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a of light against elderly WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists are harnessing light beams to fight one of the most insidious problems of aging, providing a ray of hope against a creeping blindness that steals vision from the center out. Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50. First, fine detail fades. Your crossword puzzle seems OK at a glance, until you try focusing on just one word. People's faces start to blur.

You can't read or drive. Eventually, the worst form of AMD causes blindness. Now scientists are trying an experimental light-activated drug to help preserve patients' eyesight. Visudyne is not a cure, cautioned Dr. Neil Bressler of Johns Hopkins University.

Nothing can restore already-lost vision. But for early-stage patients, "we may be able to slow down vision loss, or reduce the chance of (AMD) costing them any more vision," said Bressler, who heads a nationwide Visudyne study. And the National Eye Institute, worried that the graying of America means millions more people are at risk, is pouring $25 million into research to curb the disease. Among the work: An ongoing trial of 4,800 people is comparing whether vitamins or beta carotene or the mineral Opal F. Hummel MOVILLE, Iowa Opal F.

Hummel, 87, of Moville died Thursday at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Moville Evangelical Church. Burial will be in Westfork Township Cemetery, Climbing Hill, Iowa. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m.

Sunday at Armstrong Funeral Home in Anthon, Iowa. Don C. Climer CRAIG, Neb. Don C. Climer, 75, of rural Craig died Thursday at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Neb.

Services will be at 11 a.m Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Lyon, Neb. Burial will be in Lyons Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 2 to 4 p.m., at Piper Funeral Home in Lyons.

Visitation will resume at 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the church. Lyle V. Mummert CHEROKEE, Iowa Lyle Mummert, 60, of Cherokee died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at a Sioux City hosptial following a brief ilIness.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Monsignor N.J. Ruba officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.

to 9 p.m. today and Sunday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Sunday, at Greenwood Funeral Home in Cherokee. Mr. Mummert was born Feb.

26, 1938, in Cherokee, the son of Harry and Ruth (Gifford) Mummert. He attended school in Cherokee, graduating from Immaculate Conception High School in 1956. He married Kay Ellerbroek on Jan. 3, 1959, in Cherokee. She died April 6, 1996.

The couple ran the Cherokee Bowl for several years. He also operated "'The Office" in Cherokee for several years. He was employed with Illinois Central Railroad for 15 years. He was a member of United Transportation Union, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and the National Guard. He enjoyed collecting and showing gasoline artifacts and antiques.

Survivors include three daughters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Tom Minger of Des Moines, Sharon and Joseph Nieman of Le Mars, Iowa, and Pam and Brad Arndt, of Sioux City; a son and his wife, Paul Mummert and Jill Schmidt of Lake City, six grandchildren, Joshua, Keshia, Emily, Matthew, Katherine and Megan; four brothers and their wives, Dean and Gretchen of Cherokee, Richard and Patty of El Cajon, Phil and Gretchen of Prescott, and John and Donna of Plano, Texas; and a sister and her husband, Rita and Tony Carlson of Tavares, Fla. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers. Dean Wieck DENISON, Iowa Dean Wieck, 63, of Denison died Thursday at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Huebner Funeral Home in Denison.

Burial will be in Crawford Heights Memory Gardens. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Harold E. Geurink ORANGE CITY, Iowa Harold E.

Geurink, 76, of rural Orange City died Thursday at Floyd Valley Hosptial in Le Mars, Iowa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Burial will be in Nassau The Sioux City Journal, Saturday, February 6, 1999-C 7 NASA changes flights due to telescope, Russian woes seen in fight blindness zinc can stop the progression of AMD-caused vision loss. A government-funded study is about to enroll 350 people to see if a new type of surgery to remove a tuft of disease-caused blood vessels could stop the blindness.

In March, the government starts a third study to see if removing drusen yellow deposits on the retina that are a precursor of AMD from people's eyes can actually prevent the disease from ever striking. AMD is a budding epidemic, warns institute director Carl Kupfer: Some 1.7 million sufferers are legally blind already, and the aging population means some 6 million more could go blind in 20 years. The macula is the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the center of the retina. Two types of AMD destroy it. "Dry" AMD, which accounts for 90 percent of cases, slowly breaks down the macula's lightsensitive cells.

