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TteM month old Alisha Richmond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AlWi Richmond of 1807 D. Griers Grove Road, may not have been old enough to understand what it was all about, but she sat quietly with her aunt, Joann Rodgers during the Public Library’s Story telling session held Saturday, July 16 in Freedom Park. Joann Rodgers is one of the storytellers for the library. For Your Good Vision By Raleigh W. Bynum, O.D., F.A.A.O. Many have asked about op tometry-let’s view the field. Actually there are three kinds of experts in vision care. The ophthalmologist (or oculist), who is a physician dealing in the medical and surgical care of the eyes; the optometrist, and the optician. The last two specialists are described be low. Though most vision spe cialists are men, the fields are extremely well suited to wo men, and there are good pro spects for the physically han dicapped as well. Something new: several optical firms employ women as fashion eye . wear consultants. THE OPTOMETRIST: Ex amines and tests eyes to cor rect defective sight through the use of lenses and-or vision traijpng. He. .does. not. treat witn'drugs or surgery in most states. In North Carolina, however, some use of drugs is permitted by Doctors of Opto metry. Not less than six years of specialized college educa tion leading to the degree of doctor of optometry, and the passing of a state board exa mination, are required to practice. In college undergra duate studies, the student should take a pre-medical, pre-optometry, or science cou rse. Physical science (math, physics, etc.) majors tend to do well in optometry school. Also, psychology and other social science majors are ac ceptable if they have a strong biological science back ground. Contact the writer of this article if interested. An optometrist can enter general practice or specialize in such fields as contact len ses, children's vision and reading problems, highway safety and motorists’ vision, industrial optometry, aids for r ■ . Dr Bynum the partially sighted, teaching and research. Nine out of 10 of the nation’s some 20,000 opto metrists are self-employed. About 150 optometrists are black A 6urveXjiVKL£Q(9Blft ted by the American Optome tric Association shows the median annual income of its member optometrists was a bout $34,000 in 1975. THE OPTICIAN: Differs from the ophthalmologist or optometrist, in that he is not permitted to examine or pre scribe for the eyes. Instead, he fills the prescriptions of the other two by fabricating glas ses and contact lenses. He is like the pharmacist. The dispensing optician makes certain that the glasses follow the prescription and fit properly, determining where the lenses should be placed in relation to the pupils of the eyes. He prepares a work order for the optical mechanic (also called an optical lab technician), who actually ma kes the glasses. Mechanics may be union member, and some do not grind glasses but lenses and prisms for tele scopes, cameras and micro scopes, etc. /Merchants Who Advertise In The Post Are Telling You They Appreciate Your Business! Patronise Them! ■MMPfNMM ■HnkNMMBflH '.'■ v• ^v .'-'T';M^TI • 7 ■ T. 7 1 rTTTfTM Overall Weather Picture iSot Changing Cold Winter, Hot Summer Not Unusual By Gale Jones St>ecial To The Post CHAPEL HILL - The freez ing winter and the blistering summer has everyone won dering what is happening to the climate. Experts don't have any quick answers yet, but Peter Robinson, assistant professor in the geography department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, does not feel the overall weather picture is changing. The fact that there have been extremely cold winter days and extremely hot sum mer days is not unusual in itself, he says. “We’ve had 100 degree weatner Delore. What makes it so noticeable this year is that we've had several days in a row and we remem ber it. This doesn't mean the overall weather picture is changing." Some climatologists claim the earth is getting warmer while others maintain it is getting colder. Robinson says it is too early to predict because changes in climate patterns can only be spotted after years of observation. "The overall weather pic ture from 1940 to 1970 was relatively benign," Robinson says, "but since 1970, things have gone haywire and aren’t following the expected pat tern." In the seven years since 1970. the general weather pic ture has gotten somewhat col der, but it's too short a time, he explains, to tell if it's the beginning of a new pattern or if it's simply an aberration in the old pattern. "Actually." he says, "we know what is happening with the weather. The question is w hether or not it will continue “Most of our rain comes from depressions out of the west that swing down along the Gulf and pick up moisture We may get rain as this depression moves towards the northeast. But even when we get a depression, we don't know if it'll bring rain The air flows that normally bring the se depressions in Irom the west aren't blowing the way they should this year, so we haven't had rain "The current w ater crises in many areas." he says, "are not just a climatology problem of too little rainfall, since any water used is returned to the atmosphere. It is a problem oi an increased population mak ing increased demands on the water supply." Robinson says it s foolish to assume the weather is going to return to the comfortable pat tern we re used to "The at mosphere is unpredictable, but it seems to have settled into a pattern ot tntrequent ramiall in small amounts, and we can't sit back and expect things to be easy We have to get away from the assumption that the cli mate will always permit a good crop yield Some areas ot the western United States that depend on irrigation are al ready marginal and may not survive another year of drou ght "In the Hious we blithely trusted technology to solve any problems, but the experi ence of the last two or three years demonstrates how much we depend on a taiorable climate tor our well-being. Kobinson doesn't put the blame tor the unusual weather pattern on man s activities. •Mail is probably having little impact on the climate." he says, "especially in the South east where there are few cities or industries And it's entirely unlikely that anything man made accounts tor the atmos pheric changes since iy7u Scientists don't agree yet about the effect man could have on the earth s climate Pollution sends carbon dioxide and dust into the air that could have two possible effects on the earth. Kobinson explains I VACUUM .Check Motor I w * * " . Grease Roller Bearings 8 EAKJED . Clean & Check Agitalor fl VLEAPIEK . Check all Moving Paris I _ __ _ _ _ _ . Check Filler System 8 5EU VlCE . Check Bag lor Defects ■ ™ • Check Belt «. Brushes I SPECIAL . Check Electrical System Plus Parts %,_ WE EXPERTLY REPAIt ALL MAXES AMP MODELS 71 4 appliance] 1H ■ 927 E. 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