| Orthodontic work at a fraction of the cost
Dental work isn't cheap these days. Healthline 3's Beth Fisher recently talked to a parent who said he spent $6,000 on his son's braces. The Healthline 3 Team found a unique program that gets you the quality orthodontic work you need and want at a fraction of the cost. Parker Simonsen is ready for another orthodontics appointment. His teeth are straightening out, but Parker's dad knows the appointment could cost a lot of money. So Parker is one of many patients helping UNLV resident dentists, like Dr. Doug Simister, become orthodontists. Dr. Simister has been a dentist in the valley for eight years. He is one of 16 residents enrolled in UNLV's 24 month orthodontics residency program that started for the first time in the fall of 2005. The program needs between 800 and 1,000 patients.
inSight: Foundation hopes gala is luckiest ever
This year 13 will be a lucky number, or at least the Rev. Dennis Blaney, president of Share Foundation's Board of Directors, and Kathleen Kelly, executive director of Share Foundation, are praying it will.Invitations have been sent out for the 13th annual Share Our Dreams Gala and Silent Auction, slated for 6:30 p.m. to midnight Nov. 2 at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster.For a donation of $100 per person, guests will enjoy cocktails, elegant dining, dancing to music by the Tom Milo Big Band and both silent and live auctions featuring a vast array of items. The items will be donated by local individuals and businesses and may include overnight vacation packages, estate items, sporting event tickets, symphony tickets and restaurant dining packages. (And it's such fun being the high bidder!)The Share Our Dreams Gala is also a great opportunity to entertain family or co-workers.
Robots, computers take the sting out of braces
HILLSBORO, Ore. - Like pimple cream and SAT tests, braces are a rite of passage for most teens. Having a mouth full of metal during the high school years dates back decades, but the technology behind orthodontics hasn't changed very much in nearly 100 years.Until now. High-powered computers and advanced robotics have crept into the orthodontist's office, and one doctor in Hillsboro says the results have been positive beyond his expectations. Dr. Matt Biermann, who has a practice in Hillsboro, is one of a few orthodontists using the new Sure Smile system, a combination of three-dimensional computer imaging, exotic alloys and robotics."We're seeing a 40 to 50 percent less treatment time, with more predictable, and quite frankly, better results than traditional orthodontics," Dr. Biermann said.When braces are adjusted, the wire system is tightened according to how much the patient's have teeth have moved since the patient's last visit.
Business FYI: Which Wich? opens restaurant in Bixby
A hot sandwich restaurant which opened its first location in Tulsa last year has opened a second operation in Bixby.
Which Wich?, a chain recently honored by Nation's Restaurant News as one of six 2007 Hot Concept award winners, has opened a site at 105th Street and Memorial Drive. The original Tulsa restaurant is located at 61st Street and Memorial Drive.
Franchise owner Doug Hall said eating at Which Wich? "is a unique experience, and one that customers seem to really respond to."
"We knew Tulsa would respond to Which Wich?'s edgy but still inviting environment," Hall continued. "It's a more urban concept with great music, free Wi-Fi and sandwiches you just can't get anywhere else."
Hall plans to open two more locations in the next two to three years.
TORCH NEWS TICKER 1/27: Rumble notes, ROH notes including title change ...
Updated throughout the day, it's the Torch News Ticker with all the news and info that's not fit for print. Bookmark it every Monday! Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:00 p.m. - Royal Rumble notes: Former ECW champion C.M. Punk qualified for the Rumble match with a non-title victory over Chavo Guerrero at last night's super show in Providence. Punk brings the total announced wrestlers to 25. ... WWE made additional tickets available for sale at Madison Square Garden after they set up production and the set. - Check back tonight for our live coverage of the Royal Rumble PPV beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 CST. - PWG notes: PWG's third show of the year is tonight in La Habra, Calif., with new PWG champion Low-Ki defending against El Generico. Also booked is PWG tag champs Davey Richards & Super Dragon vs.
Palo Alto Online's Master Community Calendar
Group show of small works. Show runs Jan. 9-Feb. 10, Free. For more information, call Pixie Couch at 650-701-1018 or e-mail pixiec@mindspring.com or visit www.themaingallery.org. The Main Gallery, 1018 Main St., Redwood City "Searching for True North"
An exhibition of vertical panoramic landscapes culled from 30 years of Geir Jordahls black-and-white photographic work. Through March 4, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Call 650-327-6325 or e-mail info@modernbook.com or visit www.modernbook.com. Modernbook Gallery, 494 University Ave., Palo Alto "Unfolding Horizons"
Landscape oil paintings by Bay Area artist Susan Varjavand. Recent paintings explore the horizons and changing panoramas of Bay Area hills. Exhibit runs through Feb. 2. Meet the artist Fri., Jan. 11, 5-7:30 p.m. Tue.Sat.
Chain of crashes seizes turnpike
A spectacular chain-reaction crash shut down the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Philadelphia to Willow Grove for almost six hours yesterday, stranding hundreds of motorists at the height of the morning commute. Two more unrelated minor accidents in the same stretch of the highway, involving a total of four vehicles, added to the cumulative morning nightmare. Motorists were stuck on the turnpike for hours, and jam-ups rippled to alternative roads such as busy Route 611. Two people were hospitalized; one remained in critical condition last night. The other one, identified as John F. Lesh, 42, of Pottstown, was in fair condition. Police said that Lesh was driving the westbound Con-Way Freight tractor-trailer that was the first domino in a sequence that resembled a demolition derby.
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