There is no treatment. AMD is rarer but much worse. New blood vessels form behind the retina, leaking onto the macula and rapidly destroying it. First, straight lines appear wavy. Then sufferers suddenly develop a central blind spot that often progresses to blindness within two years.

Area CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) NASA was forced to rearrange its entire shuttle flight schedule Friday because of trouble with an X-ray telescope and Russia's inability to get a crucial piece of the international space station into orbit. That will mean five shuttle flights in 1999 instead of six. That's fewer than the seven or eight per year desired by NASA. That also will mean a gap of nearly six months between shuttle launches, from last December until May, when the next mission is now targeted.

That's the longest gap since the hiatus following the 1986 Challenger disaster. A few weeks ago, NASA discovered faulty circuit boards in its $1.5 billion Chandra X-ray telescope. What's more, the cash crunch in Russia has led to another delay in completing the crucial service module for the international space station. The X-ray telescope was supposed to soar aboard space shuttle Columbia in April. But NASA on Friday postponed the launch until July Government will begin tracking consumer sales across Internet WASHINGTON (AP) The federal government said Friday it will begin tracking annual consumer sales across the Internet, but the figures from last year's shopping won't be available until the middle of 2000 a virtual eternity in cyberspace.

The Commerce Department said its next annual Census survey, which will be mailed to retailers nationwide in January 2000, will include specific questions about online shopping. It now lumps those figures together with catalog sales. 'e-tailing' takes off, retailers, manufacturers and investors will have a need for ever more accurate statistics," Commerce Secretary William Daley said. "It's an acknowledgment that this is worthy of separating out." But because the current retail Area Obituaries Township Cemetery, near Alton, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be one hour prior to the service Monday at the funeral home.

Beauford R. Hamilton ONAWA, Iowa Beauford R. Hamilton, 78, of Onawa died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at his residence. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m.

today at Hamel-Peck-Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah, with the Rev. Don Ludwig officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Decatur, Neb. Mr. Hamilton was born Jan.

10, 1921, in Brookeland, Texas, the son of R.H. and Paralee (Crouch) Hamilton. He attended school in Brookeland, graduating in 1938. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a tail gunner on a B-17 with the 92nd Bombardment Group.

He received several commendations and completed 35 missions. He married Eula M. Moeller in 1945, in South Sioux City. Following his discharge, he was employed in heavy construction and worked on several projects in the central states as a crane operator. He retired in 1981, and the couple moved to Arkansas.

Survivors include his wife; a granddaughter, Tracy Erickson; three stepchildren, Kelli, Debby and Scott, all of Georgia; several stepgrandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, a sister, and a stepson, C.R. Charles A. Auchstetter HOSPERS, Iowa Charles A. Auchstetter, '93, of Hospers died unexpectdly Tuesday, Feb.

2, 1999, at his residence. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hospers, with Monsignor Kenneth Seifried and the Rev. Timothy Johnson officiating.

Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery. Visitation will 3 p.m. Sunday, with a parish rosary at 4 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m. and a Knights of Columbus rosary at 8 p.m., all at the church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Fisch Funeral Home of Remsen, Iowa. Mr. Auchstetter was born March 21, 1905, in rural Hospers, the son of John and Elizabeth (Keup) Auchstetter. He was raised in the Hospers area and graduated from St. Anthony's Grade School and Hospers High School.

He then farmed in the Hospers area. He married Sophia Jungers on June 22, 1931, in Hospers. The couple farmed near Hospers, retiring in January 1975. He was also the executive director of the ASCS office in Orange City, Iowa, for Sioux County from 1953 to 1975. They moved into Hospers in August 1975.

She died July 10, 1998. He was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus of Granville, Iowa. He served as a past president of Orange City Lions Club, Farmers Cooperative Oil Co. and Hospers School board.

