HOOD RIVER — The Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program provided vision screenings to Hood River students at Mid-Columbia Children’s Council (MCCC) preschools, marking the 75th anniversary of The Oregon State Elks Association supporting pediatric eye care in the state.

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If you ask someone to picture a vision clinic, it’s likely they’ll think of eye charts, walls lined with models of glasses and maybe a fancy m…