SALTASH Mayor Sue Hooper is going to be blindfolded for a short time on Thursday October 14 to draw people's attention to Saltash Lions support for Lions' World Sight Day and to give her an insight into the problems of impaired sight. Saltash Lions will be with her in Fore Street on that day handing out leaflets and it is hoped that they will be joined by someone from Guide Dogs for the Blind. A used spectacle point will be outside the Cornish Times office in Fore Street for people to hand in their unwanted glasses. Lions World Sight Day promotes the need to take care of your sight. Lions Clubs became pioneers for sight in the twenties when Helen Keller addressed an International Convention and asked Lions to be the crusaders against blindness. It is little known that a Lion from Detroit invented the white stick. He saw someone with a brown cane trying to cross a road and being ignored. He thought that if blind people carried a distinctive white stick, people would take notice. Lions all over the world urge the public not to take their sight for granted. About 50 million people are blind worldwide and more than a million in Britain and Ireland are visually impaired. They warn againt glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, which gradually steal sights, although both diseases can be prevented and controlled if detected early. Everyone is urged to get their eyes checked reglarly.