eyeglasses News Archive

26-Aug-2008

 

  • Vision help offered uninsured families (The Bismarck Tribune)
    Eye exams and eyeglasses, if necessary, will be offered to working, uninsured families that are residents of North Dakota, at no cost, through the Vision USA-ND Project.


  • Giant Eagle Offers Double Fuelperks with Eyeglasses, Contacts Purchases (Progressive Grocer)
    In a bid to boost traffic at its four optical centers, Giant Eagle said it is promoting a 20-cent-a-gallon gasoline discount at GetGo fuel and convenience store locations for every $50 spent at Giant Eagle Optical.


  • Local Artifacts Travel to Washington (R News)
    Some Rochester history was on display this weekend before taking a trip out west. Several personal items belonging to Susan B. Anthony will be loaned out to museums in the state of Washington, including a cloak, an inkwell and Susan's eyeglasses.


  • Latest fashion trend for all to see (The Pantagraph)
    Patsy Webber has 11 pairs of eyeglasses, and expects to pick up a few more for good measure. Webber is part of a growing trend of consumers treating eyewear as a fashion statement.


  • Quiet Giant: Alabama's Andre Smith (The Huntsville Times)
    USCALOOSA - The eyeglasses, maybe, are a hint. Gold and rectangular, snug-fitting on the massive body of Andre Smith, maybe they make things clearer and not just for their owner.


  • Guilty plea entered in child porn, drug case (Bucks County Courier Times)
    Joseph Denton will be sentenced following a Megan's Law evaluation.


  • Lions request old eyeglasses (The Shawnee News-Star)
    Members of the Shawnee Lions Club are asking people to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle for Sight program. The Shawnee Lions Club collects used prescription eyeglasses and prescription and non-prescription sunglasses. The glasses are cleaned and prepared for distribution in developing countries, where eye care is often unaffordable ...


  • Q & A: Futurist Ray Kurzweil (InformationWeek)
    We caught up with the visionary inventor at SpeechTek 2008, where he talked with InformationWeek about speech technology, his new cellphone reading machine, and two new movie projects.


  • Security Is Tight, Even for Those in Security Jobs (New York Times)
    At the National Tennis Center in Queens, even New York?s uniformed officers must wear credentials from the United States Tennis Association.


  • Consumer Champ: What are those campaign souvenirs really worth? (Rocky Mountain News)
    From a pair of Eisenhower's eyeglasses to a Henry Clay coat-pocket cigar case, from stuff stored in an old box or a dresser drawer to materials that had been carefully curated and were worthy of display in a museum, we were overwhelmed by readers like you whom we asked to show us their "stuff."


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