More than a million screened

Will County Executive Larry Walsh has his hearing screened – for a second time – by Hope Cathelyn, the county’s Chief Vision and Hearing Screening Technician during the organization’s 50^th anniversary celebration on Aug. 26. Walsh was one of more than a million school children who have gone through the screenings over the decades. 

Retired Health Department Director Jim Zelko (from left), retired Chief Vision and Hearing Screening Technician Karen Nagel-Hagey, current Chief Technician Hope Cathelyn and Will County Executive Larry Walsh discuss the changes the program has seen over 50 years.

Staff member Stephanie Mahon poses for a fun vision test during the open house at the Will County Health Department on Aug. 26. The open house was in celebration of the Vision and Hearing Screening division’s 50^th anniversary.