THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, May 15, 2020 ~ Letter to the Editor ~ Page 9 Saugus Lions Club Still Roars Dear Editor: While we are still in the COVID-19 lockdown, The Saugus Lions are still roaring. The Lions have been meeting thru Zoom video conferencing brainstorming ideas to raise money because our fundraising events and community gatherings have been suspended. We have come up with some awesome ideas to continue to serve giving back to our community and to our signature charities involved with eye research and visual aids. While this is not policy yet, stay tuned. One of our rollouts will be an entertaining and aggressive social interaction keeping you informed and brings us into the 21st century! Stay tuned! Saugus Lions are proud to give back to our community so we would like to share with you, the public, on another eye advance in eye research. This is for those that need a ANCESTORS | from page 7 unteer will be assigned a section to complete. “I will also be asking the volunteers to check in with me before they leave so that I am able to find out how many headstones they had completed, and if there were any that they were not able to photograph, or read,” Finnie said. “There are roughly 5,000 headstones in Riverside Cemetery; my plan is to, hopefully, document as many headstones as possible over the course of this upcoming weekend, but I will extend the project into the upcoming week if I need to.” He planned to contact the Saugus Police Department this week to brief them about the project and the hours the volunteers will be working in case police receive phone calls from citizens or family members observing people milling around the cemetery taking photos. “My dad and I actually went down to the cemetery to familiarize ourselves with it so that we would be able to instruct the volunteers, cornea replacement – the cover in front of your eyes that refracts light and is responsible for a majority of seeing power. When damaged, sight becomes distorted, excessive tearing and redness make it painful and there could be a sensitivity to light. The cornea can be replaced right now but it involves a procedure similar to a dental crown. It needs to be fitted, made and then adhered to your eye. and to be able to answer any questions that may come up,” he said. “The cataloging process doesn’t take very long, so once each volunteer has done a few, the process is only about 30-45 seconds for each headstone. I am hoping to have both cemeteries documented collectively in 16 hours. Right now I have roughly 15-20 volunteers signed up to help both on Saturday and Sunday.” After the pictures are uploaded to the website, the information will be available within three to four days on the BillionGraves.com webIn an article from Bloomberg Magazine, the company – WR Gore – a company that’s responsible for water repellents and fireproofing garments stepped in using their current knowledge to go outside the box. In short, they are inventing a “Gore-Tex” eye. It is a cornea replacement that can be done right in an office visit by making cornea “on the spot”. The flexibility of their material will adhere to the eye almost immediately. It is schedsite, according to Finnie. The app/web site transcribes the info from the photos. But some of the more difficult to read stones will need to be manually transcribed when the picture is taken, he said. On the road to Eagle Finnie currently holds the rank of Life Scout. He was recently nominated with five other scouts from Troop 62 to join the Order of the Arrow lodge. He has earned the following Merit Badges for his Eagle Scout Badge: First Aid, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in uled for testing the fall of 2020 hoping for a prototype procedure upon successful testing. We hope this article breaks the monotony of all this COVID talk, So, Watch out, the Lions will be roaring loudly soon! Meanwhile, here’s a groaner. A karate expert joins the army. When he saluted – he knocked himself out! (Henny Youngman) God Bless and stay safe and healthy. Anthony Speziale Saugus Lions Club the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communication, Cooking, Personal Fitness, Swimming, Camping, Family Life, Indian Lore, Fingerprinting, Wilderness Survival, Photography, Scout Heritage, Welding, Public Speaking, Chess, Life Saving, Kayaking and Fire Safety. “I’ve been a part of scouting since I was a Bear in Cub Scouts in the Second Grade,” Finnie said. In addition to earning 21 Merit Badges, candidates for Eagle Scout must also complete a Public Service project.
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