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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community Obituary 8 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2001 Smart money tips in a baby boom market By Richard A. Sapio Bruce McDaniel George Bruce McDaniel, age 86, died Sunday, February 4, 2001 at his home in Fredonia, He was bom August 1, 1914 in Los Angeles, California to Vina M. Eckert and George B. McDaniel. Bruce spent most of his adult life on his ranch on the Arizona Strip that his father had home- steaded. He greatly enjoyed run- ning cattle, and had each of his individually named. He generous to a fault, and al- ways willing to lend a hand to those in need. During his younger years, he played guitar and fiddle in a band with his -- friends for local dances. He enjoyed reading, especially westerns, and would often stay up all night reading. Bruce was rawhide tough, but had a heart of gold, and was one of the kind- est men underneath. Bruce was the last of his im- - For News USA If theres one thing investors can count on in todays volatile stock market, its change. For example, just when it looks like its time to load up on technology stocks, the bottom falls out. What should you do then? Well, I can tell you from years of experience in the market, the smart money lives by the mantra buy low, sell high. Its their guiding light. But thats not what the average investor does. More often than not, theyll do just the opposite: Theyll buy high and sell low. The year 1999 was one of the greatest market years on record Yet many investors did not ticipate. They opted to wait it out. Some believed the Y2K bug would bring disaster to their portfolios. Others went to even further extremes, I spoke with people who had dug holes in their backyard to hide their valuables. Then there n were a few who bought eat meals from their local Army-wa- s Navy store, purchased portable house generators from Sears, or parked their money in cash and accounts. All this money-markwhile the market was booming! As the investors who sat in cash took a look aroundon where to put their money, they pulled out the list of high flyers from the end of 1999, saw the super- high returns and loaded up on technology stocks. What hap- pened? You guessed it: The bottom fell out. What to do next? Into which sectors of the market should you invest your money now? The answer is simple: Follow the spending habits of the larg- est population bubble in U.S. history - the nations 80 million par-Arizon- ready-to-ow- et a. Calling all quitters Interested in quilts? The ladies of the Canyon County Quilt Guild invite you to their meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14 at the Fredonia Fire Station. For information ora ride, call Jeanne Johnson at 644-216- 3. Who can you trust your eyes to? From the University of Utah Health Sciences Center Who can you trust your eyes to?, is the tag line of a radio advertisement promoting laser eye surgery (Lasik). Implied is the idea that there are few things more valuable than ones sight, and that these doctors can be trusted to do quality work. Vision correction surgery, both by laser and by traditional means, is changing almost daily, on Saturday, February 10, 2001 Tremendous progress is being at the Kanab Utah Cemetery made, and it is very popular, of Mosdell under the direction according to eye specialists. See 9 Even though refractive sur- MONEY, Mortuary. Page is booming in the commu- nity, people should remember that its still in its infancy. I fear that the public is being led to believe that the new technology can eliminate their need for forever, and restore their eyesight perfectly, according to Moshirfar, M.D., profes- Doing your own taxes can be pretty unnerving. Leave it to sor of ophthalmology at the Uni- the professionals to help you relax. And get every cent you versity of Utah and director of the Moran Vision Center. have coming. While it is true that refrac- tive surgery-whethshaping cornea with a laser to allow light to focus more directly on H & R the retina or surgically implant- ing a lens-i- s a major advance and can benefit many people, it UT is not yet for everyone. We, as eye surgeons, need to better edu- 644-207- 1 cate the public about the ben- & efits and the dangers of these procedures, he said. There Your Personal, Experienced Preparers needs to be a word of caution, ,he said. Based on scientific literature, ba-boo- It's not the coffee that's giving you jitters. er BLOCK 178 S 100 East 84741 Kanab, Bonnie, Joan Jolene chances of obtaining 2020 vi- sion with laser surgery is be- tween 45 and 65 percent for vari- ous ranges of nearsightedness, Moshirfar said. Patients should understand that just because their corrective lenses may al- low them to achieve 2020, there is no guarantee that laser cor- rection will achieve the same result. some of the procedures are not known, and that Lasik cannot prevent the natural aging of the eye. Laser surgery also cannot prevent the later development of cataracts, and may even com- plicate their treatment. Nearly 500,000 Americans underwent laser eye surgery last year. It is estimated that vision was improved in about 70 per- cent ofthem. Lasik is new. It is changing very fast. Performed by skilled and experienced sur- geons, it helps most people. But, there are risks of irreversible y damage. If patients are fortable with their glasses or contacts, I suggest that they not undergo the surgery, that they wait for the next development, Much of laser surgerys effec- tiveness depends on the patients individual condition, the type of laser used, and the training and experience of the surgeon. The field may be moving a bit too fast, Moshirfar said. The Excimer laser, which pro- ul- duces a computer-controlle- d traviolet beam of light, was first used in the early 80s to. treat Moshirfar said, nearsightedness. Now, a ety of lasers is used to surgically vari-glass- com-ger- es correct nearsightedness, sightedness and astigmatism. Incredible progress has been made in the use of lasers in eye surgery; new lasers and new procedures are being introduced practically every day. But, the far-Maj- id public needs to be cautioned that it is not appropriate for every- one, that optimum results are not obtained in every case, and the technology is changing so fast that there may be some- - thing better next year, surgically implanted in the eye, which is believed will correct myopia, or nearsightedness. The lens is about a fourth the size of a fingernail and is surgi-th- e cally attached to edges of the iris. Called the Artisan lens, it was developed during the past 15 years in Holland and is though to offer hope to the extremely nearsighted. Using the Artisan lens, however, leaves the cornea intact, so that surgeons can re- move it or perform laser surgery Moshirfar said. The university eye surgeon is ' not an exact science, that judge- - later if the patients needs ments still must be made by the change, according to Moshirfar, physician. He also cautioned the studys principal investiga- that the "lortgerni result lHorC Ji '' L ?A K1 Ikniurln.T.Tns |