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November 8, 2012
Doctors and technicians from Walla Walla's Valley Vision is visting Waitsburg Elemen- tary School in December to give most students vision checks. This photo shows a young child having her vision checked.
WAITSBURG - It has been estimated that as much as 80 percent of childhood learning is done with the eyes, according to the Opto- metric Physicians of Wash- ington.
When a child's vision is not functioning properly, education and participation in sports can suffer.
This is why Dr. Angela Ferguson, an optometrics physician, brings a small staff with her once a year to Waits- burg Elementary School to provide free vision checks for students.
"If you can't see well, you can't learn as well," Ferguson said.
Ferguson has worked at Valley Vision in Walla Walla since 1988 and has been a doctor ther...
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