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The Braille Monitor – October 2000 Edition
Campaign Pledge Form
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The Braille Monitor – October 2000 Edition
Have you made your campaign pledge
yet? We need everyone's help. The construction cost of our projected National
Research and Training Institute for the Blind is eighteen million dollars. Please
take this opportunity to complete your pledge form. Without you our job will
be just that much harder.
The Campaign To Change What It Means To Be Blind Capital Campaign Pledge
Intention
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The Braille Monitor – November, 2000 Edition
Frontispiece
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Dr. Maurer observes as his son David cuts
down an evergreentree for Christmas at the
National Centerfor the Blind.
The same tree several days later presiding
over the reception area at the National
Center for the Blind.
Convention Bulletin 2001
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The Braille Monitor – December, 2000 Edition
Convention Bulletin 2001
It is time to plan for the 2001 convention of the National Federation of the
Blind. This year we will be gathering in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly
love and home of the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Bell. It will
be a memorable place for celebrating the Fourth of July.
The main entrance to the
Philadelphia Marriott Hotel.
A Candle in the Forest
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The Braille Monitor – December, 2000 Edition
A Candle in the Forest
by Temple Bailey
Dr. Jernigan sits reading by the
fire at
Christmas in the Harbor Room at the
National Center for the Blind
Citizenship and Irony at the Top of the World
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The Braille Monitor – December, 2000 Edition
Citizenship and Irony at the Top of the World
by
Jane Lansaw
Back row left to right: Ruby Ryles.
Nicholas Schmittroth, Roland Allen,
Eddie Bell, and Gerry White; front row:
Priscilla Ching, Jane Lansaw,
and Summara Shakeel at the
World Trade Center
From
The Ferris Wheel
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The Braille Monitor – December, 2000 Edition
The Ferris Wheel
by
John & Tom TeBockhorst
John
TeBockhorst
From
the Editor: John TeBockhorst is now President of the Bix Beiderbecke Chapter
of the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, and his brother Tom serves
as the chapter's Secretary. It is all too easy to sit back and expect other
Macy's Question
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The Braille Monitor – December, 2000 Edition
Macy's Question
by Crystal McClain
Macy
McClain
From the
Editor: Crystal McClain is President of the Parents of Blind Children Division
of the NFB of Ohio. Her husband Mark serves on the Board of the National Organization
of Parents of Blind Children. Their daughter Macy faced a worrying problem when
she was a bit younger. Crystal described it in Oh Wow!, the eighteenth
Small Bites Make a full meal
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The Braille Monitor – December, 2000 Edition
Small Bites Make a Full Meal
by Mickey Fixsen
Jeanina
and Mickey Fixsen
From
the Editor: Mickey Fixsen moved to Iowa in the seventies in order to get the
rehabilitation services that he knew he needed and that no other state in the
nation was able to offer. He and his wife Jeanine are longtime Federationists