He also served as a past director of American State Bank. Survivors include two daughters and their husbands, Pauline and Paul J. Von Arb of Granville and Roberta and Gordon Kokenge of Clarinda, Iowa; four grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Emmet; five brothers, Elmer, George, Lewis in infancy, Anthony and Lawrence; and two sisters, Mary Croatt and Rose Ahlers. Pallbearers will be Steve and Tony Auchstetter, Dick Gettler, Mike and Tom Jungers and Richard Schnurr.

because it will perhaps months to bad circuit boards. The powerful after a Nobel-winning is intended to detect cosmic X-rays, such ploded stars and holes. NASA said that bia, Discovery will tle to lift off, ferrying international space May. Jim take weeks and replace the four Chandra, named astrophysicist, faint sources of as quasars, expossibly black instead of Columbe the next shutsupplies to the station in late Columbia will follow on July 9 with the first female shuttle commander, Eileen Collins, at the helm. That's nearly a year past the original launch date, a delay that already has cost NASA $39 million.

The Russian service module, which contains all the life-support systems for the fledgling station, is expected to be launched no earlier than September. The Russians had promised to have it ready by July; that's already more than a year late. Obituaries Jim Gaul Cleora Zimmerman survey was mailed last month without any questions about Internet sales, the department said online shopping figures for 1998 and 1999 won't be released until mid-2000. The delay means last year's figures will be fully 18 months old, the equivalent of several generations in fast-changing "'Internet time." the Internet, the cycle is so unbelievably said Juliana Nelson, an analyst with International Data Corp. who produced a private study earlier this week about Internet shopping.

"You have to learn to dance in that time frame. If you can't, forget it." Me McQuivey Another of private Forrester analyst, Research James said the announcement indicates the government attaches importance to Internet shopping. Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 2 to 3 p.m., at Sanborn Funeral Home.

Russell M. Flory BATTLE CREEK, Iowa Russell Manson Flory, 96, of Lander, formerly of Battle Creek, Aurelia and Hartley, Iowa, died Thursday at Morning Star Manor in Fort Washakie, Wyo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at United Methodist Church in Lander. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lander, with Masonic services conducted by Wyoming Lodge 2A.F.

A.M. Viola E. Sutton MARCUS, Iowa Viola E. Sutton, 96, of Ottumwa, Iowa, formerly of Marcus, died Wednesday at Sunny Slope Care Center in Ottumwa following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Monday, with family prayer service at 10:15 a.m., at Grace United Methodist Church in Marcus. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Iowa. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 4 to 6 p.m., at Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee.

Todd L. Jackson STORM LAKE, Iowa Todd Lee Jackson, 31, of Storm Lake died Friday at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Albert City, Iowa. Burial will be in Newell Cemetery, Newell, Iowa.

Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Barker Funeral Home in Alta, Iowa. Clifford J. Cash WYNOT, Neb.

Cliford J. Cash, 62, South Sioux City, formerly of Wynot, died Friday, Feb. 5, 1999, at a Sioux City hosptial. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wynot, with the Rev.

Jay Kruse officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter and St. Paul Cemetery, Bow Valley, Neb. Visitation will be 3 to 9 p.m.

Sunday, with a vigil service at 7 p.m., at Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington, Neb. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service Monday at the church. Mr. Cash was born Oct. 29, 1936, in Bow Valley, the son of John and Mary (Thoene) Cash.

He was raised in Bow Valley. He married Dorothy (Stortvedt) Stallman in Yankton, S.D. The couple moved to Wynot. He owned and operated Cash's Welding and Manufacturing business. He moved to Sioux City in 1980, where he worked for Brower Construction for many years.

