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ORG XMIT: IDMC105 Vice President Joe Biden points to some new sunglasses he tried on while talking with Special Olympics athlete Michael Barrantes on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 in Boise, Idaho. Biden talked with Barrantes, a floor hockey medalist from Costa Rica, in one of the Special Olympics venues that focuses on the health of the athletes. This program is called Opening Eyes and it provides eye check ups with immediate glasses, sunglasses and sports glasses presented to the athletes free of charge. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley) (Matt Cilley / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: IDMC105 Vice President Joe Biden points to some new sunglasses he tried on while talking with Special Olympics athlete Michael Barrantes on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 in Boise, Idaho. Biden talked with Barrantes, a floor hockey medalist from Costa Rica, in one of the Special Olympics venues that focuses on the health of the athletes. This program is called Opening Eyes and it provides eye check ups with immediate glasses, sunglasses and sports glasses presented to the athletes free of charge. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley) (Matt Cilley / The Spokesman-Review)

Vice President Joe Biden points to some new sunglasses he tried on while talking with Special Olympics athlete Michael Barrantes on Thursday in Boise. Biden talked with Barrantes, a floor hockey medalist from Costa Rica, in one of the Special Olympics venues that focuses on the health of the athletes. This program is called Opening Eyes and it provides eye check ups with immediate glasses, sunglasses and sports glasses presented to the athletes free of charge. Story here.  (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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