Hanging Up My Painter's Hat

Connie Leblond

Hanging Up My Painter's Hat

by Connie Leblond

From the Editor: Connie Leblond is President of the NFB

of Maine. She is a wife, mother, and businesswoman. Like the rest of us she

tackles home-repair jobs around the house with varying amounts of enthusiasm.

Here she talks about a recent project the completion of which left her both

satisfied and relieved. This is the story:

Every home goes through renovations. Whether

Doctor Finds a New Life

Donna Balaski

Doctor Finds a New Life Loss of Sight No Trouble Now

by Jamie P. Olmstead

From the Editor: This is the kind of pre-convention newspaper story that

any state-convention organizer would give her eye teeth to get. This story appeared

in the November 4, 1999, edition of the Waterbury Republican-American.

On any given day one can find Donna Balaski

outdoors tending to the orange, yellow, and rust-colored marigolds growing in

Meaningful and Meaningless Errors

Corinne Kirchner, Ph.D.

A Compilation of Meaningful and Meaningless

Typographical Errors on Blindness and Visual Impairment

by Corinne Kirchner, Ph.D.

From the Editor: The following article is reprinted with permission from

the April, 2000, issue of the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, Volume

94, Number 4, 2000, pp. 243-246, Copyright 2000 American Foundation for the

Blind. All rights reserved. JVIB readers can find many interesting and sometimes

Sharing the Vision

Don Capps

Sharing the Vision

by Donald C. Capps

From the Editor: As Monitor readers know, Don Capps is the senior member

of the National Federation of the Blind's Board of Directors. He serves as President

of the NFB of South Carolina, and in recent months he and his wife Betty have

been tireless volunteers working to raise funds for our capital campaign. This

is what he says:

Dr. Kenneth Jernigan was unquestionably

Bill Gallagher Dies

Bill Gallagher

Bill Gallagher Dies

by Marc Maurer

A man who became a prominent leader in work with the blind

in the twentieth century, William Gallagher, died at age seventy-seven on April

19, 2000. His career in the blindness field began in 1954 and continued for

the next thirty-six years. In 1980 William Gallagher was appointed Executive

Director of the American Foundation for the Blind. During the 1970's and early

Recipes

Recipes

This month's recipes come from members of the NFB of Arkansas.

Chris McKenzie

Peanut Butter Brownies

by Chris McKenzie

Chris McKenzie is President of the NFB

of Arkansas and Pulaski County Chapter Secretary.

Ingredients:

1/2

cup peanut butter

1/4

cup butter or margarine, softened

1

teaspoon vanilla

1

cup brown sugar

2

eggs, slightly beaten

1

teaspoon salt

1/2

cup all-purpose flour

It's a New Day at BESB

Thanks, But No Thanks

DSS Offices and the Age-old Lure of Custodialism

Informed Choice and the Empowerment Circle