He was a member of Sheriff's Posse of Sioux City and enjoyed stock car racing. He was a friend of Bill W. Survivors include four sons, Vernon and his wife, Teri, of Clarksville, Gerald and his wife, Susan, of Oklahoma City, Norman and his wife, Dianne, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and John of Yankton; three daughters, Cheryl Simon of Sioux City, Diana and her husband, Dick Thompson, of Yankton and Tiffany Cash of South Sioux City; two sisters and their husbands, Pearl Ann and Ronald Potts of St. Helena, and Jean and Raymond Salvatori of Yankton; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Donna Schild of Yankton. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Cyril and Gerald; and a sister, Joyce Cash.

SERGEANT BLUFF Francis James "Jim" Gaul, 55, of Sergeant Bluff died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1999, at a Cleveland, Ohio hospital following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. to day at Nativity Catholic Church in. Sioux City, with the Rev.

Gerald Feierfeil officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Mr. Gaul was born Feb.

25, 1943, in Hawarden, Iowa, the son of Ferd and Anna (Marx) Gaul. He was raised in Hawarden, where he graduated from high school. He received his bachelors degree in elementary education and masters degree in education administration from the University of South Dakota i in Vermillion, S.D. married Jeannie Schuh on Dec. 27, 1969, in Anthon, Iowa.

He taught in Storm Lake and Onawa, Iowa. He was the principal for South Sioux City schools, Sioux City schools and Sergeant Bluff schools. The couple moved to Sergeant Bluff in 1975. He received the Administrator of the Year Award in 1992. He served as a city councilman for 16 years and as mayor of Sergeant Bluff for six years.

He was a member of Nativity Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council 3844, a Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, a CCD instructor and was active on the church council and committees. He was also a member of National Education Association (NEA), NEASP, 1901 Delta Kappa, Sigma Nu Fraternity, a Kiwanis Charter member of Sergeant Bluff Club. He served as president of Sergeant Bluff Club, Distinguished Lt. Governor, treasurer of Nebraska and Iowa Kiwanis District, Governor of Nebraska and Iowa Kiwanis District, a Star lifemember of Nebraska and Iowa District, Kiwanis International, George and Hixon SIMPCO. Award, He re- a Diamond Level George Hixon Award and two Tables of Honor.

He was also an Eagle Scout and served on the E-9111 board. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Anthony and his wife, Laura, and Nick, all of Sergeant Bluff; a daughter, Gina Gaul of Sergeant Bluff; two brothers and their wives, Ray Kathy of Ogden, Iowa, and Milo and Berdyne of St. Paul, two sisters, Mary Ann Andersen and Berniece and her husband, Perry Bader, all of Hawarden; a granddaughter, Ali Gaul; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Francis, Cyril, Bob and Charles; and a sister, Lois Heeren. Pallbearers will be Gus Erickson, Harold and Craig Drotzmann, Don Bauerly, Mike McTaggart and Morey Graber.

Richard L. Boyer Richard L. Boyer, 76, of Sioux City died Thursday at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Morningside Presbyterian Church.

Burial will be in 1 Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a Masonic service at 7 p.m. conducted by Morningside Masonic Lodge 615 A.F.

A.M., at Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Cleora (Borchers) Zimmerman, 78, of Lacombe, formerly of Sioux City, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 1999, at Lacombe Nursing Centre. Private graveside services will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of E.J.

Fielding Funeral Home, Inc. of Covington, La. Mrs. Zimmerman was born in Battle Creek, Neb. She was a retired school teacher from the Sioux City Public School System.

She was a resident of Sioux City for 47 years. She had been a resident of Lacombe for six months. Survivors include a son, Bill Zimmerman; and two daughters, Linda Zimmerman and Ann Downs. Memorials may be directed to the A.L.S. Foundation, 27001 Agura Rd.

Suit 150, Calabasa Hills, Calif. 91301-5104. Donald J. Kimmel DELOIT, Iowa Darlene Braasch, 57, of Deloit died Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, Neb. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa. Burial will be in Deloit Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Sunday at, Huebner Funeral Home in Denison. Darlene Braasch Glydelle M.

Erichsen REMSEN, Iowa Glydelle M. Erichsen, 87, of Remsen died Thursday, Feb. 4, 1999, at a Remsen nursing home following a lengthy illness. Graveside services will be in Remsen City Cemetery at a later date, with the Rev. Craig Miller of St.

