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Show mnm Page Six - The Lureka Reporter - December 22, 2000 able prognosis on his eye condi- happened. "I just want to thank tion in years. Elbert hurried you for writing the books that down to the Department of Motor saved my eyesight," he said. "All these years I felt guilty office where he success- about people who stayed up all fully renewed his drivers license, night reading my books," Nelson with restrictions. responded. "I thought they were favorhis said he was pulled into the story Elbert called Later, hurting their eyes. It is nice to with such force that he couldn't ite author to explain what had know this is not the case." put the book down. Houston, Upon reaching instead of going out on the town with his business associates. Bob continued to read in his hotel room. "I propped up some pillows, turned on the reading light Reading improves eyesight Wticu Hob Libert moved l: .iklc. I tali, a little over a year o. he was already blind in his 'hi ec. A worsening glaucoma iidiiion would soon make him I'.md in his left eye, too. He kiicwd his deteriorating eyesight w.in due to exposure to atomic i.idution years cailicr at the Lawrence Radiation Lab in California and (he Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear test sites in Nevada. Libert had survived cverv kind ot eye operation available, but his condition continued to glow worse. His glasses were as thick as the bottom of Coke bottles. His driver's license was about to expire, with no hope of icncwing it. He had given up trying to read because whenever -- he looked at a word on the page. Ik could see the right half of the word, but not the left half. Thai's when Bob's friend and business associate, Jerry Clegg, gave him a book on tape. "The Storm Testament," by Maplcton author Lee Nelson. "After listening to the tape. 1 was so enthralled by the events in the story," Bob recalls, "that I just had to pick up the book, even though 1 didn't think I could read it." "I took it with me on a flight to a business meeting in Houston," he remembers. "The stewardess on the plane, recognizing the cover of the book, told me her husband couldn't put it down cither." Even though Bob had to read every line at least twice, he WCAJim-pLM' hopf ihAi yout ChmsiMAS si ason is Wi Ad yn. ph UKisQUf Si v i ui itasks amI will wislits ((O oti io aII of OCR ((NXI f nil sds Ad v Ribbons. that before." In the next few months, Elbert read four more "Storm Testament" volumes, then Nelson's novels on Porter biographical chief Walkara, Ute Rockwell, Butch Cassidy, Black Hawk, and Utah's infamous grizzly bear. Old Ephraim. In time Elbert realized he no longer had to read lines twice! He was seeing whole words instead of half words! In Elbert's next routine eye exam with Dr. Alan Crandall, glaucoma specialist at the University of Utah, the doctor was amazed that the pressure on Elbert's optic nerve had actually lessened, and the formerly deteriorating glaucoma condition was reversing itself. Like - Scooter injuries very high & & A i4 $, & .4 all around at Christinas M ;i 4 nmHiihlrd lit ltn I liiliii". fninilv uihmI IrirmU llii- - linlidnx Mill lie in i Our xr.ir .4 Those 3k I I -- li;i- - 111111 "mil. t lunik - lo Mippori from "ood ii(i"liloi like oii. 4 Eureka City i 4 Volunteer 4 iFire Department1 4 ix cc UI speedy, lightweight scooters may be the hottest gift for youngsters this holiday season, but the National SAFE KIDS Campaign wants every parent and child to understand the potential for serious injury that exists when children ride these scooters without the proper protective gear. The latest statistics reveal an that is of alarming trend-o-ne concern National to the growing SAFE KIDS Campaign. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 26,000 scooter-relate- d injuries requiring emergency room treatment have been reported this year. Nearly 85 percent of these injuries are to children ages 14 a candle burning brightly, God leads us in the right direction. Mayyou enjoy a blessed holiday. Many thanks foryour support and friendship. Eureka United Methodist Church Rev. Michael Heart & Congregation BUILDING rIVSteel Pipe29c l 34 1V4" 57 2 2 2 VT 59C 54C 79C 3" $&- W and struggled with that book most of the night. I had never done reverse itself through persistent reading of Lee Nelsons books," Crandall said, "I am tempted to prescribe "The Storm Testament" to all my patients." After receiving the first favor- - Tiaiie Historieal Society in ac f Crandall explained the turnaround, citing eye specialists in Japan and China who claim that exercising eye muscles can be beneficial in glaucoma treatments. 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