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Show Community SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY t 7 JUNE 20, 2001 Domestic Blitz By Dixie Brunner Home alone plopped near the door. Its just I really, really miss them. about what that that Hey, A long silence. weather? I ask finally. Boy, it sure is hot, he answers. Another long silence. Hows the NBA Championship going? It was over last week, he responds. Lakers won. I know, but we can figure out something to talk about, he said sympathetically. What are you going to do when they all leave home for good? Adopt, I answered, as I leaned over to cut his meat. Oh. Yet another longer silence. There are so many things one I wonder what the boys are must get used to when your kids doing... begin to leave home. Keys, for instance. Only couples who have been Hey, whos white Grand Am I ask, married a long time and have is that in the drive-way- ? will be full of kids bikes house out the and had a 2001 Miss Kane County royalty looking past relate-youre well able to other pretty sports equipment. Liz Noel was named Miss Kane County 200 1 at the recent scholarship pageant. Noel also earned Miss Photogenic lost without them. Its weird Thats yours honey, he re- and Miss(c)Congeniality. Raeanna Nannenga (I) was chosen as the first attendant and Jackie Ellgen (r) had the best because when your kids are sponds. Remember we bought it Community Service Project and was named the second attendant. Other contestants included Liz Dowse, who won growing up, you often fantasize several years ago? The kids have the Talent Award, Megan Winchester, Kirsten Mason, Lexie Doss and Camille Mosdell. about being alone with your just been borrowing it ever since. Cooking is another empty nest spouse. But when it happens... UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTMIDDLE DISTRICT OF I thought that we agreed that adjustment item. FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION You guys dont like my cookwe werent going to talk about the kids tonight, he reminded. ing, I accuse my husband and The occasion was a candlelit youngest son at the dinner table. Thafs not true mom, Ive been eat dinner, with romantic music IMPORTANT NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENTS OF CLASS ACTION AND playing in the background. That ingfor the last 30 minutes, said son. to because feed small You made enough PARENS PATRIAE CONSUMER SUIT AND FAIRNESS HEARING THEREON a in itself was strange, with three teenage boys in the army. Theres only three of us. If you bought replacement contact lenses made by Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. now known os Johnson & Johnson Vision I was unaware that you could house, most music emitting from Inc. ("Johnson & Johnson" or "Vistakon"), Bausch & Lomb Incorporated ("Bausch & Lomb"), or CIBA Vision at any time since January Care, our stereo involves rich rappers actually buy single gallons of milk-- I 1, 988, please read this notice carefully; it may affect your rights. talking poetically about their thought that they came in three Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. private counsel acting on behalf of a certified nationwide class of consumers and the Attorneys I poor and violent ghetto experi- packs! And cereaL I havent bought General of 31 other States brought lawsuits alleging that retail prices of replacement contact lenses were too high because certain lens manence. Having music which didnt a box of cereal in the last ten years, ufacturers agreed with the American Optometric Association ("AOA"), in alleged violation of the antitrust laws, that their lenses would only involve windows rattling was Fve always purchased the 50 pound be available fom eye care professionals or retail optical and mass merchandisers. The defendants have denied participating in the alleged something different all together. pillows of cereal. levels. and denied that their actions have caused retail prices of replacement contact lenses to be above ATTENTION: CONTACT LENS WEARERS . 1 But we havent had a conversation which didnt involve them in the last 23 years...by the way, whats your name again? Dennis, he said with frustration, I thought wearing the nametag would have helped. agreements I just miss the boys so much, I tell my husband as we go to bed. The thought of them all being gone makes me so sad. Oh look on the bright side hon, he said as he turned out the lights. Sorry, I said, looking long- Itll be the first time in the past ingly at the pile of dirty decade that youll be able to take a sweatsocks and tennis shoes hot shower in the morning. competitive Classes have been certified on behalf of consumers who purchased replacement contact lenses made by Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb, or CIBA Vision, except those who purchased replacement lenses while they were residents of either Georgia or Tennessee. tne initial lens. The classes consist of: 1 ) a national class consisting of consumers Replacement lenses are those sold or dispensed to replace in all states except Florida, Georgia and Tennessee who bought replacement lenses from eye care professionals; 2) Florida residents represented by their Attorney General; and 3) the residents of thirty-on- e (31 ) States represented by their respective Attorneys General. The Court has already approved a settlement with GBA Vision. Proposed settlements on behalf of the doss, residents of the 32 states, and of Georgia and Tennessee have been reached with all the remaining defendants, Johnson & Johnson, the AOA, Bausdi & Lomb, certain individuals, and Practice Management Groups. The Johnson & Johnson settlement has five prindpal components: (1) $25,000,000.00 in cash, which is inclusive of fees and expenses; (2) a $30,000,000.00 guaranteed Benefits Package Fund consisting of rebates for the future purchase of Johnson & Johnson replacement lenses and an eye exam totaling $100.00; (3) a Drop-OCompensation Fund of $5,000,000.00, consisting of cash or coupons for persons who formerly wore Johnson & Johnson brand contact lenses and who no longer wear contact lenses; (4) injunctive relief; and (5) in accordance with their jurisdiction, Attorneys General for the Plaintiff States agree to continue to administer or enforce their state laws regarding the scie, dispensing andor furnishing of contact lenses and nothing in this douse is intended to create a private right or ' action. The Bausch & Lomb Settlement has three prindpal components: (1) $8,000,000.00 in cash; (2) a $9,500,000.00 guaranteed Benefits Package Fund consisting of rebates for the future purchase of Bausch & Lomb replacement lenses and on eye exam totaling $100.00 and coupons for free and discounted Bausch & Lomb lens care products; and (3) injunctive relief. Separate settlements have also been reached with the AOA, 13 individual defendants and five Practice Management Groups consisting of injunctive relief and total payments of $854,000.00 in cash. If approved, a $2,500,000.00 ut Ask your local paper how you can reach over 600,000 households In 50 Utah newspapers in one easy step through Utah Press Association statewide classified advertising network. (National placement Is also available through UPA.) Utah PressL Bureau Clipping fund will be set aside tor persons who formerly wore Bausch & Lomb or uBA brand contact lenses and who no longer wear contact lenses. The decision whether to approve the settlements and counsel's applications for attorneys fees and expenses will be considered by the Court at o which mil take hearing place on September 7, 2001. If you wish to object to all or any of the proposed settlements or fee ana expense applications, you must file timely objections. To receive more information on the lawsuits and the proposed settlements, including the complete Long Form Notice, and to register for the Benefit Packages and to receive information on claiming against the drop-ofunds under the settlements if they are approved by the Court, call: ut & (Johnson & Johnson) or on the Internet at: http:www.acuvuerebates.com 1 & -8- Hart is what w can do for youjOur specially trained readers Find and tag any press reference to a your subjects. The articles are then mailed, faxed ot you can utilize our new CO ROM service. Call Utah Press Association for more information, or upautahpress.com 328-85- 73 Visit our web site www.utahpress.com Hi or on the Internet at: 88-707-5880 (Bausch Lomb) (Johnson & Johnson) . http:www.freecontactlensrebates.com (Bausch & Lomb) DO NOT CALL THE CLERK OF THE COURT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DATES July 31. 2001. Deadline for filing objections to the proposed settlements. September 7, 2001. Date of hearing to determine whether the proposed settlements should receive final approval. The hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m., on September 7; 2001, in Courtroom No. 1 at the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Building, 31 1 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. |