| Roddick, Greenie who changed world
Anita Roddick, who died yesterday at 64, stamped "green" on the business world long before it was fashionable. Roddick, the British founder of beauty-products retailer Body Shop International and a longtime environmental activist, announced in February that she had hepatitis C. Her family said yesterday that she died of a brain haemorrhage in Chichester, West Sussex. She opened her first Body Shop store in 1976. Today the chain has more than 2100 stores in 55 countries. Roddick sold the company to L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics maker, last year in a deal valued at $1.2 billion. "She changed the world of business with her campaigns for social and environmental responsibility," said Body Shop chairman Adrian Bellamy.
Club invites public to an afternoon tea
There are tea parties with Teddy bears, dolls and little friends, and there are tea parties with grown-up friends who enjoy the traditional ritual in an elegant setting with refreshments delicate to the palate and warm conversation with good friends. The public is invited to the traditional ritual on Friday, Sept. 14, when the Redding Garden Club presents "An Afternoon Tea" at Clemens Restaurant in West Redding. Owner Ewa Ojarovska is transforming the dining room into a proper tea tasting room for the occasion, featuring Harney & Sons Fine Teas where guests will sample English Breakfast, Earl Grey Supreme, Darjeeling, and Paris Teas from around the world. Coordinating the event are Redding Garden Club President Sharon Epstein and event Chair Catherine Streit. There will be two tea seatings, from 1:15 to 2:30 and from 2:45 to 4.
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