| Group gives Atlanta school lunch a D, DeKalb a B
Toss those chicken nuggets and pass the soy milk: A veggie-lunch-lovin' advocacy group this week nearly failed Atlanta's public schools — with a D+ — while giving DeKalb County schools a passing B- for the food they serve at lunch. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's annual school lunch survey targets school systems that participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program. .
Dunkin’ Donuts Goes Trans-Fat Free
Dunkin' Donuts announced it will be pretty much trans-fat free by mid October. The company developed alternative cooking oil, and reformulated more than 50 menu items including doughnuts. But the ``zero grams trans fat' label won't mean there is literally no trans fat in their products. Federal regulations state food labels can say ``zero grams trans fat' if there's less than a half gram per serving. sh/ay Dunkin' Donuts
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‘Vermicelli expert’
IN the 1960s, the Department of Labor was receiving applications for alien work permits for the position of �vermicelli expert.� The bureaucrat in charge looked up the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and could not find the job title. After approving a few applications and making some inquiries, he discovered that �vermicelli expert� meant someone who was good in cooking noodles. All applications henceforth were rejected because we had a big supply of Filipinos who could cook pasta blindfolded. Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libmanan last week was surprised to learn 91 Chinese were working illegally at the Fontana Leisure and Development Corporation at the Clark development zone. Illegal aliens often work underground but not in a high-profile place like Fontana. Sixty-three of the aliens had no work permits, he said, and 28 had permits but with �dubious job descriptions.
2nd generation opens salon at Emmaus corner store site
Gabriel Genovese made his living at the corner of Fifth and Broad streets, Emmaus, for almost four decades.
Now his daughter wants to do the same -- although that's about the only thing she has in common with her father.
The storefront formerly known as Gabby's Market reopened three weeks ago, after substantial renovation, as a beauty salon called She. Genovese's daughter Wanda O'Brien runs the place with help from her daughter, Tara.
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