Lions get good news from vision screening

October 25, 2022 admin COMMUNITY 0

A team of Montezuma Lions Club members conducted an “Iowa KidSight” vision screening at the Montezuma school for parts of two days in late September.

LION KATHY COX prepares to take a picture of just the eyes of one of the 21 children recently screened by a team of Montezuma Lions Club members. The children are asked to keep their eyes on the flashing red lights on the front of the specialized camera that is used. (Roger Allen photo).

Results were received this week with great news: None of the 21 children screened needed further referral, and no retakes were needed.

Those screened were at the direction of School Nurse Hannah Dengler to bring her records up to date. They included pre-schoolers, begindergarteners and two from kindergarten.

This is the 20th year the local Lions club has conducted the vision screening. In addition to Cox, Roger Allen and Linda Boeding conducted the Sept. 28-29 screening.

Well over half a million children ages six months to five years old have been screened in the 22-year history of the “Iowa KidSight” program, with approximately five percent needing to be referred for further examination. Early detection of irregularities greatly increase the probability of successful correction.