Wednesday, March 3, 1999 Around the Pen : Bagles finish regular season ‘The Peninsula ‘Atori B Eagles lost 7-5 to the Nanaimo Clip- pers in a exhibition game at Panorama this weekend. with Stewart Hepburn adding another goal on a Matt Flindell pass. The Clippers scored twice to finish the Ist period tied. Tn the'second, Lee Georgeson converted an Erik Johnson pass to’ regain the Peninsula lead, but the Clippers scored the next three goals. The Eagles mounted.a comeback in the. fi- ‘Nanaimo responded with 2 quick goals for the 7-5 win: Clut ‘league is open t all bovs nd girls i terested i : e asked: to wee uitable lothing a Under 16 -- Wholesoi ‘In a fast'paced game, the Eagles’ Jeff Spoor scored first, ‘nal frame-when ‘Steve: Kot and. Kris’ ‘Gower scored, but ~The Eagles, who finished 2nd in league play, are in Sooke - seainist 3rd t sf “Peninsula Soccer Scores Under 11: Pe salnsiita Eagles 4, Gorge 1 Lower Island Finals; Gold; Peninsula Thico's Place 0, Bays United 2 Kevin Woodley Peninsula News Review They finished just shy of the gold, but for a young rink the silver medal was some- thing special in itself. Local skip Glen McCord led his rink to a silver medal in curling at the B.C. Special Olympics .last weekend in + Richmond. McCord, who trains at the Glen Meadows Curling Club in North Saanich, skipped the team of Tom McLaugh- lin, Drew Denny and Boyd - Farrell into the gold-medal game before losing to a rink from Penticton. . Also. part of. the silver- medal team was spare Tracy ‘Waistell and head coach Rus- ~sell Minnis. The local team, which practices every week at the Victoria Curling Club in downtown Victoria, was up — against 14 other rinks and more than 56 players. from ~ across the province. Unlike ‘McCord’s team, most of the other rinks had — | Michell _ a panel of regional media rep- resentatives, eee ‘Michell, who has been run- ~ ning on the Peninsula for most of his life, was already named the Top Masters Cross-Coun- try runner in the province ear- lier this year, He was the win- ner of the B.C, Cross Country Championships back in Octo- ber and finished fourth as a ~~ provincial representative at the ‘National Championships. in November, The winners will be announced ata dinner April ‘10. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calli ng 658-8627, woked food delivered to your door + Complete Dinners ® Fresh Sandwiches * Breakfost® ° Homemade Pies . Individual Dinn ners and : Track Club: tember. has been. - ~ nominated as ‘the Victoria Masters Athlete of the Year by. been competing together for -more than a decade. The 46-year old McC ord has been curling in the North Saanich area since he was a teenager, but the team that travelled to Richmond has _ only been together for three seasons, “We're just so happy to have gotten to where we are in the short time the guys have ‘been together,” said Irene McCord, who in addi- tion to being Glen’s mother, coaches and helps run the weekly special needs curling program. at the downtown rink. : No one is sure whether the silver medal guarantees a trip to the Canadian Special Olympics in Ottawa next year, but McCord, his - coaches and teammates are all keeping their fingers. crossed. - “We're certainly hoping there will be an opportunity -to go on, ” said Irene. The de’ cision. will be made by a provincial panel. A person is legally blind when their visual functions fall below certain levels. if visual acuity cannot be improved to 20/200 (ihe big E) WITH glasses or contact lenses a person is considered legally blind. I’ve. often had patients state that they are “legally blind without their glasses.” Blindness is defined in ferms of the best-corrected vision with glasses or contact lenses in place. That makes a big difference. Visual acuity below 20/200 is most offen caused by age related macular degeneration. Other causes include congenital defects, cataracts, ‘injuries, infections and inflammations. In many cases the progress of the disease can be slowed, stopped or even reversed if early defection and treatment occur. A second form of legal blindness occurs when a person : has afield of vision that is constricted: fo less than 20 i degrees. it is sometimes known. as “funnel vision.” . Glaucoma is the cause. of. the majority of these cases. Again, early detection and treatment: stop the potentially blinding effects of this silent disease. Unfortunately blindness is not ‘always. preventable however many of the causes of blindness, if detected early } enough are treatable. 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