Paul's. Lutheran Church of Remsen officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Mrs.

Erichsen was born June 11, 1911, in Remsen, the daughter of John and Antionette (Cook) Gaden. She married Walter Erichsen on Feb. 27, 1936, in Remsen. The couple farmed in the Remsen area. He died Oct.

20, 1997, in Remsen. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Survivors include a son and his wife, Richard and Phyllis of Las Vegas, and two grandsons, Grant and Brent. Minnie P.

Wright KINGSLEY, Iowa Minnie P. Wright, 91, of Kingsley died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at St. Anthony Regional Medical Center in Carroll, Iowa. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

today at Earnest-Michaelson Funeral Home in Kingsley, with the Rev. Paul Evans officiating. Graveside services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Arlington Township Cemetery, Moville, Iowa. Visitation will be 9 a.m.

until service time today at the funeral home. Mrs. Wright was born Sept. 26, 1907, in rural Anthon, Iowa, the daughter of George and Christina Jacobson. She graduated from Moville High School in 1927, then attended Sioux City School of Commerce.

She returned to Moville, and was employed with Beckman's Drug Store. She married Clare Wright on Feb. 5, 1930. The couple farmed near Moville until 1982, when they moved to Kingsley. He died July 8, 1990.

While in Moville, she was a member of Moville Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. In Kingsley, she was a member of United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Senior Citizens Center. Survivors include two sons and their wives, Farrell and Colette Moville and Garry and Barbara of Carroll; six grandchildren, Randy, Greg, Mike and Amy Wright, Kim Brown and Susanne Lubbers; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Peter Jacobson; and three sisters, Mary Badgerow, Anna Nash and Katie Bush. Erna Dekker SANBORN, Iowa Erna "Ann" Dekker, 82, of Sanborn died Friday at Northwest Iowa Health Center in Sheldon, Iowa.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monat First Presbyterian Church in Sanborn. Burial will be in Roseland Donald J. Kimmel, 85, of Sioux City died Friday at a Sioux City care center following a brief illness. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Monday at Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 7 to 9 p.m., at the funeral home. Stephen A.

Carter Jr. Stephen Alfred Carter 77, of Mission, Texas, formerly of Sioux City, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at his residence. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Virgil Wilson Chapel in Mission, with the Rev.

Duane Kirchner of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in McAllen, Texas officiating. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr.

Carter was born June 2, 1921, in Sioux City. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a cattle buyer for Armour Co. in Sioux City.

He had been a resident of Mission for many years. Survivors include his wife, Virginia; two sons and their wives, Stephen III and Pamela of Omaha, and Charles and Cathy of Mission; two brothers, Harold and Donald; and four grandchildren. Memorials may be directed to the charity of choice. Lois A. Little Lois A.

Little, 93, of Sioux City died Monday at a Sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Nelson-Berger Morningside Chapel. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Wayne F. Bressler NORTH SIOUX CITY Wayne F. Bressler, 47, of North Sioux City Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. from complications of pneumonia.

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Beano and Sherry's Casino in North Sioux City. Mr. Bressler was born Jan. 4, the son of Milton F.

and Mary Bressler of Hubbard, Neb. Survivors include his parents; two daughters, Robin Lemons of McCook Lake, S.D., and Penney Bressler of Sioux City; three grandchildren, Austin, Keith and Kitti; three brothers, Mick of Pender, Rod of Laurel, and Dean of Lincoln, two sisters, Mary Lass of Grand Island, Ann Peck of Holtsville, N.Y.; and a special friend, Rocky. Wilma F. Lundy, 82, of Sioux City died Friday; Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. "The Florists Who Care" When You Want To Send The Very Vans Flowers, Plants Finest! 1923 Pierce (712) 277-8446 Locally Owned By The Meyer Family Since 1960 Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel 3220 Stone Park Boulevard Sioux City, lowa 51104-2299.