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Show I The Summit County Bee Page A6 North Summit Senior Citizens BY LOUSE WALLACE September is already half way over and none of the things I had planned to accomplish are even half finished. Ive decided to take the good advice that is 'always being hhnded out Slow down" A little bit of dust doesnt seem to bother me like it would have a few years ago. The advice was to slow down, not stop. I have to remember that. Our good president, Shirley Phelps, conducted the mcciingvand we had a band practice session on Wednesday. That is the day we had two welcome guests, Blanche Wright and Sandy Neel. However, Blanche has almost promised to be with us on a regular basis and we hope she is. Sandy is still working and she is with a company that deals in carpets and drapes. We are planning to use some of our bazaar profits to buy either drapes or new curtains for the dining room so she brought samples of Venetian blinds, similar to the ones we have in the outer room. The curtains we have in the dining room are the ones that the Spring Chicken Inn donated to us how many years ago? They don't look too bad when they are dean but they have to be washed often and each time all the ravelings cut off and places stitched up. Then they look nice and fresh for acouple of weeks before they become limp and lifeless once again, so I think we are justified in replacing them. Sandy brought samples and gave us some prices. We will get some other prices and then let the Kurd members decide which is the best way to go. Sandy told us that they could have them here and installed within about a month after we get them ordered. Sounds okay to me. Friday was a busy day. If you don't believe ,me, ask LaRita. We had a bus load of 54 Seniors from the Sandy center as guests. Thanks to the help from Kathy Wilde, LaRita cooked up a storm and fed all 92 of us that day. How did she do it? Where did we seat them? We did it the way we did when we were kids and had Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family. We ate in relays. Actually, the band members ate before the guests arrived so they could entertain while they and the rest of us ate. Those tables were cleared and reset and it worked out just like clock work, right on time. Those folks take a trip like that every month or so and several of them told me they had the best meal at our Center that they had had at they enjoyed the entertainment too. cause they sang along and one spry little lady showed Grant just how to dance. What she didn't know, was that Louise Judd had her movie camera on them. Should make good viewing on a cold winter night. We were wondering why Jane Wright hadn't been with us lately. Jane has been having some dental problems but has the worst of it over, we hope and should be back with us by the time this goes to press. The golden age is upon us but the golden age is the age where gold does no( always rule. Sometimes it takes silver and greenbacks too. ' Why a spending spree now a days consists of filling the car with gas, buying our weeks supply of bran products and mailing a letter and that shoots the budget. By this time the old easy chair is the most important thing we can think of. Put your feet up and watch the news with your eyes closed. Good way to end a perfect day. Don't forget to come to the Coalville Stake Center Saturday, the 1 8th, for our county social. We're going to have good food, great entertainment and lots of fun. Then if we can still move, we can trip across the hall and wish Delia Griffith a happy 80th birthday. T!ie good Lord willing, I'll see you all there. September 17 1999 "Pennies by the Inch A Measure of Love .. Providing Medical Care For Needy Children Each year, thousands of volunteers throughout the Intermountain area join together as a team for the Pennies by the Inch campaign held Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. This door todoor campaign has helped provide medical care to needy children at Primary Children's Medical Center for over seven decades. What began as the Penny Parade with children giving pennies for every year of age, has evolved into a communitywide campaign which supports the charity care mission at Primary Children's Medical Center. Last year, the hospital expended over $6 million to cover more than 11,000 hospital visits by needy children. Pennies by the Inch continues a 77ycar tradition of giving to children at the hospital, says campaign chairwoman Kathy Gcisclmayr. 1 remember as a child giving my pennies on my birthday. Today, we're not asked to give a penny for every year of age. Instead, volunteers ask their neighbor to simply measure their heart and give what they can. Its a joy to work with men and women who are willing to share their time and energy for the benefit of children and families in need. has helped 7yearold freestanding children's hospitals in . the Utah. Hatch of Midvale, country, Primary Childrens Kelsey for the most critically ill and with cares was diagnosed Kelsey children throughout a fives--. Disorder. Nonverbal , injured Learning While her verbal skills are above tate region. Last year, there were nearly average and she is able to memorize visits to the hospital's emer- -. she has 30,000 quickly, difficulty starting and completing a task. If Kelsey is gency department. In addition, Life , shown a picture of a triangle, it is Flight lands at the hospital over ; hard for her to draw the image. 