Kentucky Rallies to Save the Kentucky School for the Blind

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Kentucky Rallies to

Save the

Kentucky School for the Blind

by

Lora J. Felty

Lora

Felty

From the Editor: Lora

Felty is secretary of the NFB of Kentucky and president of its division of the

National Association to Promote the Use of Braille. She was also a 1992 NFB

In the Corner

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In the Corner

by Patti Gregory-Chang

Patti

Gregory-Chang

From the Editor: Patti

Gregory‑Chang is one of the leaders of the NFB of Illinois. In the following

story she puts her finger on one of the problems all blind people face at one

time or another. The support, understanding, and camaraderie she describes demonstrate

the value of the Federation family. This is what she says:

Recipes

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February 2003

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Recipes

The recipes this month

are from members of the NFB of New Hampshire:

Midwest

Cheese Casserole

by

Mildred Dickey

Mildred Dickey is a

charter member and vice president of the Lakes Region chapter of the NFB of

New Hampshire and is head of the affiliate's diabetics outreach committee.

Mildred

Dickey

Ingredients:

1/2

The Braille Monitor, February 2003

The Braille Monitor

Vol.

46, No. 2

February 2003

Barbara Pierce, editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by

The National Federation of the Blind

Marc Maurer, president

National Office

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

NFB Net BBS: http://www.nfbnet.org

Web site address: http://www.nfb.org

NFB-NEWSLINE® number: 1-888-882-1629

During the Washington Seminar Federationists have 535 representatives and

senators to visit

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Ruth Swenson (left), president of the NFB of Arizona, and Dan Duffy

meet with Congressman Trent Franks.

Fred

Schroeder (left); Senator Jeff Bingaman; and Art Schreiber, president

of the NFB of New Mexico

Senator

Pete Domenici meets with Fred Schroeder (standing left) and Art Schreiber

2003 Convention Tours

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March 2003

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2003

Convention Tours

by Charles Allen

The

running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

From the Editor:

Charlie Allen is a longtime leader of both the Kentucky affiliate and the National

Association of Blind Merchants. He has put together the tour schedule for 2003.

The two dates for tours in 2003 are Saturday, June 28, and Wednesday, July 2.

The 2003 Washington Seminar

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The

2003 Washington Seminar

by Barbara Pierce

Priscilla

McKinley and Brian Miller of Iowa and Jerry Darnell of Louisiana enjoy

the student banquet.

In lots of ways this

was the largest and busiest Washington Seminar in our almost thirty years of

conducting this event early each year. The Capitol Holiday Inn provided us 200

The NFB's 2003 Legislative Fact Sheets

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The

NFB's 2003 Legislative Fact Sheets

Legislative

Agenda of Blind Americans:

Priorities

for the 108th Congress, First Session

Standing

in front of the Department of Education building and its little red school

house, Federationists Donna Hartzell, Arkansas; Denna Lambert, Arkansas;

Just Saying No to Reading Braille

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Just

Saying No to Reading Braille, Part II

by Sheri Wells-Jensen

From the Editor:

Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen teaches in the English as a Second Language Department

at Bowling Green University in Ohio. She is interested in psycholinguistics

and language preservation. As a Braille user herself she thought that Braille

Monitor readers would be interested in her observations and reflections

Hearing Enhancement and Spanish Translation

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Hearing

Enhancement and Spanish Translation Available at National Convention:

Spanish

Translators Needed

by D. Curtis Willoughby

Curtis

Willoughby works at the FM receiver check-out table.

From the Editor:

Curtis Willoughbyis a member of the NFB's Research and Development Committee

and head of our Ham Radio Interest Group. Here is his announcement: