What's New at the Office?

This is the page where we will announce office news. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

Dr. Quiring attends Portland 2006; Great Western Council of Optometry
October 19-22, 2006, Oregon Convention Center, Portland Oregon

Dr. Quiring attended the 4-day conference of continuing education while staying with his brother, Ron and his wife, Minnie.  He returned back to the office on October 25, 2006.


The Optical Shoppe Inc. Updates their Building
April & May, 2006

The Optical Shoppe, Inc. updated its building with new windows and replaced the weathered wood siding with a southwestern designed stucco exterior. They also updated the front steps giving them an exciting new look on Main street. Stop by and check out their new look. Pictures of the building will be added when available.


American Red Cross Deploys Dr. Quiring to volunteer in Alabama
Hurricane Katrina Recovery, September, 2005

The American Red Cross deployed Dr. Quiring to the Alabama/Mississippi Gulf coast area to volunteer. The Red Cross Headquarters for this disaster is located in Montgomery, Alabama. While in Montgomery, he was assigned to the Client Services area at the local Montgomery chapter. Dr. Quiring worked as a case worker; interviewing clients affected by the disaster who were applying for financial assistance. He did not provide optometric services. He was out of the office from September 10-20, 2005.

Alcon Laboratories generously donated a large supply of ocular antibiotics and artificial tear supplements valued at almost $5,000. Dr. Quiring delivered them to Medical Services at Headquarters and they distributed them to shelters and are being dispensed to hurricane victims. Alcon Humanitarian Services has a long history of generosity throughout the world.  Thank you very much Alcon!

Dr. Quiring also purchased 250 pairs of over-the-counter reading glasses that he took with him to Alabama. They were distributed to Mississippi and Alabama gulf coast shelters for those that lost their reading glasses.

Kerry, Joe and Dr. Quiring volunteered with the Cortez Lions Club at this year's 9Health Fair.  April 9, 2005

Cortez held it's 9Health Fair from 7 AM to noon on Saturday, April 9th. Dr. Quiring was one of 603 people that took advantage of the low cost blood chemistry screening! The fair was a huge success and missing were the long lines from last year!


Kerry and Joe at the The Optical Shoppe, Inc.
dispensed Dr. Quiring his first pair of BIFOCALS!
March 22, 2005

Yes, that's right, Dr. Quiring officially "matured" into the age of needing a bifocal. He virtually had no adjustment to his new lenses and is enjoying clear distance vision as well as reading vision! Thank you Joe and Kerry for the wonderful eyeglasses!! Oh, and when he is not wearing his new eyeglasses, he is wearing monovision contact lenses.


Dr. Quiring Attends SnowVision 2005 Conference in Vail, Colorado

Dr. Quiring will be out of the office March 16 - 21 for an educational conference in Vail. Information.

SnowVision 2005 Vail
Annual Continuing Education Conference
Review of Optometry presents
17 hours of continuing education
at the Marriott Resort & Spa, Vail, Colorado.

Conference Topics:
The Ocular Surface: Dry Eye, Allergy
Contact Lens Fits for Refractive Surgery Patients
What’s New in Retina, AMD
Ocular Disease
The Irregular Cornea
Glaucoma
New Technology Panel
Plastic Surgery
What’s New in Therapeutics
Presbyopia Management


The Cortez Journal Prints A Christmas Day Article about
Dr. Quiring's Thailand 2004 Personal Eyecare Mission Trip
(12/25/04)
"Cortez eye doctor relays Christmas spirit to orphanage"
by John R. Crane
Cortez Journal Staff Writer

The Cortez Journal, Cortez, Colorado
A Cortez eye doctor found the true meaning of Christmas this year when providing care at an orphanage in Chang-Mai, Thailand. Go To Their Abbreviated Website Article.  Go To Their Complete Print Copy Article.


The Office Is Closed December 10-14, 2004
Joe and Kerry are traveling back to Minnesota to bring their son, Bryan back to Colorado! He was involved in an serious automobile accident in Minneapolis a few months ago. He will spend a few weeks in a rehabilitation center in Grand Junction and then they plan for him to stay at their home in Cortez. Have a safe trip Joe and Kerry!


Thailand 2004: Personal Eyecare Mission Trip
Dr. Quiring is Visiting Orphanages in Thailand in November
11/2004

Dr. Quiring is visiting orphanages to examine children and to deliver medications donated by Alcon Labs to treat common eye infections and dry eye conditions. He will be out of the office from November 5th to the 22nd. See our Thailand 2004 page for more information.


Kerry is in Minneapolis and Stacy is working in the Office
09/2004

Joe and Kerry's daughter, Stacy is now working at The Optical Shoppe while Kerry is in Minneapolis caring for their son, Bryan, who was in a very serious automobile accident a few weeks ago. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Bryan for his recovery.

Stacy's help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks for all your hard work, Stacy!


Office Expansion, Remodeling and Brand New,
State-Of-The-Art Examining Equipment
07/08/2004

The Optical Shoppe has just finished a complete remodeling of the examination room that Dr. Quiring is using. The new exam room is also being completely redecorated and is twice the size as the previous one!

To furnish the new examination room is a complete line of brand new, top-of-the-line examining equipment. Patients will be examined with the latest testing equipment, ensuring them the latest diagnostic procedures and highly precise eyeglass and contact lens prescriptions.

There is also brand new equipment in the pre-testing area too! Included are new instruments for glaucoma testing as well as an instrument for automatically obtaining a "close-to-final" prescription for patients. This computerized measurement is then refined and fine-tuned by Dr. Quiring; reaching the patient's final prescription. This instrument also measures the exact shape of the eye for more precise and comfortable contact lens fittings.

The dispensary is also has been freshly painted to give a new look and feel to the office. Also in the near future, you will see a new front desk area that will be even more organized to manage your family's vision needs.

Look for new and fresh eyeglass frame styles too! The Optical Shoppe, Inc. is continuously updating their frame selection making sure that you will be able to select frames from the latest and most popular styles available today.

Stop in anytime to check out the wonderful job that Joe and Kerry are doing at the office! Thanks for all your hard work Joe and Kerry!