1,200 times a year bringing critical-- , When she is asked how many sides ly ill and injured children to the hosa triangle has, she is able to respond pital Primary Children's also has the only pediatric bone marrow correctly. Through her treatments, she is' learning how to focus on an transplant unit between the west i(em,!ike the triangle and complete coast and Minneapolis. Mrs. Geiselmayr along with . the project. We are very grateful for the opCochairwomen Lori Stewart, Carlie Peggy , portunity given to our daughter to Jensen, Sandy Jones, grow and improve her skills, says Bateman, and Rebecca Goldhardt . Ties Hatch. We're seeing a differdirect a committee of 100 people. ence in the way she responds to her They receive support from thou, tocen-is sands She how of volunteers throughout the therapy. learning ter her attention on one item at a hospital's service area - Utah, Idaho, time. Before, she wasn't able to con- , Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada.' ' Join the team and give generously centrate on one project. We think hdr a volunteer calls at your door. that and know when are therapists great she is receiving the best care possiEvery penny will help a child in ble." need. Contributions can also be sent Children's Medical directly to Primary Children's Primary Center is located in Salt Lake City, Medical Center Foundation, 100 Utah, and is the only full service North Medical Drive, P.O. Box pediatric referral center for the 58249, Salt Lake City. UT Intermountain West. As one of 45 "Pennies ' - t Doctors Recommend Routine Eye Success Examinations For Back-To-Scho- ol As summer ends and kids head back to the classroom. The Contact Lens Council (CLC), encourages parents to have their children screened for vision problems as part rouor September's tine. A visit to a pediatrician or an eye care specialist can rule out common misdiagnoses of learning disorchildren and betders in school-ag- e for his education. ter prepare a child Children can be easily mislabeled as poor learners', when, in actuality, they may simply have a visual problem, says Dr. Stuart R. Dankner, a prominent pediatric ophthalmologist in Baltimore, MD. A past president of Maryland Society for Bight and a member of the of American Academy Ophthalmology (MO), Dr. Dankner works extensively with children and cites two conditions most frequently overlooked without proper vision screening: amblyopia and focusing Both conditions can problems. affect how well a ch id learns he cautions. Amblyopia, commonly referred to as 'Kzy eye', is entirely preventable if diagnosed early enough, says Dr. Dankner. Amblyopia is generally caused by one of three things that can make vision weaker in one eye: an eye muscle problem or misalignment called strabismus; occlusion or disuse; or a focusing problem in one eye that causes the other to grow lazy. While amblyopia occurs when vision is weaker in one eye, focusing problems involve trouble with Kith eyes, and fall into three categories: back-lo-scho- ol lenses for vision correction, as lens wear becomes easier and more convenient than ever before. There have been numerous recent developments in contact lens technology that allow for correction of specific problems, such as astigmatism. The MO has compiled a list of risk factors for parents of school-ag- e children. These include; misaligned, or lazy" eye; squinting or recurrent headaches that cannot be explained medically; a family history of amblyopia or strabismus (a misalignment that causes amblyopia); or premature birth. If a child exhibits any of these symptoms (or falls into any of these categories), the MO recommends that he or she see an eye specialist. The Contact Lens Council (CLC) it is a organization serving non-prof- as an educational resource on vision correction for consumers and is devoted to promoting the safe use of contact lenses. The CLC is sponsored by A! con Laboratories, Allergan Optical, Bausch & Lomb, Biocompatibles, Cl BA Vision, Cooper Vision, Vistakon, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Wesley Jcssen. American The Optometric Lens Contact Association Association of Ophthalmologists, and the Contact Lens Society of America are advisory members of the CLC. For more information on contact lenses, please contact the Contact Lens Council (CLC) at or on the internet at: Annual www.iglobal.comCLCy. Coalville Health Center 82 North 50 East Coalville, UT Kamas Health Center reat 158 West 200 South Kamas, UT WAIN ALLEN, M.D. JEANETTE VERNON, RN PA-- C SALLY SIIENK-FUEG- I, FNP MELINDA ROALSTAI), MS PA-Complete Family Medical and Emergency Care Plants! C Coalville Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 8:30 am -- 12:00 noon Kamas Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday CIjOSED Coalville 24 hour number: Kamas 24 hour numter myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism, a curvature of the cornea that can cause vision distortion. 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