8 EAST COUNTY OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 YourObserver.com EAST COUNTY Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only Seeing eye to eye truly progressive policy.” Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944 Service dogs helped Editor / CEO / Matt Walsh
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[email protected] and Tracy Rhodes Chief Digital Officer / Emily Walsh
[email protected] to independent living Associate Publisher- East County Observer / Lori Ruth and a lasting friendship.
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[email protected] Deputy Executive Editor / Jessica Luck JESSICA SALMOND
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[email protected] on Olinger can see Senior Editor / Pam Eubanks peripherally, but the cen-
[email protected] ter of his vision is gone Sports Editor / Jen Blanco because of Stargardt’s
[email protected] disease, a hereditary dis- Staff Writers / Dorder that causes macular degen- Jessica Salmond,
[email protected] Amanda Sebastiano, eration in the central portion of
[email protected] the retina. Digital Editor / Alex Mahadevan His close friend and roommate,
[email protected] Tracy Rhodes, has the opposite Managing Editor/Black Tie-Season / problem: She has retinitis pig- Stephanie Hannum,
[email protected] mentosa. Essentially, she has Black Tie Editor / Heather Merriman Saba tunnel vision. She can see what’s
[email protected] directly in front of her but noth- Arts & Culture Editor / Nick Reichert ing to the side.
[email protected] “We joked, we can drive,” she Managing Editor/Design / Nancy Schwartz said.