eyeglasses News Archive

19-May-2007

 

  • SAN FRANCISCO / Schoolchildren looking better / Low-income kids attend Ohio foundation's touring clinic for free vision ... (San Francisco Chronicle)
    Jazmyne Gutierrez wanted pink glasses. The Fairmont Elementary School second-grader stood in front of the table covered with pint-size eyeglasses with frames in silver, black, red, gold and finally, pink. Jazmyne picked up the pink ones, put...


  • Legislature approves Blunt's Medicaid overhaul (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
    A legislative session typified at times by sloppy lawmaking and bitter feuds ended Friday with agreement to overhaul the $6 billion Medicaid program. Then the spirit of cooperation collapsed.


  • ?Prize Winner? author Ryan dies of cancer at age 60 (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    Terry Ryan, whose best-selling memoir ?The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio? described how her mother raised 10 children by writing winning advertising jingles, died of cancer Wednesday at her home in San Francisco. She was 60.


  • Today's frames are fashion-forward (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    Eyeglasses are more than corrective; they also can be attractive.


  • Weston Women's League Group collecting old eyeglasses (Weston Forum)
    Don?t throw out those old eyeglasses. The ?Recycle for Sight? annual eyeglass drive will take place during this month, and is run by the Weston Women?s League (WWL).


  • Legislator Stern collects used eyeglasses for Gift of Sight program (Babylon Beacon)
    Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD is collecting used eyeglasses for "Give the Gift of Sight", an organization that collects used eyeglasses and distributes them to the poor in developing countries. Give the Gift of Sight also provides eye exams for the poor and provides new glasses in the United States.


  • The face shapes which frames look best (Knoxville News Sentinel)
    The key to finding the right eyeglasses or sunglasses is finding a pair that complements the wearer's face shape.


  • AllAboutVision.com Provides Basics of Corrective Eye Surgery, Contact Lenses, and Eyeglasses (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
    LA JOLLA, Calif.----Consumers can get a concise overview of their vision correction options with "The Basics," a new AllAboutVision.com series covering the fundamentals of eyeglasses , contact lenses , and corrective eye surgery such as LASIK.


  • Flip-flop throw leads to assault charge (Burlington Times-News)
    A Southern Alamance High School student has been charged with assault and battery after tossing a flip-flop and breaking a girl?s eyeglasses. Joshua D. Maness? mother says the charges are in retaliation for her calling an advocate to intervene in her child?s education.


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