Celebrating 70 years

Hannah Gross
NLJ Correspondent 
 
Newcastle Vision Clinic has served Newcastle with eye care for 70 years, and to celebrate the milestone achievement, the clinic will host a trunk show on Aug. 27, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Featured will be “blowout sales” and liquidation on stock, with frames and lenses starting at $70. 
“Everything will have some kind of sale on it,” said Jessica Graham, administrative assistant for the clinic. 
There will be door prizes and finger food, and people can see the many updates and changes that have been made at the clinic, including the installment of the new “kid’s corner,” Graham said. A frog with glasses has been painted on the wall of the kid’s corner, and at the trunk show, kids can enter a contest for the best name for the frog. 
Graham said that new stock available at the clinic includes new lenses, sun ware, transition technology, and anti-reflective technology. The clinic also offers postoperative care to its patients, according to the clinic’s technician, Maddie Murphy. 
“Come on down and check out the new changes and updates,” Graham said. 
In addition to new stock, the clinic also has a new doctor — Devin Davis.
Davis, who was born and raised in Riverton now lives in Chadron, Nebraska, where he owns his own practice. 
He said he’s been an eye doctor since 1991, after graduating from Pacific University College of Optometry. According to his biography on the Northwest Eye Center Care website, he went to Northwest College in Powell and the University of Wyoming for his undergraduate work.
Davis said he always knew he wanted to go into the medical field, and that’s how he wound up in the optometry business.
“I just thought eyeballs would be fun,” he said. 
Davis was in a partnership in Wheatland for 12 years and was a member of the Wyoming Optometric Association, which is how he met Dr. Carl Cottrell. 
After bringing in a new associate to his practice in Chadron, Davis said he found himself with less work to do. 
“I got a little bored,” he said. And that’s when he called Cottrell. Since April, Davis has been helping out at the Newcastle clinic on Mondays and Tuesdays. 
While moving to Newcastle probably won’t happen in the near future, Davis said, it isn’t out of the question later down the road. 
“I love coming here,” Davis said. “I really like the people here.” 
“He’s very good at his job,” Murphy said. “He would be a great asset to the community.” Graham noted that Davis is “great to work with.”
Davis said that 28 years ago when Newcastle Vision Clinic was up for sale, he visited the town and was considering purchasing it. Fresh out of college, he decided it would be wiser to wait, but here he is years later at the same clinic. 
“It’s kind of cool to be back here after all that,” Davis said. 
One of Davis’ favorite things about the optometry business is being able to help people in various ways by diagnosing problems before they get worse or giving kids glasses to help them with their learning. He said that every patient is different, so he never gets bored. 
 “I really enjoy being back in Wyoming,” Davis said. “The people in Wyoming are hard to beat.”