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Vincea Patricia Henry. a 10-year old girl from Antigua arrived in Kitchener- Water- loo last week for an opera- tion which. hopefully. will correct a c6ngenital eye condition. The operation was per- formed by Dr. Paul White at St. Mary's Hospital. Kit- chener. Dr. White. an oph- thalmologist. donated, his services. Vincea has binocular ptosis in which the upper eyelids of both eyes droop down and over the eyes. She Can only see by holding up her eyelids or tilting her head back. The operation took place Friday morning. She was discovered last summer by a University of Waterloo team of optomet- rists and optometry students during the UW School of Optometry annual Caribbean vision ca re program in which thousands of people are given examinations because opto- metrical services do not exist on many of the islands. Fitness lecture highlights meeting Following a slide presen- tation on the fitness pro- gram, Miss Chapman pre- sented each member with a free one-week course at the centre. - The trip was arranged by the Waterloo Lions Club through Dr. Murray Munn. a Waterloo optometrist who is a member of the club and also a clinical associate at the UW School of Optometry. He has supervised some of the eye care teams in the Caribbean and is aware of the many health problems on the islands. Transpor- Miss Jean Chapman of the Fitness and Yoga Centre, 225 Weber St., was the guest speaker during the regular meeting of the Kitchener-Waterloo Opti- Mrs. Club held recently at the Transylvania Club. The 20 members at the meeting also discussed plans for a Iunc'h for a group of Vincea Henry. left, from Antique. met Dr. Ted Fisher, right, director of UW's Oohool of Optometry. the day before she bed an operation to correct a congenital eye condition, blnoculer ptosls. Also seeh above are Vincea’s sister Condice and Murray Mann. Waterloo optometrist who errenped the trip end operation in conjunction with the Weterloo Lions Club. Vincea was one of thousends of people Who were given vision examinetions by optometry school's students lest summer during the annual Carib- bean vision care program. . - Gift f . ht to Antigua girl The club has also volun- teered its services in man- ning a booth at the maple syrup festival to be held in Elmira on April 5, The booth, sponsored by the RM] Optimist Club. will be in the bush and features doughnuts and coffee. Last year another young- ster tram Antiqua received a corneal transplant at Sun- nybrook Hospital in Toronto as a result of the Caribbean vision care program. The vision care program provides clinical experience for Waterloo's optometry students as well as optome- try services for people who do not have access to optome. trists. It also provides re- search data for the School of Optometry. The students are supervised by faculty members and optometrists from throughout Ontario. The program is financed by the Canadian International Development Agency and donations from the UW Fed. eration of Students. K-W Overseas Aid and several service clubs. The Waterloo Lions Club is hoping to as- sist other patients in the future. Each fall. when the stu- dents return to campus. several thousand pairs of eye glasses are processed in the optometry school labs physically handicapped teen- agers to be held during a snowmobile party sponsored by the K-W Optimist Club. This event, to be held on February 22, may be spon- sored by the Heidelberg Snowmobile Club at Camp Heidelberg Vincea visited the School of Optometry Thursday mor- ning. Later she met Dr. White and then entered hos- pital. She and her gistef will be staying with local famil- ies until the middle of the month. tation for Vincea. and her sister Candice who accom- panied her. was donated by British West Indies Airlines. and taken back to the islands by clinicians from the school and fitted to the people who Stophin Karon Clothior Spring Fashions are arfiving and we have to make room tor them required glasses following the examinations in the sum- mer. SEMIOANNIJAI- J r.t.ettttt4lttymtttk1"t,rtottw, "ttr-y te, tttN. tra