are being proud new grandparents. On May 7, our daughter Laurie gave birth to a beautiful 6 pound, 11 ounce girl – Neela Aurora Reddy.


Betty Goodman

“My youngest son and I went halibut and salmon fishing in Seward, Alaska in July. In October, I went on a Carnival cruise to Calica, Mexico. We were originally scheduled to go to Cancun but Wilma, or it may have … Continue reading


Pete Knowles

Pete shares her adventure to Canada and the beautiful scenery along the way. I met up with 11 of my Weatherford biker friends at 5:00 am, on June 5, trying to beat the Texas heat and we did a pretty … Continue reading


Gene Estes

Gene Estes always did appreciate a good time and a fine wine, and now he has managed to put the two together. A few years back, he bought a few acres of land out in the country near Burleson, named … Continue reading