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