Northern Utah 2B Friday Maicn 13 iy98 Utah to join FDA study of laser surgery for farsightedness the it COUNTY LINES By KIRSTEN SORENSON staff Standard-Examin- Farsighted Utahns with few DAVIS COUNTY: al- ternatives for vision correction Kite festival to be held beyond glasses or contact lenses at Hill AFB will soon have another choice The Food and Drug Administration has chosen the University of Utah Moran Eye Center as one of 20 study sites to use laser surgery for hyperopia or farsightedness In normal eyes light enters the eyes and focuses on the reti and girls of all ages are HILL AIR FORCE BASE-Bo- ys ‘invited to “Ride the Wind” at the Hill Aerospace Museum kite festival March 28 ' Participants may fly kites of any composition they Id&sire For adults there will be a special sand bombing Icompetition beginning at am J Cub Scouts may meet elective 5 on the Arrow Point T rail by jcompeting in the event Children to the age of 6 need to be teamed with an adult ! Pre-cstring and reels will be provided by the museum ! Ribbons will be awarded to all contestants and in all Jcategories To register and acquire contest rules either visit or call the museum at 777-6- 8 18 J non-met- Standard-Examin- al 1 1 na But in farsightedness light focuses behind the retina blurring near vision Nearsighted eyes focus light in front of the retina blurring distant vision In the surgery an excimer laser will be used to steepen the cornea so light will focus on the retina Laser surgery for nearsightedness flattens the cornea The procedure isn’t new or experimental - it has been performed in Europe for several years Doctors in the United is approved in next when six months to a year 'SS The Eye Institute of Uta£5 Dr Andrew Lyle an eye do23 who pioneered the use of MB surgery in Utah will also incjg duce the procedure as soot) gjgj gets FDA approval The insww has kept a list of people interCX ed and will notify them Those interested in partidj ' ing in the study can call the 7 an Eye Center at States have been waiting for FDA approval The center’s Dr Thomas Clinch who performed the first surgery Thursday said the study will involve about 100 people The procedure costs $2100 per eye similar to what it costs for nearsighted laser correction Dr Mark Ballif an Ogden eye doctor who performs laser surgery for nearsightedness said he will notify his list of 25 farsighted people waiting for the surgery 585-393- 585-686- 6 1 ut Jail iWEBER COUNTY: Commission denies condo development OGDEN -- The Weber County Commission denied a request to build 30 condominiums near Anderson Cove Thursday but told the developer to come back with a more attractive site plan and it might change its mind Dr Ronald Catanzaro wants to put the recreational development on about 2 acres of land west of Anderson Cove and west of another development already approved The East Huntsville Township Planning Board denied his request saying it would be too crowded and would cause too much traffic for the area It did give him approval to build 09 units Catanzaro told the County Commission that the 30 units won’t create traffic problems because they are not intended to be d homes He said he would revise his site plan to make thwarea more attractive if the commissioners would let him put in l30tunits rihe commissioners said they liked his new site plan but c©ridn’t vote on it until the East T ownship Planning Board had voted on it The commissioners did agree to write a letter to the East Huntsville Planning Board saying they like the new site plan with 1 1 72-un- it 1 1 year-roun- 130 units Junior high community panel meeting set he Roy Junior High Community Council will meet at next to discuss the junior high Wednesday pm Any parent business person or concerned citizen is invited to attend Anyone with specific items to be discussed at the meeting is encouraged to contact Susan Manning council president at 6 The school also needs volunteers to help students read and those interested may call Manning for more information ROY-T- 4 From IB teaching students about the dangers of drug use Thursday Davis High’s adult roles and responsibilities class taught by Linda Holmes was the first group to kick off the program First was a tour of the jail “Most of our inmates brought here are here on drug charges” Ward said as she led the group down the sterile corridor of metal and concrete Inmates are booked and stripped of their personal belongings which are kept in lockers until they are released If an inmate can’t make bail they hand over their clothes in exchange for a jail jumpsuit They can’t even keep their own underwear Ward said holding up a pair of briefs which looked like they had seen several owners “It even says ‘Davis County Jail’ on it” she said Reaction from students ranged from “that’s gross” to plain “yuck” Then it was time to meet the inmates Lisa Martin 32 told the stu- - dents it is the simple freedoms and luxuries people tend to take for granted that you miss most in jail “It’s music Pepsi It’s curling irons blow dryers and jewelry Unless you like wearing this kind” said Martin holding up her hands bound in cuffs This is Martin’s third stint in jail all because of her addiction to methamphetamine she said Martin said her addiction cost her a marriage custody of her two children and a promising education She claims she was once a college student with a 35 grade point average Now after ditching a drug rehabilitation program and using cocaine Martin is likely to go to prison She passes a picture around to show the girls what a beautiful young woman she was Drugs have left her face heavily scarred and sunken which she said is permanent The drug would infest her blood stream and surface as abscesses on her face In a d state Martin said she literally picked her face with tweezers until it bled are “What you see in me the very real and unavoidable consequences of using drugs” Martin said “You could be me” drug-induce- 774-490- Ann Merritt said she started using drugs in high school Like Martin she said her addiction cost her custody of her three her realize that people are born criminals they becCtfSg “I threw it all away for a bottle HS £2 criminals “I expected criminals they’re everyday people made some bad decisions” lett said of pills” she said through tears Scott Hansen told the students the worst thing about jail life is the total lack of privacy and Kara Cullimore said the alone was enough to make decide that she never wants"7R come back senHe faces a five- - to tence in prison on theft and drug charges He led police on a d chase before being 10-ye- ar The cramped sparce cells sue prised Jordan Olsen “I thought it would be like jn the movies where they Ua3 books and pictures” he said1”"' high-spee- He is scared He told students getting raped and beaten up in prison is real “I’m here to stay End of the line” Hansen said “Just think before you do that line or that hit Because all you can do is end up here” All the inmates said their drug addictions led them to other crimes which landed them in jail like burglary forgery and theft For many students the message was clear Jessica Hewlett said it made Inmates who spoke to sfti: dents volunteered and aside from gaining some informal brownie points Ward said t&jf were not compensated for their time The jail expects to have SEE dents from all Davis high sehoo participate in the program “I want you to know the reaK ty of it” Martin said about drugs “It’s either death or instir tutions Think about the conspt quences think about us" 1 to Subscribe Standard-Examine- r CLASSIFIEDS 625-4400- rr: ‘Joseph’ performances begin next week NORTH OGDEN -- North Ogden Junior High will present ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at 6:30 pm next Tuesday through Friday There are no reserved seats and admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students Friday all admission prices will be $3 rit Children 16 and Musical about gang struggles plays tonight ROY - 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