York woman contest finalist (York News-Times)

Jen Hoebelheinrich will be happy to lose her eyeglasses permanently if she wins free LASIK surgery. She was a last-minute entry, but Jen Hoebelheinrich, of York, is a finalist in the Sutton Linder & Sutton “Gift of Sight” contest. The medical group in Lincoln sponsors an annual giveaway of free LASIK surgery to three lucky winners. With this fast outpatient surgery, Hoebelheinrich would be able to put her eyeglasses away forever. Hoebelheinrich learned about the contest from her husband, Chad, “and I procrastinated,” she admits. LASIK surgery would eliminate the expense of costly glasses, Hoebelheinrich notes, but she has a bigger reason for wanting to win. read more

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