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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009 13 519-856-0911 178 Alma St. Rockwood www.herbal-1.com HERBAL ONE OF ROCKWOOD GET BATHING SUIT READY FIRST 20LBS. FREE! Get Heart Smart and... 178 Alma Street Rockwood, ON 519-856-9486 We put ourheart into your family healthcare needs. Please help support the Heart & Stroke Foundation BD RENTALS 105 Alma St. Rockwood On. N0B 2k0 TEL: 519-856-9571 FAx:519-856-9657 PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY WHIS TLE STOP Please give generously 154 Main St. North, Rockwood 519-856-4801 Licensed under the LLBO 111 Main St., Rockwood (519) 856-0188 TeaBerry Cafe NEW HOURS Lunch Daily 11am - 2:30pm Dinner Wed. to Sun. 5pm to close Please give generously Rocktoning Family Fitness 160 Main St. S Rockwood 519-856-4842 DO IT FOR YOU!! 35 Minutes a day! February is Heart Month Exercise is good for YOUR Heart The Rockwood businesses on this page support the Heart & Stroke Foundation Rockwood Eramosa Minor Ball Association 2009 Softball Registration The Rockwood Rebels are looking for you! REMBA will be holding softball registration for the 2009 Summer Season in the Meeting Room at the Rockwood Library as follows: Monday, February 16, 2009 From 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, February 28, 2008 From 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2008 From 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Visit the REMBA website at http://www.remba.ca for more detailed information and our contest or call Trish Millson, REMBA Registrar at 519-856-4780 (before 9pm) The businesses on these pages support the Heart & Stroke Foundation annual appeal to find a cure for heart disease. SLIDE FOR SIGHT: Meghan Vanderyt (shown in back) is hosting a day of fun and thrills at this snow tube run in Eden Mills on Monday, Feb. 16. All funds raised go to Foundation Fighting Blindness. - Submitted Photo Slide for Sight promises thrill By Rebecca Ring Meghan Vanderyt does not let an eye disease slow her down. In fact, she will be zooming down a snow tube run in Eden Mills on Monday as she and her family host a fundraiser for the Foundation for Fighting Blindness. On February 16, all are invited to take a run (or several) down an excit- ing snow slide at 65 River Glen Path, off Wellington Cty. Rd. 29, from noon until 4 p.m. Mike Hession built the snow tube run ten years ago on his property and has been improving on it ever since. He lends it out to various groups like the Boy Scouts and charit- able organizations. Bring a sports helmet. Meghans father, Bill Vanderyt, says he found the snow tube run pretty exciting and challenging it made me scream! The Rockwood teen was diagnosed with a degen- erative eye disease called retinitus pigmentosa two years ago when she was only 11 years old. She took action that very year to help raise awareness and funds for research. With the help of friends and family, she has so far raised $15,500. This year she hopes to raise a total of $10,000. Last summer, The Beer Store raised $7,500 in her name for the Foundation for Fighting Blindness in their annual golf tournament, which gives her a great head start in reaching her goal. Retinitus pigmentosa is a slow progressive, degen- erative eye disease, which begins with loss of night vi- sion, then peripheral vision, until only tunnel vision is left. According to her father, Meghan now has 40-de- gree vision compared to the average of 180 degrees. In darkness, she is essentially blind; She has never seen the stars, he says. However, a cure may be just around the corner. Van- deryt says a new treatment is currently being researched that has cured mice and dogs in the lab, and is now being tested on humans. The Foundation for Fighting Blindness has con- tributed immensely to this research with their annual Ride for Sight fundraiser. The Vanderyts will contribute 100% of any funds raised to this initiative. This is our small thing to help them help her, says Vanderyt. For more information on the event or how to donate, e-mail billvanderyt@cogeco. ca.