Vol. 43, No. 12, December, 2000
Barbara
Pierce, Editor
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Contents
A
Candle in the Forest
by Temple Bailey
A Historian's Look at the Problem
at the Turn of the Century
by Catherine
Kudlick, Ph. D.
Citizenship
and Irony at the Top of the World
by Jane Lansaw
Not
Much Amusement at the Carnival
The Ferris Wheel
by John & Tom
TeBockhorst
My
First NFB Experience and Awakening
by Nicole Ditzler
Color
by Ramona Walhof
Open
Letter to Henry Grunwald
by Tom Bickford
Macy's
Question
by Crystal McClain
Distinguished
Educator of Blind Children Award
for2001
by Sharon Maneki
The
2001 Blind Educator of the Year Award
by Stephen O. Benson
Small
Bites Make a Full Meal
by Mickey Fixsen
Social
Security, SSI, and Medicare Facts for 2001
by James Gashel
Copyright©
2000 National Federation of the Blind
Contents
Late-Breaking News........................................................................................................................
Convention Bulletin 2001................................................................................................................
A Candle in the Forest....................................................................................................................
by Temple Bailey
A Historian's Look at the Problem
at the Turn of the Century................................................................................................................
by Catherine Kudlick, Ph.D.
Citizenship and Irony at the Top of the World...............................................................................
by Jane Lansaw
Not Much Amusement at the Carnival...........................................................................................
The Ferris Wheel.............................................................................................................................
by John & Tom TeBockhorst
My First NFB Experience and Awakening....................................................................................
by Nicole Ditzler
Color..................................................................................................................................................
by Ramona Walhof
Open Letter to Henry Grunwald......................................................................................................
by Tom Bickford
Macy's Question...............................................................................................................................
by Crystal McClain
Distinguished Educator of Blind Children Award for 2001.........................................................
by Sharon Maneki
The 2001 Blind Educator of the Year Award................................................................................
by Stephen O. Benson
Small Bites Make a Full Meal.........................................................................................................
by Mickey Fixsen
Social Security, SSI, and Medicare Facts for 2001.....................................................................
by James Gashel
Recipes.............................................................................................................................................
Monitor Miniatures...........................................................................................................................
Copyright © 2000 National Federation of the Blind