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VSP provides eyecare benefit plans that range from comprehensive eye examinations and materials to complete medical and surgical eyecare. With more than 44 million members nationwide, one in eight people in the United States relies on VSP for eyecare health coverage. VSP's Sight for Students program has helped more than 300,000 low-income/uninsured children receive free eyecare services since its inception in 1997. VSP, a company with over $2 billion in annual gross revenue, has been recognized by Fortune magazine for the sixth consecutive year as one of best places to work in America. For more information, visit VSP online at www.vsp.com. SOURCE VSP

AKRON, Ohio--(AutomotiveWire)--Oct. 18, 1999--Roadway Express, Inc. (Nasdaq:ROAD) announces that Bob Chess, director of human resources, has been selected as winner of the Employee Benefit News' (EBN) 1999 Benny Award for the Retirement Planning category and his overall excellence in employee benefits and the human resources field.

I belong to a group called the World Presidents' Organization. We had a meeting in Monterey, Calif., on Oct. 13, and there was a team-building exercise. You could shoot the arcade shooting machine for 15 points, drive this racing car for 25 points or ride a mechanical bull for 100 points. Without hesitation, I said I could ride the mechanical bull because I rode bucking horses on the farm. You had to stay on for 10 seconds. At eight seconds I was still doing great. But then it got faster. That's when I heard and felt what I thought was my groin muscles being torn apart. I fractured my pelvis. Now it's held together by a steel plate and four screws. During my bachelor days I had a motorcycle and a ski boat. But when I married Marie in 1973 I sold them. So for my 46th birthday she bought me this big Harley-Davidson Softail Classic motorcycle. There's something about riding a motorcycle that is like being a kid driving the tractor on the farm. When you're cutting alfalfa, there's not much to do and your mind wanders. There's a peacefulness to it. But I think I might sell it. The risk-reward ratio is out of balance at this stage in my life.

Still, there are many interconnected issues specific to our dynamic region that will impact a community's quality of life. Momentum 2010 aims to seize upon these issues, as it promotes: 1) Business Retention and Expansion; 2) Attraction of New Business and Industry; and 3) Public Awareness in Rancho Cordova. According to Chairman [Roger Valine]: \"We are investing our time and resources to prosper, and promote the interests that attracted us to Rancho Cordova in the first place.\"

VSP's long commitment to providing vision care for Americans -- one out of every eight people in the U.S. relies on VSP for their eyecare health coverage -- was demonstrated recently by their $15 million donation in services and money to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Efforts such as this aren't unusual: in 2005, for the second year in a row VSP ranked highest in overall member satisfaction among national vision care plans in a study by J.D. Power and Associates. VSP is the first in the vision care industry to be awarded this distinction. VSP provides eyecare benefit plans that range from comprehensive eye examinations and materials to complete primary medical eyecare. With more than 41 million members nationwide, one in eight people in the United States relies on VSP for eyecare health coverage. VSP's Sight for Students program has helped more than 300,000 low-income/ uninsured children receive free eyecare services since its inception in 1997. VSP, a company with over $2 billion in annual gross revenue, has been recognized by Fortune Magazine for the sixth consecutive year as one of best places to work in America. For more information, visit VSP online at www.vsp.com. SOURCE Vision Service Plan

Roger ValineJob: Consultant and retired CEO of Vision Service PlanAge: 57Born: SacramentoPersonal: Married 32 years to Marie Valine; three childrenInterests: Spending time with family, motorcycle riding, golfCareer: Joined VSP as a management trainee in 1973; appointed CEO in 1993>Education: Bachelor of arts in sociology from California State University, Sacramento, 1972Community: Serves on Linking Education and Economic Development board. Member of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean's Advisory Committee; the American Specialty Health Board; World Presidents' Organization; Partnership for Prosperity co-chair; California Chamber of Commerce

Since joining VSP in June of 1973, [Roger Valine] has steadily worked his way up the executive ranks. From management trainee, he was promoted to Sales Representative, Vice President of Sales, Senior Vice President and then President of VSP subsidiaries. In 1992, Valine became President and CEO of VSP. Today, Valine leads nearly 2,200 employees who make up the not-for-profit company. Valine has been instrumental in developing and nurturing a corporate culture that places a high value on providing its doctors, clients and patients with excellent service. Results from a recent VSP survey reinforce these values -- 86 percent of doctors, 99 percent of clients and 97 percent of patients indicated a high level of satisfaction with VSP. To develop this culture, Valine leads by ten simple rules: VSP provides eyecare benefit plans that range from comprehensive eye examinations and materials to surgical eyecare. With nearly 38 million members nationwide, one in eight people in the United States relies on VSP for eyecare health coverage. VSP's Sight for Students program has helped 160,000 low-income/uninsured children receive free eyecare services since its inception in 1997. For more information, visit us online at www.vsp.com. SOURCE VSP

[Roger J. Valine] is the Chief Executive Officer of Vision Service Plan (VSP), the nation's largest provider of eyecare wellness benefits, where he has worked for the last 33 years. From 1993 to February 2006 he served as both the VSP President and CEO. Mr. Valine plans to retire as CEO effective July 1, 2006, he will continue to provide consulting services to the company. VSP is the largest provider of vision care in the nation and provides coverage to over 46,000,000 members with annual revenue over $2.2 billion.

SureWest Communications (Nasdaq:SURW) today announced the appointment of Roger J. Valine to its Board of Directors. Valine has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vision Service Plan (VSP), headquartered in Sacramento, California, since 1992. VSP provides eyecare benefit plans that range from comprehensive eye examinations and materials to complete medical and surgical eyecare. VSP has over 38 million members, over 21,000 clients and more than 21,000 member doctors. One in three people in California, and one in eight nationally, are covered by VSP.

Roger Valine, president and CEO of Vision Services Plan (VSP) and who has a degree in sociology, has always been fascinated by the many different personalities he was exposed to ever since he was a child. It is Valine's ability to apply his sociology training to business that has made him the successful leader of the technologically advanced carrier. A result of Valine's methodology that focuses on the behavior management process, to help people embrace and not fight change, is the creation of EyeFinity - a separate, for profit start-up company that was founded by VSP in 2000. Currently, doctors using EyeFinity are processing thousands of electronic claims each month.